Good Boys Is A Good Raunchy Comedy

Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) are the best of friends. This trio of sixth-graders, the self-proclaimed Beanbag Boys, do everything together and that includes a super-important party where Max will have a chance to kiss his crush. Problem is, he and his two buddies have no idea how to kiss. Their attempts to learn how to kiss soon involve using a drone that Max's Dad owns to spy on Max's neighbor. From there, a whole series of predicaments unfold for these best buddies involving drugs, crossing a Highway and serious injuries that put them way out of their depth.

A Futile And Stupid Gesture Is Tragically Messy And Middling

The prospect of David Wain, the man behind Wet Hot American Summer, doing a movie chronicling the rise of National Lampoon and how that impacted one of its creators, Doug Kenney, is one that sounds oh so promising in theory, especially since one would think Wain affinity for stylized humor would mean that it'd be impossible for such a film to feel like a typical Hollywood biopic. Unfortunately, that very same film, entitled A Futile And Stupid Gesture, does indeed end up suffering from feeling too routine, a word one usually doesn't think of when discussing David Wain's work, but here we are.

Keanu Review

For Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, Keanu is basically their watershed moment as high-profile comedic figures. For comedians transitioning from TV to film, their first on-screen project, more often than not, can make or break their careers. For every Amy Schumer, Jason Bateman and Will Ferrell that went from the small screen to the big screen with major success, you've got your Jimmy Fallons and Chris Kattans that couldn't quite break through to the level of marquee names in movie theaters (though the latter two actors, especially Fallon, would find glory in the realm of TV). For Key & Peele, this is their first time leading a feature film, and with their hit sketch comedy TV show off the air, they have no safety net to return to. Like I said, this is the time to do or die, as Jared Leto would put it.