Very silly but funny in patches

Rating: 4/10 (21 June 2019)

This is a slapstick movie as a quick glance at the trailer or write up should tell you - a ludicrous premise and a film about a ludicrous teen gang. Slapstick, pratfalls, and embarrassment gags in spade loads.
It struck me as very teen-boy stuff with the main characters an incoherent gang of unlikeable and thinly drawn losers until a gorgeous girl suddenly appears and makes up to the main character in spite of her horrible boyfriend's evil schemes. Ah yes, the stick-on love interest. So far, so cartoon, so dull.
Of course the only female characters were the mum (who had no character) and the love-interest (who had no character) ... of course it failed the bechdel test. No surprise there.
But there were wacky patches, which lifted the film - loved the town all pouring into the street to the rousing music of 'You're the Voice'. And the verve of Andy Samberg's performance lifted it from embarrassing to genuinely comic in parts.