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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 26%, Metacritic 44/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,371 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Peacock and Tubi.
Synopsis
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
390 audience votes
Key crew
- Christophe BeckOriginal Music Composer
- Todd PhillipsDirector
- Scot ArmstrongScreenplay
- Todd PhillipsScreenplay
Cast
- Jon HederRoger Waddell
- Billy Bob ThorntonDr. P
- Jacinda BarrettAmanda Richards
- Sarah SilvermanBecky
- Michael Clarke DuncanLesher
- David CrossIan
- Horatio SanzDiego
- Matt WalshWalsh
- Todd LouisoEli
- Ben StillerLonnie Ratcliff
- Luis GuzmánSergeant Moorehead
- Dan FoglerZack
Stills
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Themes
lovesicknessdatecompetitionmentortraffic copmanipulative man