Mr Woodcock

The main character of the film is John Farley, a writer who became famous after writing a book on how to help himself achieve success in life. He is offered to return to his hometown in order to receive an award, namely the key to the city. After arriving and meeting with his mother, he learns that she has been meeting with his school physical education teacher, Mr. Woodcock, who has mocked him during his entire period of schooling for several months.

John decides that he cannot leave this city until his mother meets a man who mocked him during all his school years. He begins by all means to try to blacken Woodcocco in the eyes of his mother and provoke a break in their relationship.

The film received mostly low marks. As of January 2014, on the Rotten tomatoes website, the film’s rating is 13% and makes an average rating of 4 points on a ten-point scale ^[3] . On the Metacritic website , the film has a rating of 5.7, based on 32 reviews, and on IMDb its rating is 5.1 points ^{[4] [5]} .

Despite the fact that the film was so low rated by most critics, Roger Ebert gave him three stars out of four ^[6] .

In an interview in 2009, Sean William Scott said that on the set of the film he and Thornton had repeatedly discussed how terrible he was and that there is nothing worse than the feeling that you are going to make a film that could put an end to your career ^[7] .

• Mr Woodcock on the Internet Movie Database  
• Mr Woodcock (English) on the Rotten Tomatoes website  
• Mr Woodcock (English) on Metacritic website  
• Mr Woodcock (English) on Box Office Mojo