There's more genuine humor to be gleaned from saying "Woodcock" over and over again than from watching "Mr. Woodcock," a wan comic effort barely elevated a few notches by Billy Bob Thornton's ...

Predictability snuffs out any hope movie had of being funny. by Eric Moore | September 18, 2007 at 2:42 p.m. "TAKE A LAP" - Billy Bob Thornton stars as Jasper Woodcock in Craig Gillespie's Mr.

Contrary to appearances, “Mr. Woodcock” has more going for it than vivid double entendres and a premise ripped straight from the “Meet the Parents” playbook of goofy situational comedy. Not a lot more ...

Mr. Woodcock (PG-13) New Line (87 min.) Directed by Craig Gillespie. Stars Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler. Opens Friday at theaters throughout New Jersey. THREE ...

As a gym teacher from hell in “Mr. Woodcock” (2007, New Line, PG-13, $29), Billy Bob Thornton boasts an offhand sadism that’s downright riveting. “Take a lap, lose the asthma,” he hollers at a kid ...

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic material, language and a mild drug reference. What it’s about: A guy’s mom is about to marry the gym teacher who tormented him all through middle ...

On January 15, 2008, Warner Home Video will release Mr. Woodcock on DVD and Blu-ray. The film revolves around a young man who was mentally tortured by his old P.E. teacher, now as an adult coping with ...

There's more genuine humor to be gleaned from saying "Woodcock" over and over again than from watching "Mr. Woodcock," a wan comic effort barely elevated a few notches by Billy Bob Thornton's ...

"Mr. Woodcock" is about a man who has come home to revive one of the community's highest honors only to come fact-to-face with his childhood nightmare and his mothers new boyfriend, his high school ...

The summer is over, and Christmas is far away, so it must be September: that time of year when, as the Reuters news agency noted last weekend, the studios roll out their “prestige pictures” while ...

Remember Junior High gym class? How about that one gym teacher who acted as if he was the drill instructor of the United States army? Welcome to the world of "Mr. Woodcock." Now drop and give me ...

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