Woodcock Review

Billy Bob Thornton gets under my skin sometimes. He has been in some excellent movies and performed challenging roles to perfection. Even Bad Santa had many redeeming qualities. But alas, Thornton seems to have a need for tasteless roles that leave you wondering what the heck he was thinking. Mr. Woodcock is not different. Thornton plays the title role of Mr. Woodcock, the Gym Teacher from hell. To make matters worse, he is paired with an actor that also seems type-cast in tasteless movies...Seann William Scott, whose claim to fame is the tacky character Steve Stifler from the American Pie films. To win a prize for films that lack class, I guess you couldn’t pick a better pair. Oddly enough, I have very little use for Susan Sarandon. I personally feel that actors should stick to acting and leave the politics to the professionals. Sarandon seems to feel it is her purpose in life to tell the rest of us how we should live. That sort of jades me towards her as an artist. However, I try to be objective when discussing performances and must admit that she was the only bright spot in this otherwise weak formulaic movie.

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