Mr. Woodcock

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Mr. Woodcock

PG-13

2007

1h 27m

Comedy

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John Farley (Seann William Scott), a self-help author, returns to his hometown and makes a shocking discovery: His mother (Susan Sarandon) is about to marry his former gym teacher (Billy Bob Thornton), a man who made John's life a living hell during his high-school years. John sets out to prevent history from repeating itself by stopping his mother's marriage to his nemesis.

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Critics Consensus

Underutilizing a talented cast, Mr. Woodcock lacks the comic energy and timing to make the most of its intriguing premise.

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William Thomas

Empire Magazine

It's not the worst film you'll see all year, but it's not going to wind up on anyone's honour roll, either.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 13, 2007

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

As usual, Billy Bob is very watchable in the lead. But the rest of the film is only so-so.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 29, 2007

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Laughs aplenty in this daft comedy about "letting go" .

Rated: 3/5

Sep 29, 2007

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It may be all in fun, but it's always difficult to take a subject as serious as bullying and give it the right balance of humorous discomfort and lesson-learning satisfaction.

Rated: 6/10

Nov 27, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Tosses away a decent performance from Thornton and a winning, albeit one-note, performance from Sarandon.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 17, 2020

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Urban Cinefile

Mr Woodcock is ok as far as predictable, low-brow Hollywood comedies are concerned, and it's considerably elevated by its above average cast.

Jul 12, 2008

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Blu B

It's bad but honestly not AS BAD as I expected. I've honestly seen much worse but it's terrible. The biggest strike this has is the whole thing has a very mean spirited tone to all the humor. You just don't like seeing everyone just be complete jerks to people for no reason. Maybe this was ahead of its time with its humor ironically. Anyway Scott isn't good and feels like he's so uncomfortable in this and not trying. Bare minimum at times. Suplee isn't bad and probably the only one who gets some laughs every now and than with his delivery and the only one really trying at times. The humor is lazy, surface level, poor slapstick, and sex humor. To it's credit I did get a laugh 15% of the time suprisingly. It looks on the cheap side. The music my god is the most bare minimum thing you can possibly imagine. The most generic guitar rift you can possibly imagine that you can barely hear. This really may be THE or at least one of the laziest soundtracks I have ever heard in a film. The pacing is terrible and everything else is just subpar in general. The whole girlfriend Scott gets feels completely pointless and goes nowhere. Investigating his former wife and all the other pointless gags and Meet the Parents style rivalry/relationship is all pointless. It's all just misunderstandings and makes Scott look like a real dick in the worst way possibe. Skip this. It just has nothing to say, nowhere near enough laughs and honestly makes you angry at times watching it. Direction is lazy and subpar also. Crazy to think this dude made I, Tonya.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/17/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Crude and Sexual Content, A Mild Drug Reference, Language and Thematic Material!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $25,800,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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The Wandering D

Meh, this movie was hit or miss most of the time. It was wayyyy too sexual for my taste and not the fun comedy I thought it was going to be.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/25

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Larry K

I have no idea how this rating is so low, this is one of the best comedies ever

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Bill S

Classic comedy movie with laughs throughout the entire movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Audience Member

very funny had a gym teacher just like mr woodcock only he wasn't banging my mom

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

John Farley (Seann William Scott), a self-help author, returns to his hometown and makes a shocking discovery: His mother (Susan Sarandon) is about to marry his former gym teacher (Billy Bob Thornton), a man who made John's life a living hell during his high-school years. John sets out to prevent history from repeating itself by stopping his mother's marriage to his nemesis.

Director: Craig Gillespie
Producer: Bob Cooper, David Dobkin, Keith Goldberg
Screenwriter: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Landscape Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Crude and Sexual Content|A Mild Drug Reference|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.8M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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