Good Boys

Tween comedy Good Boys delivers crass silliness — and some hard-R charm

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The good boys of “Good Boys” try very, very hard to be bad. But despite their adult aspirations over the course of a wild couple of days, it’s their sweet-natured innocence that ultimately sees them through every misadventure.

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As the aunt of a 12-year-old boy, I constantly stress over what’s appropriate: a carelessly dropped F-bomb can have me feeling guilty for days.

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Regardless who the film is for, it’s nice that a movie like “Good Boys” exists.

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In Richard Linklater’s adaptation of the Maria Semple novel, Blanchett’s leading performance treads joyfully close to excess, savoring the pleasures of the brink.

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The novelty of kids cursing wears thin, but the feelings of outsider-dom remain relatable and hilarious

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Good Boys Isn’t a Movie for Kids. But It Captures What It’s Like to Be One

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Hits all the expected marks for raunch and vulgarity, with the bonus that it is actually also kind of sweet.

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Director Stupnitsky lacks finesse and an eye for framing at this stage of his directorial career. He is, however, well-attuned to catching moments on the fly.

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When sixth-graders Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) are invited to a ‘kissing party’ by the coolest kid in their class, their innocent attempts to learn more about the opposite sex ahead of the bash begin a misadventure that takes them way out of their depth.

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Jacob Tremblay leads a cast of pre-teens in a raunchy and repetitive film that still delivers a consistent supply of laughs

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Good Boys successfully exploits a newfound ground between crudeness and innocence, but nearly runs it dry.

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If Good Boys is successful when released this summer, God help poor Mr. Wilson when they inevitably make a hard-R reboot of Dennis The Menace.

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The spiritual prequel of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s ‘Superbad’ feels like it was made for and by 12-year-olds

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I guess they could keep remaking Superbad 'til the end of times, but there is the law of diminishing returns, and I believe we have reached that particular crest, but I have a feeling this wave will never crash.

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Gene Stupnitsky’s film is Big Mouth for those who prefer ribald humor about tweenage sexuality in live action.

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Devoid of empathy or fun, this is a crime against schoolboy comedy

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Kids say the darnedest things — but mostly the F-bomb — in this energetically uninspired bad-taste comedy.

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Three preteen friends go rogue so one might get to kiss a girl in Gene Stupnitsky's directing debut.

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