The Late Bloomer

I came on here before watching The Late Bloomer and came across mostly negative comments but went ahead and thought id watch the film as i thought it has comedy potential. I am glad i watched it as i did laugh a couple of times and thought the actors were very well played. the plot was interesting as its not something ordinary. In my opinion this is a funny, quirky film.

This film is okay for adults but no children please. Not really my cup of tea but some really liked it.

I turned into this because it seemed like a good premise and there were like 500 stars in this thing. I was a bit confused by the start of this movie. We are introduced to Peter Newmans, a therapist. For me though, this part went on wayyyy too long. But it is to establish that Peter has no sexual desires and, due to that, a very successful life as a sex addiction therapist. Eventually at about the half way point Peter is hurt and goes to the ER and during the examination it comes to light that he has a tumor on his pituitary gland and has not "matured" properly. I have a bit of a problem buying that this was never discovered by a doctor before this or brought to the doctor's attention. After removal of his tumor puberty decends on Peter and his perfect asexual life - confusing and upsetting just about everyone. The second half of this movie is played for crass laughs - when it should have been played for heartfelt humor about what would happen to a 30 year old entering puberty. I thought everyone tried and there was good talent, but it was the script and writing.

I don't really get why this movie got so much hate. I almost didn't watch it because of all the negative reviews. I'm not a huge fan of overly stupid humor, but I found this to be quite funny. I compare it to Role Models for the level of humor. I saw at least one other reviewer state that the supporting cast was excellent, and it truly was. It was worth the watch alone for the lead's two best friends. An easy watch, not long or tedious, funny dialogue and banter, some good cameos and supporting cast. IMDB doesn't let me do half star ratings but a solid 6.5/10 for me.

First of all I love "stupid" sort of funny stoner types of movies. I can appreciate raunchy sort of humor. The problem with this movie is it just doesn't deliver. I'm a Kevin Pollak fan... and I think he was going for some sort of "American Pie" type of humor here...but it just misses the mark. Lot's of potential and a pretty good premise but just failed to make me actually laugh. I thought the lead actor was sort of meh in it...he did an OK job but wasn't very likable.... and had they done a few things differently I think it could've been funny. Some people probably will say this movie would only be funny to a certain type of person...but I'm that type of person...and it literally didn't even induce a smile. It's not that it wasn't well acted...because it was (kinda)...but they just didn't push the envelope far enough with this one. This is one movie that could've really used some extra raunch to make it funny. The relationship between the main character and his friends doesn't have any chemistry...the guy who is supposed to be the comic relief is just...not funny.... there is nobody likable in this film and that's sort of a problem in a movie where you're supposed to be pulling for the lovable loser...he isn't lovable... he is most certainly a loser...but ...I dunno this movie had a cool enough premise to be funny...they just failed miserably at making it funny in the slightest. Waste of a good cast. :-/