One of the surprise comedies of the summer — and
there were some real lame ones that got big theatrical pushes (choke, choke) —
was writer/director Gene Stupnitsky’s Good Boys. Imagine an R-rated version of Diary of
a Wimpy Kid and you’ve nailed it!!
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has targeted
Nov. 12 as the street date for both DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack editions of
this comedy done-right. Yes, done-right
… you can even argue that this is one of the best-written films of the year (we
will reserve the honor of “the best” for Tarantino’s Once Upon
a Time in … Hollywood).
In any case, the ARR comes in at 88 days and
domestic box office receipts were an awesome $73.3 million. We are talking about a film rated-R, starring
three sixth-graders. Not since Stand by
Me, which was also R-rated, has there been a
coming-of-age film this good.
In case you missed it, because you didn’t know what
“Good Boys” was all about (things can get lost in the summer crush of
promotions, especially when there is so much noise revolving around all those
big-budget super hero flicks), three six-grade boys, Max (Jacob Tremblay — he
was Jack, the little kid, in director Lenny Abrahamson’s Room,
plus such films as Wonder, The Predator,
etc.) and his buddies, Thor (Brady Noon — as Tommy Darmody in the Boardwalk
Empire cable series) and Lucas (Keith L. Williams —
as Jasper in The Last Man on Earth
television series) are on a mission to attend an in-crowd party where Max might
have the opportunity to kiss Brixlee (Millie Davis — she also co-starred with
Tremblay in Wonder, but
is perhaps best known as the voice of Ms. O in the animated television series, Odd Squad), a
girl he has a crush on.
Of course there is drama (lots going on with sixth
graders) and nothing goes as planned (and that is the fun of it), but if you
missed the theatrical run of Good Boys,
circle Nov. 12 on your home entertainment viewing calendar … it is a must!!
Bonus features include commentary from
writer/director Gene Stupnitsky (his first feature film as director …
Emmy-nominated for The Office
television series and co-wrote Bad Teacher),
who is joined by co-writer/producer Lee Eisenberg (regular partner with Stupnitsky
for The Office, Bad Teacher and
other ventures).
There are also unrated deleted and extended scenes,
an unrated alternate ending, a gag reel and five production featurettes — “Boys
for Real,” “Welcome to Vancouver,” “A Fine Line,” “Ask Your Parents” and “Guest
Stars”
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