How I missed this gem is beyond me. I mean, I probably saw the poster featuring three really young boys and thought this was just some PG crap. Oh, how wrong was I. I was so wrong that I even think that our crew should’ve been a bit older but more about that later. Good Boys is a hilariously raunchy teen comedy featuring a familiar Superbad story, a likable cast, and a great script. We will be following three teenagers trying to make it to their first kissing party. The entire story takes place over the course of 24 hours making this one hell of a day. Right from the opening scene, this movie takes hold of you and doesn’t let up for the next eighty minutes.
The pacing is ferocious and only matched by an intelligent and quite witty script. When I say witty, I don’t mean intellectually funny, if there is such a thing like that, but I mean fuck, shit, cocksucker witty. Just to give you a taste, since our good boys don’t have any sexual experience, they will be using familiar terms in the wrong way. Or they will be pronouncing them wrongly, like coom. Pure fucking genius. And the quality of the jokes does not decline as time goes on. So, get ready for one of the best raunchy comedies of the last five years. Okay, okay, six years. There will be a lot of profanity, crude and sexual jokes, and my favorite kind of humor, toilet humor.
The director, Gene Stupnitsky, did a terrific job along with the writer Lee Eisenberg. This dynamic duet brought you movies like Bad Teacher and Year One, which were okay. Stupnitsky’s latest movie, No Hard Feelings, was much better but it still doesn’t even come close to the glory of Good Boys. Everything just clicked with this movie. The chemistry between our leads, excellent character development, willingness to “go there” and solid, albeit stereotypical, narrative make it a masterpiece of comedy. Just to be perfectly clear, there are enough original subplots and elements here for the movie to stand on its own two feet.
I know I’m getting a bit too excited but for too long have I been forcing myself to watch either neutered or cringy teen comedies. So, when something like this comes along I can’t help myself. Do you want to know how good Good Boys is? It’s so good that I was willing to let go of the Subversive Rabbit’s test for perfect comedies. We don’t have a single shitting scene and yet the rating is a perfect ten. And yes, the story again revolves around relatively wealthy suburban kids but I’m also willing to let that slide. This doesn’t mean I’m still not waiting for a good hood raunchy teen comedy. Kicks was a bit too serious while Dope did come awfully close.
As I already mentioned, I think that our Bean Bag Boys are a bit too young for their own good. It felt a bit strange to watch kids talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol but, at the same time, I know that’s what they’re talking about in real life. Hell, there’s a school right next to me and I sometimes hear things so perverse that I want to get over there and wash their mouths with soap. And all of this is coming from a guy who absolutely adores crude, crass, and even offensive jokes. On top of that, the entire cast looks even younger than they actually are! Still, Good Boys is so fucking charming that even this didn’t bother me so much. I wonder if anyone else felt like me, please let me know down in the comments section.
When it comes to these coming-of-age movies, it’s crucial to have a good cast. You can have a great script or a story but what you really need are good leads. For example, our crew from a similarly-themed Incoming was good but not as good as the talent on display here. Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon were fucking phenomenal and I wonder why they’re not more popular now, in 2025. They surely have the talent, skills, and charm for that. We also have two comedic heavyweights in small roles: Will Forte and motherfucking Stephen Merchant!
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Writers: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Midori Francis, Will Forte
Fun Facts: Jacob Tremblay, who plays Max, really goes to the school we see in the movie. Moreover, it’s his actual locker in real life and his books.
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IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6977338/
