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Good Boys

2019

Gene Stupnitsky

Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon ...

5.9

5,665

Comedy After getting invited to their first kissing party, three best friends (Room’s Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon) accidentally destroy a drone they weren’t allowed to touch. To replace it, they skip school and set off on an epic odyssey of bad decisions, involving inadvertently stolen drugs, the police, and lots of tears.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Ben Travis Empire	"[It] has consistent laughs, winning performances, and a dollop of sweetness to boot (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"'Good Boys' is fast-paced and energetic, but its bad-taste humor seldom rises above the pedestrian (...) This movie really has nothing to say about kids"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] manages to be adorable and twisted at the same time (...) The movie settles into a stream of mostly satisfying vignettes"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"After fifteen minutes of hearing the same howls of laughter greet lines both witty and middling, an uninvested viewer came to question what he was watching, and the answer was often 'not much'."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Devoid of empathy or fun, this is a crime against schoolboy comedy (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Ryan Oliver The Playlist	"Despite substantial chunks of forced humor, 'Good Boys' ultimately wins you over with the undeniable rapport between these talented young actors and a naturally sweet message"	POS
United Kingdom	Kristy Puchko The Guardian	"A raunchy and repetitive film that still delivers a consistent supply of laughs (...) The casting is great (...) For all its spirit, 'Good Boys' feels like a shallow retread (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lewis Knight Mirror	"[It] manages to balance the line between outright crudeness and childhood naivety just right (...) A whip-smart, laugh-out-loud, raucous comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Laura Prudom IGN	"'Good Boys' somehow manages to balance its risqué, scatological impulses with a surprisingly sweet, resonant coming-of-age tale (...) A consistently hilarious, impressively evolved entry in a crowded genre."	POS
United States	John Fink The Film Stage	"Gene Stupnitsky’s uninspired crude tween comedy 'Good Boys' is a cringe-enduring affair"	NEG
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"'Good Boys' offers further proof that putting a little humanity in our comedy always gets the best results (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Too sentimental for adults, too raunchy for kids (...) It’s a squalid mess that makes ill use of some talented young performers (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Listening to children say 'f★★k' is only entertaining up to a point, and this film gets its tone and timing all wrong (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"It's certainly nothing you haven't already seen before, but it's a decent attempt at recreating those comedies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Sarah McIntyre RTÉ	"The chemistry between the three leads is convincingly drawn (...) There's a lot of potential here but 'Good Boys' just doesn't deliver the goods (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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