2/4  School for Scoundrels
School for Scoundrels is comedy that barely qualifies as one. I'm not a big Jon Heder fan, I just don't get him. I do like Billy Bob Thornton though. However, I found it very weird that i ended up liking Jon Heder's character and hated Bil... (read full)

1.5/4  Ugh
It's just not good, and thats about all you need to know. Not funny enough to be a comedy, not serious enough to be taken seriously, and entertaining enough to be worth your time. It takes skill for a movie to be this unrealistic and for... (read full)

2/4  School for Scoundrels Quick Review
The scenes between Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder are pretty good, but it takes half the film to get to any good stuff. It's predictable and has only a few real laughs, but it's worth at least one watch.

2/5 PRETTY BAD
  by Reviewer
I really like the actors in this movie. There are some big names. But the movie, the script itself, really is lacking. It seemed like quite a waste of all that talent. There were a few laugh out loud moments, but I stress a few. Mostly, the rivalry between the teacher and the student is just mean spirited. It gets to a point where it's not funny anymore. Much like Jim Carry's flop, The Cable Guy. That movie really wasn't funny because you just felt bad for the Matthew Broderick character. It went too far. Like watching a 1 1/2 hr hazing video. This movie has that same awkward feel. The movie is also very predictable. You can see where it's going well before it gets there. I don't know what else to say. Save your money and rent it before you buy it. You will probably not want to watch it again.

4/5 A GOOD LAUGH FOR A NIGHT AT HOME
  by RAMBLIN MAN
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES THAT IS GOOD FOR ONE OF THOSE SATURDAY NIGHTS WHEN THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO. IT ENTERTAINS AND MAKES YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD. BILLY BOB THORTON IS THE PERFECT BAD GUY THAT YOU JUST CANNOT HELP BUT ROOT FOR. IF YOU & YOUR FRIENDS ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD WAY TO KILL 90 MINUTES CHECK OUT SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS!

1/5 Let this Bomb Lie and Get the Original
  by T. Brenzel (Louisville, KY)
This is a god-awful remake of a brilliantly funny British comedy from 1960 of the same name School for Scoundrels starring the hilariously subtle Alastair Simm as the professor. Simm as "Potter" guides his students through the art of "one-upsmanship" by subtly undermining them, making them ill at ease, and feeling inadequate while maintaining the demeanor and guise of being a perfect gentleman at all times. Billy Bob's mean, paint-balling, yelling jackass Bad Santa rehash just doesn't compare . . . Please, check out the original-- don't waste your time on this Dog!!!!!

3/5 whoever wrote this movie, needs to take Dr. P's class !
  by Shyam (Chennai, India)
The concept has been rehashed, Anger Management and a bit of Fight Club references, with a little Hitch added to it.
But the story so silly and dumb, its a complete waste of Thornton's talent and its good that Ben Stiller's cameo appears to give this movie some needed lift.
Very Average movie, a rental at best (only if there's no other option)

3/5 Not bad
  by Richard
School For Scoundrels is no classic but in places it is absolutely hilarious. Jon Heder and Billy Bob Thornton hold the film together as the supporting cast don't really get too many decent lines (apart from the Moby lookalike). It's not that clever, but the humour is quite edgy and there are a few decent twists. Good Friday night entertainment.