By Stephen Farber, The Associated Press This review was written for the theatrical release of “Mr. Woodcock.” As “Mr. Woodcock” demonstrates, a great premise can generate a lot of goodwill ...

Farley enlists the help of a former classmate, Nedderman (Ethan Suplee), who was also terrorized by Mr. Woodcock in middle school to help find some dirt on his soon-to-be stepfather. Along the way ...

He made them suffer in “The Bad News Bears,” abused them in “Bad Santa” and is back in business as the nightmarish gym teacher of “Mr. Woodcock,” a movie that commits sins of excess ...

guy’s gonads. “Balls of Fury,” opening today, is the first of the film frat brothers. Next up, “Mr. Woodcock,” hitting theaters Sept. 14. Pop-culture expert Robert Thompson, a professor ...

By Stephen Farber As “Mr. Woodcock” demonstrates, a great premise can generate a lot of goodwill and almost overcome an uneven script. So too can expert performances, supplied here by Billy ...

John decides he has to break up the relationship somehow, so he teams up with an old classmate, Jay Nedderman (Ethan Suplee), to see if he can dig up any dirt on Mr. Woodcock. And, well ...