With the burst of buddy movies on the silver screen (thank you, Judd Apatow), any film in this genre can start to feel like variations on a theme. A bunch of man-children learn to prioritize their lives through a series of crazy hijinxs? Insert boobs and fart joke here.

In the age of Seth Rogan and Jason Segel, you know what to expect from a movie like Role Models. The surprising thing, though, is that it’s still pretty funny.

After a directionless ten years selling energy drinks to teenagers, a desperate Danny Donahue (Paul Rudd, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) proposes to his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) in hopes of moving forward.

When she dumps him instead, Danny spirals into an existential tailspin with caffeine-induced crimes that bring down his business partner, sex-crazed Wheeler (Seann William Scott, The Dukes of Hazzard).

The guys must choose between jail or 150 hours at Sturdy Wings, a big brother agency. Thinking that nothing could be worse than jail, Danny and Wheeler pick community service.

But when they meet their “littles,” Ronnie (Bobb’e J. Thompson), a foul-mouthed 10-year-old who eats big brothers for breakfast, and Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Superbad), a teenage loner who’d rather spend his time with Live Action Role Playing sorcerers and knights than kids at school, the impending clash seems a whole lot bigger.

As you can probably deduce, the mismatched pairs eventually find a common ground, but everything is threatened when Wheeler and Danny let their own interests get in the way of their responsibilities. It’s left up to the men to restore the boys’ faith in them and avoid prison.

Like any good guy movie, the true comedy lies in the characters portrayals. Jane Lynch (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) puts on a killer performance as the reformed ex-con who runs Sturdy Wings. Some of her lines (“Don’t bullshit a bullshitter.”) are sure to become staples in your movie-quoting lexicon.

Co-written by Rudd and director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer), Role Models has enough bawdy action to interest guys and enough heart to get their girlfriends in the theater—though it’s really not a buddy movie unless you see it with the bros.