Bachelor party

I was unsure about this movie at first- seeing Nick Kroll in a more serious role made me nervous. I am so incredibly surprised. This movie is raw and emotional while having the appropriate amount of comic relief. I felt like I wanted to hang out with this group of people. Everyone has their stories. Everyone has their hardships. Who knows what the future will hold? I will definitely be seeking out more films by the writers. It's such a refreshing and real movie!

Movie director Jeff Baena committed suicide earlier this month, so I decided to watch one of his movies in his memory. I'd never seen 2016's "Joshy", so I rented that. While there's nothing particularly special about the movie, it's still a decent look at some friends getting together for their planned bachelor party after the main character's fiancée commits suicide. These guys just do what they can to have fun, including some bro stuff.

I guess that it seems like the sort of movie that they just made for fun, but it's an enjoyable movie nonetheless. In addition to Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Nick Kroll, Alex Ross Perry and Brett Gelman, the cast includes Jenny Slate, Lauren Graham, Aubrey Plaza (whom Baena later married) and Alison Brie.

Baena later cast Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie as nuns in "The Little Hours" (2017).

A light movie to watch. Good jokes and comedy but not entirely , and that's why we have too much haters.

A random party weekend with a beauty message : "This is a story about friendship"

And no guys is not trying to be "The Hangover" ...

I was hesitant to start this movie because of the low rating but I like all the actors and I'm very glad I did. I was under the impression this would be nonstop laughs. I was almost immediately proven wrong. This movie let's your guard down & then hits you with surprisingly emotional moments that don't feel cheap. I feel like I know all the character types. It's very hard not to spoil this movie. Sure the acting isn't perfect & it can get surprisingly dark but it felt like hanging out with real people who were going thru some stuff & came out the other side. Very touching, sometimes funny. Give it a chance.

I'm not in the demographic that this film was intended for, so perhaps I'm not the best person to rate it. The premise revolves around its main character Joshy's (Thomas Middleditch) decision to still hold his pre- planned "bachelor party", even though his fiancé committed suicide some 4 months beforehand.

As Joshy's friends and acquaintances gather at a rented home in the country, I felt, as things progressed, that some of the dark and dry humor was quite effective, especially that of the dweebish Adam (Alex Ross Perry). However, more often than not the characters and plot machinations could get rather annoying and even "go off the rails" into areas that just didn't work, in my opinion.

To note, there's plenty of drug usage on screen, lots of raw language, explicit references, and one scene of nudity.

All in all, unfortunately I thought the negatives here outweighed the positives and thus only a fair rating.