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Synopsis: An unlucky meter reader enrolls in a confidence-building class so he can win the love of the girl of his dreams. The class turns out to be something quite different when it becomes clear to the young man that his professor has his sights set on the same girl.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Todd Phillips
Production: MGM
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
PG-13
Year:
2006
100 min
$17,787,157
Website
256 Views


said manila.

This is off-white.

Sorry.

Sorry doesn't

make it manila.

Next time, use

your damn brain.

End of the hall.

What's going on?

I don't know.

Who is this guy?

I hope he's not

our teacher.

Hey, no chitchat!

Oh. Here, sorry.

No, don't be silly-

it's all yours.

I'm fine.

I could totally stand.

Don't be crazy, okay?

I could use the exercise.

I'll find...

Would one of you sit

in the goddamn chair?

Look at the two of you.

I mean, uh, "I could

use the exercise"?

That doesn't even

make any sense.

Sorry.

Well, congratulations.

In a room full of weak men,

you stand alone as the weakest.

Here, sit in my chair.

Come on, sit.

Tell me something-

are you a loser?

I asked you a question-

are... you... a... loser?

Um... yes?

No.

You see, a loser is someone

who tries but fails,

who shoots but misses.

But I got a suspicion

that you don't take

any shots.

Show of hands.

How many of you retards

own a self-help book?

Well, that's your first problem.

You can't help yourself

because yourself sucks.

If you're helping yourself,

that means you're being helped

by a complete a**hole.

So ignore yourself.

Do what I say instead.

Short sleeves,

what was the first thing

you did when you were born?

I- I don't know.

Anybody?

You screamed your asses off

for what you wanted.

And what did you want?

Okay.

The tit.

You wanted a tit,

and you got the tit.

Trouble is, I don't see anyone

in this room who's willing

to scream for anything anymore.

I want the tit!

Well, see? That's better.

That's what I'm talking about.

I like this guy.

Yeah, he seems kind of sweet.

Excuse me, um, s-sir?

Dr. P.

What exactly does

this class teach?

What?

Well, my friend

seemed to imply

that this was more of

a confidence-building...

This is not a goddamn

Tony Robbins seminar.

If you're looking

for Chicken Soup for the Soul,

just get the f***

out of here.

Um, I'm sorry.

Never be sorry.

Oh. I'm sorry.

I mean...

I mean, um...

Never mind.

I have a question.

Uh, my wife says I'm a pushover,

but what if deep down inside

I'm really just a nice guy?

F*** nice.

That's a bunch of dog sh*t.

That's it for today.

I'm sick of looking

at your faces.

Excuse me, um,

will every class run

five minutes and 25...

Wait, please. That...

contains very important mat...

Goodness.

d d

d d

Be a good boy.

All right, I'll be

back in a little bit.

Great. Bye.

Geez, you scared me, Roger.

I'm sorry.

What are you doing,

just hanging out in here?

No, I'm... I was

throwing some stuff out.

I heard someone

coming and...

Penguins, huh? Hmm.

I always saw you more as

a flannel pj's kind of guy.

I have those, too.

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Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series. more…

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