Basically Superbad (made by the same team) but in 6th grade instead of 12th, and I absolutely loved it, despite thinking I wouldn't. Endearing, hilarious, raunchy. Highly recommended for anyone.
It's not wrong to compare Good Boys to Superbad, but by taking 6 years off the characters, an endearing innocence wraps the film in a warm blanket. The protagonists have a very nice friendship, but it's being tested by an early coming of age (which feels very modern) as puberty changes some boys' priorities. They are definitely "good boys" who want to do the right thing, respect authority figures, and have learned all about consent (so that kissing party they've been invited to is not gonna go down the way sex comedies traditionally went). But peer pressure is a corruptive agent, and the boys are soon making one bad decision after another, sending them on a wild adventure that forces them to break the rules. Speaking of rules, it still respects the rules of the genre, but the sex stuff goes over the kids' heads, they have an absolute "just say no" attitude towards drug use, and they use foul language, but not always appropriately. So while this is a very nice story of childhood friendships and how they evolve, and I think entirely appropriate for kids this age, the "sex comedy" trappings may or may not be every parent's cup of tea. Well, I think 6th-graders today are a lot more "aware" and like these particular kids than parents would like to admit. But Good Boys may only be good for older audiences who might respond to the incongruity between material and presented age group, or the movie's essential nostalgia for simpler days.
Honestly super funny, reminded me more of South Park than Superbad. It kind of dragged at the end, the plot was definitely stretched, but still worth watching.
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BogartBaggins
Basically Superbad (made by the same team) but in 6th grade instead of 12th, and I absolutely loved it, despite thinking I wouldn't. Endearing, hilarious, raunchy. Highly recommended for anyone.Axel Fritzler
Absolutely funny.I really hope they will keep making sequels every 5 or 10 years with the same cast.
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It's not wrong to compare Good Boys to Superbad, but by taking 6 years off the characters, an endearing innocence wraps the film in a warm blanket. The protagonists have a very nice friendship, but it's being tested by an early coming of age (which feels very modern) as puberty changes some boys' priorities. They are definitely "good boys" who want to do the right thing, respect authority figures, and have learned all about consent (so that kissing party they've been invited to is not gonna go down the way sex comedies traditionally went). But peer pressure is a corruptive agent, and the boys are soon making one bad decision after another, sending them on a wild adventure that forces them to break the rules. Speaking of rules, it still respects the rules of the genre, but the sex stuff goes over the kids' heads, they have an absolute "just say no" attitude towards drug use, and they use foul language, but not always appropriately. So while this is a very nice story of childhood friendships and how they evolve, and I think entirely appropriate for kids this age, the "sex comedy" trappings may or may not be every parent's cup of tea. Well, I think 6th-graders today are a lot more "aware" and like these particular kids than parents would like to admit. But Good Boys may only be good for older audiences who might respond to the incongruity between material and presented age group, or the movie's essential nostalgia for simpler days.Cynicus Rex
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Honestly super funny, reminded me more of South Park than Superbad. It kind of dragged at the end, the plot was definitely stretched, but still worth watching.debora-rosa
perfectchunkylefunga
Disappointing.