Good Boys

       Remove the R-rated language and you have a very sweet film about that time in life between being a kid and hitting your teens. However tweens cursing and buying drugs puts a whole different spin on it. The cursing is funny for a while and does wear thin after a while but the situations these three 12 year old boys find themselves get more and more outrageous.

        Jacob Trembley, Keith L. Williams and Brady Noon are the three "Beanbag Boys". Friends for life that are about to go to their first "kissing party". First they have to learn how to kiss. Things get pretty crazy from that point. Even though their adventures get wilder, there remains something very sweet and nostalgic ( especially if you were ever a 12 year old boy) about their relationship.

       The three leads are terrific, basically doing what boys do, and have great chemistry. I can picture them grown up as Ben Stiller, Craig Robinson, and Danny McBride respectively. The film co-stars Molly Gordon, Lil Rel Howery, Midori Francis and Will Forte.

           Co-written and directed by Gene Stupnitsky, the spirit of male tween years is captured perfectly. The major plot point of trying to recover "Molly" for two older girls was a bit uncomfortable for me but it does manage to put the boys in some crazy situations. Most of the visuals gags are seen in the preview but some pretty funny dialog is saved for the film. There are many laugh out loud lines, most of which are unrepeatable here as the film definitely earns its "R" rating.