Remember when William Robert Thornton aka Billy Bob was an actor with depth and complexity? I guess those days are gone. Like Chris Walken, B.B.T has started doing the same thing over and over again. Here he plays a harsh, grumpy gym teacher not to be confused with the baseball coach in Bad News Bears or the thief in Bad Santa. Now nobody plays burned out old angry guy like B.B.T. but something more from a gifted writer- director would be nice. Double B plus T plays the title character, a rough gym teacher who torments the weak kids especially Seann Scott, Stiffler from the wretched American Pie movies who grows up to be a writer of best selling self help books. He stops by his hometown when he wins the key to the city and when he visits his mom he’s horrified to learn shes going to marry Woodcock. His mother is played by the reprehensible slag Susan Sarandon. Its interesting, from an anthropological standpoint, that as Sarandon ages gracelessly shes devolving into a more masculine Alec Baldwin. Anyway Stiffler wants to break them up but every plan backfires. Theres alot of humiliation humor, (humoriliation?), the type thats usually in a Ben Stiller movie. Of course everyone learns their lesson, reconciles and learns to live together. Blah blah retch blah. A wrestling match between Woodcock and Stiffler, Amy Pouler as Stifflers agent and a crazy little kid who also wants to get Woodcock are the high points of a very average comedy. If you like Bill Bob or Seann Scott and want to see better and funnier watch Bad Santa or The Rundown.

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