A Batalha do Biscoito Pop-Tart

Unfrosted mixes a bunch of comedians together in a silly story and the result is about as good as eating Pop-Tarts. It's not great, but it's enjoyable enough if you're in the right mood. If this were a short comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live it would probably be pretty popular. The humor is very on-the-nose. It's not trying to be subtle at all. You can tell that the cast probably had a great time hanging out while making the movie, and most likely made up some of the jokes on the spot. I laughed a few times but, much like eating a Pop-Tart, I felt a little let down by the experience afterwards.

This a really funny film but the drawback is that the references are all so specific to the early 60's (with a few anachronisms) that a lot of younger reviewers will have their hair parted by the sheer volume of jokes going over their heads. They can however enjoy the stacked cast (loved Bill Burr as JFK) and I dare I say that it manages to redeem some actors like Amy Schumer and Melissa McCarthy who have been in the cultural doghouse for quite some time. The script is packed with all sorts of wild ideas and sometimes even gives some food for thought. What at first seemed like a silly idea for a story reminded me that that's what comedies are and the script had so much detail that I was reminded of all sorts of movies from Blake Edwards to Willy Wonka. Thanks Jerry for making an actual comedic movie - something I haven't seen in a long while.

It was 1963 and I remember it well. No, not because of Pop Tarts but because I graduated from high school and started college in 1963. I do vividly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis where Russia was forced to turn back ships carrying weapons headed for Cuba.

So, is "Unfrosted" a good movie? Well, the answer depends on the viewers and what they are looking for. This is a Jerry Seinfeld creation and as such has humor reminiscent of the now defunct "Seinfeld" TV series. That is to say it is a dumb but witty movie with gags based on many real events.

Seinfeld plays Bob Cabana who in fact was NOT the actual force behind the creation of Pop Tarts, instead he was the Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The real inventor of Pop Tarts was Bill Post, not associated with the Post family of cereal fame.

Many things in 1963 were included in the humor but also something more modern. When it came time for the new Pop Tarts to be "certified" a group of Post supporters stormed the Kellog headquarters, the leader was a Shaman dressed in a head set with horns, a clear parody of the January 6th storming of the US Capitol to try to prevent certification of the 2020 Presidential election results.

So, is it a good movie? My wife abandoned it about half-way, to her it was just too dumb. I watched it all the way and was entertained. It isn't a particularly good movie but it is entertaining if you like that sort of thing. I have seen a bunch of worse movies.

At home, streaming.

This feels like that Dick Turpin series on Apple TV: proof that no matter how talented the cast of comedians, if the script ain't funny, it ain't funny. It starts off like a weird but charming mix of Willy Wonka and Airplane, but then descends into a big budget car crash.

I imagine Jerry Seinfeld went to Netflix and said "I'd like to make a film about my love of cereal and I can get my mates to act in it" and at no point during production did anyone tell him that maybe it's not working.

It does have a couple of funny bits but outstays it's welcome by 90 mins. Enough here to fill a wacky sketch. But when 30 mins of jokes rely on them misnaming Pop Tarts "Trat Pop", you know you're in trouble. Avoid.

If you think of this as an extended SNL skit,and keep that in mind while you're watching it, I think you'll really appreciate it.

It's silly but very funny in places because of it.

If you know Jerry Seinfeld's comedy you can see this is very much from his mind.

The story is simply fun but the performances of the cast, many of whom are stand-up comedians like Seinfeld, make it really watchable. I actually found it fun wondering which famous face might pop up next. When they do appear they often come with numerous historical or pop culture references. So, along with the basic silliness of what you're being told and shown it all adds up to a bowl full of happy. (No more cereal puns I promise). I originally put this film on while I was working just to have some background noise but found myself drawn to watching it properly because I was so amused but also really impressed with the visual style of the film. Apart from the beautiful aesthetics of the 60s, they managed to add to the visual appeal with the art / direction style. They convey a somewhat dreamlike or fantasy-esque appearance about what you're shown without it being too "Willy wonka". If you remember that what you're seeing is a story being told by an adult to a child, it completely works and simply looks grrrrreat. (Sorry).

Really good fun, deserves better reviews, hence why I felt compelled to write this one.

Nice one Jerry.