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Blockers (2018)
Posted by Brock Winspear
Blockers (2018)
My expectations are always low when I go to see a movie like Blockers. It looked like raunchy, stupid, situational, and just gross humor. Sometimes that is OK. Therefore, I gave it a shot.
The film is about three parents who band together to try to prevent their three daughters from having sex on prom night.
The movie was directed by Kay Cannon and the noteworthy cast includes Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Gina Gershon, Ramona Young, Gary Cole, and Hannibal Buress.
Blockers is raunchy, funny, stupid, and disgusting.
Some of the crazy nauseating things that went on in this movie kind of makes me worry for millennials and any generation after them. I am not sure if this is a sign that I am getting older or if each generation is getting grosser and more messed up. Either way, I have generally been OK with sick humor, but sick humor these days, is just getting disgusting and out of hand.
Besides being overly gross, the movie actually had a somewhat positive message. There were a number of laugh out loud moments, if you are a fan of sick humor.
On a comedy level, the movie was entertaining. Sometimes you just need stupid humor. The movie was very predictable, but that did not take away from the comedy.
This is definitely not a film to see with your kids or your parents. It is also one of those movies that people will have trouble admitting to others that they thought it was funny.
There was a bit of unnecessary nudity, but what would you expect from a movie called Blockers? It was everything you would expect from a movie of this genre. Foul language throughout mixed in with all kinds of inappropriateness. You cannot walk into a movie like this and expect anything different.
John Cena and Leslie Mann were both actually quite funny in Blockers. Ike Barinholtz also had his moments.
The adults in the movie were funnier than the teenagers. The teenage actors in the movie were easily forgettable, in fact. That was a little disappointing. Often, it is movies like this one that help to boost a young person’s acting career. People find them to be funny and then all of a sudden they start popping up in everything.
The film premise of parents trying to prevent their kids from having sex, is a good message. However, they made it as dirty as they could by calling it Blockers. As messed up as the movie gets at times, there is still an underline moral to the story.
I rate this movie a 6.5 on a scale of 1-10.
If you liked this film then you might also enjoy:
Knocked Up (2007)
The 40-year-Old Virgin (2005)
Daddy’s Home (2015)
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
Road Trip (2000)
The Wedding Crashers (2005)
The Hangover (2009)
Old School (2003)
Step Brothers (2008)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
This is 40 (2012)
The Change-Up (2011)
Stealing Harvard (2002)
Orange County (2002)
Big Daddy (1999)
Posted in Comedy Movie Reviews
Tags: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Big Daddy (1999), Blockers (2018), Comedy, Daddy's Home (2015), Daddy's Home 2 (2017), Film, Game Night (2018), Gary Cole, Geraldine Viswanathan, Gideon Adlon, Gina Gershon, Hannibal Buress, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Kathryn Newton, Kay Cannon, Knocked Up (2007), Leslie Mann, movie, Old School (2003), Orange County (2002), Ramona Young, Road Trip (2000), Stealing Harvard (2002), Step Brothers (2008), The 40-Year-old Virgin (2005), The Change-Up (2011), The Hangover (2009), The Wedding Crashers (2005), This is 40 (2012), This Is the End (2013), Trailer
Redbox Best Comedy Movies List March 2018
Posted by Brock Winspear
Redbox Best Comedy Movies March 2018
There are not very many titles on this list and here is why. First off, really funny movies are few and far between, these days. Hollywood has somehow gotten the idea that they have to make movies with a little bit of everything in it. They spit out movies with a little bit of story, a little bit of action, some drama, and a sprinkle of comedy, and then they call it a comedy. They are diluted comedies. What is the problem with that? Well, it is usually not very funny or entertaining. The most recent example of this is Gringo (2018).
I think Redbox has picked up on this, because not only do they have plenty of terrible comedy movies to choose from, they continue to bring back past comedies that were very successful when they were out originally. Notice how half of these movies came out before 2017? Notice also how half of these movies have Will Ferrell in them? Will Ferrell literally accounts for half of the best comedies inside of the box.
Below is my list of the best comedy movies that I have seen that are currently at Redbox.
The Best Comedy Movies Currently at the Redbox March 2018:
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Elf (2003)
21 Jump Street (2012)
Daddy’s Home (2015)
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
The House (2017)
CHIPS (2017)
Baywatch (2017)
Going in Style (2017)
Wilson (2017)
Posted in Redbox Related, The Best Movies
Tags: 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Baywatch (2017), Best Movies at Redbox, CHIPS (2017), Daddy's Home (2015), Daddy's Home 2 (2017), Films, Going in Style (2017), Gringo (2018), Movies, Redbox, Redbox Best Comedy Movies List March 2018, The Best Comedy Movies Currently at Redbox, The House (2017), Will Ferrell, Wilson (2017)