Role Models

Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.

Role Models landed as one of the better studio comedies of its year, with critics finding it reliably funny despite its crude edges. The gap between its audience enthusiasm and the more measured critical response suggests the film plays better as a crowd-pleaser than as a work of craft — funny in the moment, lighter on lasting distinction.