I have to admit I had not heard of this movie until a few months ago. I don't recall hearing about it when it came out a couple years ago but, wow, did I miss out! This movie is HILARIOUS! Edgy in that you don't expect kids to be offering the kind of adult humor they do in this film, especially like what's offered up by Tracy Morgan's son. (Wow, the vulgarity!) But for some reason this movie pulls it off, even as you shift in your seat a little wondering what kind of parents would allow their kid to use that kind of language even for a movie, lol.
Even beyond the humor, the more serious overtones or messaging in the plot is welcomed and somehow fits, as in Augie's character coming into his own and being validated in his uniqueness, showing much more maturity than expected. Love it! Love what the writers did with that plot line.
So quirky and weird and yet so relatable is this movie. You go from looking "at" grown men play-fighting like soldiers in a war to rooting for them and entering into that wacky world right alongside them. lol The subplots and the superb supporting cast round out the film and make it one of the most pleasant movie-watching surprises I've encountered in a long time.
7.5
Even beyond the humor, the more serious overtones or messaging in the plot is welcomed and somehow fits, as in Augie's character coming into his own and being validated in his uniqueness, showing much more maturity than expected. Love it! Love what the writers did with that plot line.
So quirky and weird and yet so relatable is this movie. You go from looking "at" grown men play-fighting like soldiers in a war to rooting for them and entering into that wacky world right alongside them. lol The subplots and the superb supporting cast round out the film and make it one of the most pleasant movie-watching surprises I've encountered in a long time.
7.5