Good Boys

Director: Gene Stupnistsky

Screenplay:

Minutes: 89

Year: 2019

Score: 4.33

Release: UPHE

This movie is blissfully short. Of the 34 films from 2019 I have seen Good Boys is number 34. While I can see its intent it is a dreadfully inappropriate movie.

From UPHE.com:

Just how bad can one day get? The creative minds behind Superbad and Sausage Party take on sixth grade hard in this innocent yet raunchy comedy. 12-year-olds Max, Thor, and Lucas decide to skip school in an attempt to learn how to kiss in time for a kissing party. Their odyssey of epically bad decisions involves some accidentally stolen drugs, frat-house paintball, and running from both the cops and terrifying teenage girls!

I want to clear up the inappropriate claim. I have seen many films that are less appropriate than this, BUT, 12-year-olds are not the target audience. I don’t want this to come across as a morality crusader, one of my favorite genres is Italian cannibal films and I have no problem with that being known. But Italian cannibal films are not targeted to children.

I don’t have a 12-year-old boy so I can’t vouch for the language, but I cannot help from thinking it isn’t this. The opinion I got from the film is that this is what mothers think other people’s children say. I don’t know.

There is a silver lining, though, the film does handle consent rather well. So that’s something.

I do have a copy to give away, HERE, so I would love to hear if your opinion is different. 

I had zero interest in digging into the special features.

Special Features:

• Alternate Ending
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Boys For Real
• Gag Reel
• Welcome to Vancouver
• A Fine Line
• Ask Your Parents
• Bad Girls
• Guest Stars
• Feature Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Gene Stupnitsky and Producer/Co-Writer Lee Eisenberg

Director: 5 – Cinematography: 6 – Edit: 5 – Parity: 4 – Main performance: 6 – Else performance: 1 – Score: 7 – Sound: 5 – Story: 3 – Script: 1 – Effects: 5 – Design: 5 – Costumes: 5 – Keeps interest: 7 – Lasting: 0