Three sixth-graders enter a new world as options and opportunities fly their way. Cool kids start to notice one of them, singing and stardom catches another friend’s eye and the last boy just wants to be happy and good. This is the setup for a good wholesome movie that quickly turns down an avenue of innocent debauchery.
Max (Jacob Tremblay) is a boy with growing interests and hormones. Most of which he doesn’t understand. That is until he gets invited to a ‘kissing’ party by a classmate, which introduces him with the opportunity to kiss the girl of his 12-year-old dreams. Thor (Brady Noon) is a brash young man with a talent for singing, but when his coolness and manhood are questions, this youngster starts bending the rules to set things right. And lastly, Lucas (Keith L. Williams) is a good boy, albeit very naive. He takes pride in doing whats right and always telling the truth, which can sometimes get him into more trouble as his thoughts and feelings tumble out of his mouth constantly.
With a ‘Kissing’ party to get to and no idea how to kiss, they set upon an adventure that turns dangerous and plain wrong on so many levels. Running into older neighbors with drugs, police and a world that is much larger than most 12-year-old’s imagine.
To put it simply, this movie is essentially ‘Superbad’, minus a decade. Which either says where the minds of the writers are or where the state of childhood numbness is. Either way, this film does try to leave the innocence of the boys intact, but not for trying to seriously scar them, if they were to understand some of the things happening around them.
If you liked Superbad or are a fan of awkward explosive comedy that pulls no punches, Good Boys will deliver the laughs for you.
Grade: B-
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 1h 29m
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RN review of Good Boys
For fans of awkward comedies that pull no punches.