Role Models

...either. Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and David Wain's "Role Models" are both cast with Apatow rep company players, and both share the striking but suddenly ubiquitous conjunction of lowdown raunch and huggable humanism. If this...

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...by Viacom Inc's <VIAb. N> Paramount Pictures. "Role Models" and "Changeling" were released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's <GE.N> NBC Universal Inc. "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" was released by the...

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...last June's "Kung Fu Panda" ($20.3 million). "Role Models" proved stiff competition for holdover laffer "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," which grossed $2.2 million on Friday for the Weinstein Co. Although that's on par with "Zack and Miri's"...

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...sales marked a year-over-year decline last weekend for the first time in six sessions. "Role Models" has been drawing quite a favorable response from critics, and prerelease tracking indicates solid interest among young male moviegoers for...

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...(yet tender!) turf that Mr. Apatow already owns. That is the quandary facing "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," directed by Mr. Smith, and "Role Models," directed by David Wain, two coming comedies with very different pedigrees and different...

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...Movies // Elizabeth Banks: Fall's First Lady Elizabeth Banks: Fall's First Lady She's Laura Bush in ''W.'' Paul Rudd's lawyer/girlfriend in ''Role Models.'' An unlikely porn star in ''Zack and Miri.'' In the next two months, the...

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...to see her showing some range. Banks has a cool Nurse Ratched thing going that you wouldn't know she had in her, judging by her nice-girl-sidekick roles in "Role Models" and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." There are a few confusing...

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...opens over the long Thanksgiving weekend, including 20th Century Fox's epic "Australia." This weekend, "Role Models" is the favored No. 2 film. Raunchy comedy will likely dampen traffic for the Weinstein Co.'s R-rated comedy "Zack and...

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