The Style Boyz

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2018)

With Easter coming up,I decided to travel and meet up with a friend a few weeks before the holidays. Looking for a Comedy flick to buy that we could watch together,I went for Girls Trip-which ended up not turning up in time. Going to Birmingham day before the meet-up,I decided look in HMV for an alt choice. Not having a movie in mind,I looked at the shelves,and found a film I had ordered months ago on Ebay that had got lost in the post! This led to me finally becoming a popstar...
View on the film:

Blending all the major trends in the current music scenes, the screenplay by co-writers/(with Jorma Taccone)co-stars/co-directors Akiva Schaffer & Andy Samberg play a pitch-perfect parody of the times,from the hilariously vicious riffs on social media memes and gossip shows like TMZ, (here called CMZ) to the "bad boy" image Pop stars use to make themselves look edgy,and the deafening beats of EDM. Giving Conner chart-topping tunes,the writers spin super-catchy spoof tracks, ranging from pounding Hip-Hop,to very funny, R&B/Pop tracks on subjects that include Osama Bin Laden. Stealing all of Conner's Pop fame, Chris Redd gives a fantastic performance as rapper Hunter,with Redd giving his stage performances a rough, exciting atmosphere. Looking every inch the modern chart-topper, Andy Samberg gives a great performance as Conner,whose arrogance Samberg uses to keep him completely lacking in self-awareness as all those who worked with him quitting,over Conner believing he is a Popstar who will never stop stopping.