Senior Year

Just needed an easy no brainer comedy after my week. This ticked the boxes. Couple of tokes, and this movie, made me laugh. Changed the course of my day. Laughter is the best medicine. It's so goofy and unrealistic but so what. It's a simple comedy movie and doesn't pretend to be anything else...which was fine by me.

I'm not the biggest Rebel Wilson fan but because I couldn't find anything new to watch I decided to give it a shot. When all said and done it was actually pretty funny. Some of the dialouge had my busting up laughing. I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. It was definitely worth a watch. 6 stars.

Despite being a formulaic cliché, this does have an interesting satirical element. Of course all the tired tropes are there, unrequited love, wonder at technology development and child in a woman's body.

The intriguing part is the stark contrast in sensibilities over twenty years. Naturally it is caricatured for comedic effect, but perhaps we have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Some horrible practices have been discontinued, but at the expense of sanitising our interactions.

Sadly this social commentary is insufficient to make this a good movie despite the delightful Rebel Wilson. It is mediocre at best, with a weak, stale story, clumsy dialogue and an insurmountable suspension-of-disbelief requirement.

Every modern movie trope piled high into this predictable teen romcom of sorts. However, all that was expected so it comes down to humor and cast. I laughed more than once and acting was decent enough.

If you are a child of the 90s you'll love the references. Rebel Wilson is charming and silly. The plot is totally unexceptional and predictable. There's also plenty of political messaging that you'd expect from any movie these days.