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The 21 most lovable slobs on film

To celebrate Melissa McCarthy’s slovenly turn in ‘Tammy’, here are cinema’s most endearing layabouts

By Time Out editors Posted: Sunday July 6 2014

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Bill Murray in Caddyshack Bill Murray is filthy, messy and mumbling as a dragging-his-heels groundskeeper in this 1980 golfing comedy. Read review
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John Belushi in National Lampoon’s Animal House We first meet John Belushi’s degenerate student urinating outside his frat-house in this 1978 comedy about reckless college types—it’s downhill from there. Read review
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Curtis Armstrong in Revenge of the Nerds Riding the crest of the nerd-slob intersection, "Booger" Dawson is a lady-charmin’, pot-smokin’, guitar-and-nose-pickin’ anti-hero. Read review
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Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski He’s unemployed, he loves bowling and he spends half his life in a bathrobe; yep, Jeff Bridges’ The Dude is a slob for the ages. Read review
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Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover Chubby, beardy, scruffy, weird—Zach Galifianakis’s Alan is the unpredictable, slumming-it wildcard of The Hangover. Read review
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Seth Rogen in Knocked Up He may be an ass-scratching, directionless, perma-stoned illegal immigrant, but he’s also the father of Katherine Heigl’s child. Shudder. Read review
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Ursula in The Little Mermaid Half octopus, half obese drag queen, Ursula wants to be queen of Atlantica. But you can’t help thinking she’d be happier with her feet up polishing off a chocolate bar. Read review
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Ted in Ted If you thought Paddington Bear was lazy, meet Ted the dope smoking, foul-mouthed stoner with a sex drive unbecoming of a cuddly toy. Read review
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John Candy in Uncle Buck Shabby emergency babysitter Uncle Buck lives in a shabby downtown apartment and makes easy money by betting illegally. He’s everything his brother’s wealthy suburban family are not. Read review
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Will Ferrell in Old School Will Ferrell’s Frank the Tank is one of cinema’s most heroic slobs, bravely bucking suburban conformity to streak naked in front of his horrified wife. Read review
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Jason Lee in Mallrats More sloth than man, Brodie’s idea of romance is to propose to his girlfriend on a Universal Studios tour—right when the shark springs out during the Jaws sequence. Read review
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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber When a gangster refrains from trashing your flat because you wouldn’t notice, you know you’re a Pulitzer-grade slob. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are the hapless lovable losers in the Farrelly brothers’ debut. Read review
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Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple Is a slob only a slob when there’s an anally retentive neat guy to compare him to? No, Walter Matthau’s nasally challenged Felix would be hell to live with in any context. Read review
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Brad Pitt in True Romance Whether through booze, weed or other substances, a state of permanent confuzzlement is a must for any self-respecting slob, and young heartthrob Bradley Pitt puts in a suspiciously convincing turn as the ultimate stoner here. Read review
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Pauly Shore in Encino Man What’s a spaced-out teenager to do when he finds an ice-age caveman dude in the yard? Give him a makeover so he looks like every other high school Neanderthal. Read review
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Melissa McCarthy in The Heat She looks more like a homeless biker than a detective, and she might not be able to chase after perps with the speed of Usain Bolt. But when it comes to arrest by watermelon, she’s unbeatable. Read review
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Slimer in Ghostbusters How many of the slobs on our list wish they could be this guy: floating around, literally legless, stuffing his face with hot dogs and winding up a bunch of snooty squares. Read review
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Richard E Grant in Withnail and I If you’ve seen the state of Withnail’s sink in this 1960s-set British comedy, you’ll know this "resting" actor is the ultimate slacker. Read review
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King Louie in The Jungle Book Disney’s King Louie sits on his big behind, dreaming of power, being fed bananas—if it walks like a slob, talks likes a slob… Read review
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Orson Welles in Touch of Evil He’s a razor-tongued detective with a nose for trouble, but Orson Welles’s Hank Quinlan is undoubtedly a slob at heart, taking lazy shortcuts to frame a suspected crook and sliding into alcoholic oblivion. Read review
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Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High Jeff Spicoli is the stoned-out surfer slob, the dude’s dude, the ultimate high school hero, and displays a rare sense of humour from oh-so-tortured thespian Sean Penn. Read review

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