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School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

Sep 29, 2006
100 min
ComedyRomance
5.5/ 10
371 votes

Overview

In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.

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TMDB
5.5/10
371 votes
IMDB
5.9/10
31,413 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
26%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
44/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$20,000,000Production cost
Box Office$17,800,000Worldwide gross
Profit-$2,200,000Loss
ROI
-11.0%Return on investment
US Box Office$17,807,569Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Life's a game. Learn how to play."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$17,800,000

Production Companies

Dimension FilmsMedia Talent Group

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