The concept of the hunter becoming the hunted is very prominent in, “School for Scoundrels.”

Billy Bob Thornton plays Dr. P, who teaches guys who are considered losers, to win.

The cast includes Jon Heder of “Napolean Dynamite,” Horatio Sanz of “Saturday Night Live” and Ben Stiller. All are current or former students of the class.

The group is to learn through embarrassment, paintball gunfights and role-playing to take what they want and not feel sorry about it.

Roger (Heder) joins the class after losing his job as a Big Brother at the local community center. Three kids asked to be switched to a different Big Brother because Roger is not cool enough. Roger receives advice from a friend (David Cross) to join a class to help.

The trouble of the movie begins when Dr. P sets his sights on Roger’s new girl, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett). A battle between the two men ensues, including fights during a tennis match, which ends up with both characters being electrocuted by a defibrillator.

The cast makes “School for Scoundrels” hysterical. Most movies that rely heavily on physical comedy tend to lack a decent plot and good acting, which this movie does very rarely.

The movie has a huge cast and each one is great for their respective roles.

Heder plays the bumbling nerd who gets his strength after battling Thornton, a deceptive jerk.

Along with help from other classmates, Heder uses the things Thornton taught him throughout the class to eventually win the girl that he loves back.

People will cringe while laughing when a character is shot point blank in the crotch with a paintball gun or hit in the back of the head with a tennis racket.

A few jokes seem as if they do not need to be there and rather were left in as filler.

Other than minor problems with its flow, the movie will keep one laughing through the majority, so do not come expecting a deep psychological film.

Chris Schimmel is a film critic for the

Northern Star.