"Mr. Woodcock" **1/2 (out of four): Another addition to the Comedy of Humiliation genre plays like "Meet the Parents" with a lot less warmth.

Billy Bob Thornton's descent into dark comedy caricature continues with "Mr. Woodcock" another addition to the Comedy of Humiliation genre that's thankfully less mean-spirited than his last effort (2006's criminally awful "School for Scoundrels") but not as satirically on-target as his best (2003's gloriously profane "Bad Santa"). "Mr. Woodcock" falls blandly in the middle, playing like a knock off of "Meet the Parents" with a lot less warmth.

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