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 Blockers 

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Blockers is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Kay Cannon and written by Eben Russell, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Brian Kehoe, and Jim Kehoe. The film stars Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Kathryn Newton, Graham Phillips, June Diane Raphael, Hannibal Buress, and Sarayu Blue and follows a trio of parents who try to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night.


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I saw this like a week ago. It's very funny and sweet, and has a fair number of laugh out loud moments. Highly enjoyable. A-


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Very funny. Everyone is very likeable.


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I enjoyed the comedy. It was very entertaining for me. It felt like a flip on the original American Pie film. There were multiple laugh out loud sequences with the audience I watched it with which helped the overall experience. I liked the cast. Cena, Mann, Barinholtz were all very good. Normally, I find Mann hit or miss as she can be quite annoying but she was perfect in her role here. I also enjoyed the teen actors. I thought the situation of Barinholtz's daughter was interesting and unique to see it here.

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Funniest movie I’ve seen in a long time. I was dying. :funny:


Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:12 pm
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It was funny in most parts but I wasn't able to connect with these over-protective parents and their misadventures. It felt like a generic comedy which is a cut above similar movies due to the chemistry among the three leads (parents) but it still remains that - a generic teen comedy. While all three leads were funny at some point I like Ike's work here a lot because he manages to be funny and emotional parts well.

7/10


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I thought this was hilarious. I laughed a lot. Cena is refreshing and surprisingly funny. A promising future Hollywood star, I hope. But Ike Barinholtz's quick wit makes the film. I just thoroughly enjoyed myself. Sex comedies are not easy, but when they're cool and unrestricted they are. The final quarter isn't as good, but I guess that's expected with this type of film (there has to be a resolution to the arcs). Oh, and although we don't really see it in its full glory; Gideon Adlon has a mighty fine chest.

I enjoyed how Universal shoehorned in a bunch of their own films. Mentioning Inferno and The Fast and the Furious movies was cool, but I don't think any human on the planet has a poster of Snow White and the Huntsman on their bedroom wall. Also liked the dig at Twilight, and just the pop culture references in general were a delight. Good film.

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Good film, quite funny and got its heart in the right place. The three adult leads got some good chemistry, and I was quite surprised how much I liked Cena in a prominent role. It's never really laugh out loud funny, some things are silly, but it's pleasantly comedic all the way through. Nice directing debut of Cannon.

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I do think I remember one scene in the trailer where Ike is falling or almost falling of some balustrade, but don't think I saw that here.


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stuffp wrote:
I do think I remember one scene in the trailer where Ike is falling or almost falling of some balustrade, but don't think I saw that here.


It's not included in the deleted scenes on DVD either.


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The comedy is a little hit and miss, but the heartfelt parts work, and the lead actors do well. Good comedy but I preferred Booksmart.

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