i try to think of funny billy bob thornton film than his late tepid comedy and mr. woodcock and and come up with the following represent bad news bear and ice harvest and push tin and friday night light and bad santa and monster ball and sling blade . heck and even goodfellas and passion of the christ have more laugh than this pointless piece of dredge which take the bad element of meet the parent and the girl most likely to and although with none of the charm and intelligence or humor of these picture . after view this movie and however and i have a new found respect for such comedic work a r. v. and be we there or do yet . and license to wed and guess who . and soul plane and king ranson and my baby daddy and little man and any of the scary movie version . so and i suppose the experience wasn not all terrible . ah and but this film be . with two academy award nominate lead actor ( thornton and nominate for sling blade in 1996 and and susan sarandon and winner in 1995 for dead man walk ) join up with seann william scott ( american pie and old school ) one would think some snicker would result and but few come about . the plot have williams a john farley ( where chris farley when we need him . ) and a successful self help author and whose late book and get past your past and be climb the bestseller chart . this notoriety allow him to be honor by his small hometown in nebraska . go back to receive the corn county key honor and his trip home only result in the depressing reality that his mother ( sarandon ) will marry his old gym teacher and mr. woodcock ( thornton ) . woodcock be not only an intense physical education instructor and but a sadist . he humiliate and insult and verbally berate his student and throw ball at them and force them to run lap and do push ups a punishment and even those with asthma . but he save his special vindictiveness for farley and whom he delight in abuse mentally and physically . he throw him to the ground repeatedly while teach wrestle move while and even force him to undress and do pull ups in front of the other student . now and if something like this really take place and one of the pupil would have surely mention it to someone and and disciplinary action would have be take against woodcock . but and evidently and for over 20 year and no one have ever say anything bout this abuse and so the town decide to honor him a educator of the year to be give at the same time a farley . also and everyone in the berg seem to love the old guy and while farley significant other and tracy ( melissa sagemiller and the guardian ) admit to have a crush on him . meanwhile and dredge up all of those bad memory and combine them with the fact that the evil man be have sex with his mother and cause farley to abandon his nice and passive and positive philosophy and do everything he can to bring woodcock down . in this endeavor and he utilize the aid of his extremely stupid friend and nederman ( ethan suplee and my name be earl ) . in fact and the only likable character be maggie ( amy poehler and snl ) and farley bitchy agent . he challenge him to a workout contest and as well a a series of carnival midway game and even a corn eat contest . none of these situation be even remotely funny in any way and shape or form . during it mercifully short 90 minute run and i laugh just twice once at the very beginning and and once at the very end . that last guffaw be no doubt bring on by the delirium of the closeness of the closing credit and however . and longtime commercial director craig gillespie ( in his film debut ) dose out the comedy with large slice of schmaltz and as well a a muddled conclusion and leave patron wonder off to movie like death sentence and the brave one to satisfy their urge to laugh .