morbiusephilologist

The Breaker Upperers (2018)

Disappointing

I wish I had seen the User Review by beingmaggie before attending this movie (shown as a school fundraiser). The school had failed to indicate its censorship rating (M), which allows those aged 10 or over to see it, and my wife and I were very uncomfortable to see a girl who seemed only 9 or 10 there with her mother. The movie was mercifully short, but seemed longer. "beingmaggie" has said it all - the actors were OK, but the material relied heavily on shock value for many of its laughs - it was rarely witty. Yes, there were some good laughs but these were only occasional. Mostly, it was a Suspense-Horror movie... waiting for it to drop the next crudity or for the umpteenth time to depict cocaine-snorting or simulated sex under a rug. We will watch out for that "Comedy" label in future, and for the line-up of professional (i.e. paid) reviews calling a movie "hilarious". Maybe the unpaid reviews are more accurate.