Drugs, alcohol, obsessive teenage girls, bullying, and a sex doll are in the way of three schoolboys who are ready to party.
Yes, the guys who brought you Superbad (2007), Neighbors (2014) and Sausage Party (2016) brought you this. But what is this? This is a film some people have told me that I’ll laugh through my tears, and others that it will insult my intelligence. That there would be nothing in between. So, I watched it. And there is nothing in between…
I probably counted around five to six funny moments, but I’m unsure about a few. It got too American for my standards multiple times, but that is not the film’s major issue. The major issue is the forced, scripted humour and the forced five dozen times the kids “have to” say the word “f*ck” and its derivatives. I’m a big fan of R-rated films in all genres as there is a lot more freedom of expression both visually and verbally, but Good Boys is just too scripted, and its message is clear: Provoke by having the kids swear as much as possible while getting into inappropriate situations.
It doesn’t matter, really. The film cost around $20M and made over $110M, so who cares what I, you, or anyone else is saying? Hopefully, the team will do a comeback with something equally provocative but naturally funny, and there won’t be any either-or; it will just be narratively funny.
P.S. OK, the kids act brilliantly!
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