These films are a clear reminder that Robert De Niro will happily do any script put in front of him, regardless of how terrible. With so many incredible talents now hitting their twilight years, it’s no wonder there’s more films offering roles to mature aged actors… but is that the only reason for the rise in films centred around older characters? Now she needs to trust that her characters will see her through, because this bunch definitely can.īlockers is available in Australian cinemas from March 29 It’s wonderful that a raunchy studio sex comedy can be helmed by a female director in Kay Cannon. All the fat just has to be skimmed off the top. There is a proper movie in here somewhere, desperate to get out. It’s as if the studios and the writers didn’t think anyone would give a damn about three girls losing their virginity and decided to blanket their individuality with crude jokes that feel have to get more outrageous with every scene. We get the feeling they know what they’re doing, and this makes their story work.Īnd yet Blockers strikes a most disconnected tone. Even Newton’s Julie, who kick-started the whole thing, is clearly in love with her boyfriend and not merely desperate to get in his pants. Adlon’s Sam is graced with the complexities of teenage homosexuality, and she has a scene with her dad near the end that is one of the truest, most moving conversations I can remember in a studio comedy. Viswanathan is an absolute treat beautiful, charismatic, in utter control. The movie’s writers, of which there are five, take great pleasure in making the adults clueless and backward, and the teenagers remarkably progressive. The strength of Blockers is that all six actors are supremely enjoyable, and in the midst of ridiculously unappetising gags, they actually seem like real people, and not just robots programmed to do stupid things. What we end up with are essentially two stories, one about the teens and their evening of debauchery, and one about the Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz behaving like dorks. The plot involves their three parents inadvertently discovering their sex pact and going on a frantic goose chase to prevent the index fingers from entering the OK signs, or the eggplants from entering the donuts, or whatever. The screenplay is right in allowing them room to discover why that’s a bad idea. Her two best friends, Kayla ( Geraldine Viswanathan) and Sam ( Gideon Adlon), end up doing the same, not out of love, but of the social pressure of having to keep up. Kathryn Newton plays Julie, who vows to lose her virginity to her boyfriend on prom night. Perhaps it’s because all six leads are thoroughly beguiling. But then the characters slowly took shape, the actors filled out their shoes and against my better judgement, I began to care about them. Even its beginning was somewhat problematic. I enjoyed much about this movie, and I didn’t think I would after seeing its early trailers. How about if we didn’t have the butt-gulping? Or the testicle-grabbing? What if Blockers had been an earnest comedy about growing up, exploring sex and freaking out your parents? That in order for us to fully appreciate the natural art of love-making, we must first see a really big guy gulp a bottle of beer through his butthole. It seems to think sex and toilet humour are somehow connected. Blockers is more satisfying than expected, but could certainly do with some clarity.īlockers is a confused little movie.
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