Bottoms

The characters are relatable, the humor generates laughter without becoming moronic, and the feel-good vibe is never far from the surface.

Bottoms is a boisterous and biting teen comedy that’s very on-the-nose and over-the-top about high school being a violent hellscape of social hierarchies and skin-tingling horniness.

Just gather your nonsqueamish WLW friends and go see Bottoms immediately.

I kind of loved it.

Yes, "Bottoms" is well worth seeing. And, yes, it is the funniest movie of the year.

I loved every twisted, hilarious minute of the violent high school comedy “Bottoms” because, as I’ve told you more than once, I’m a sicko.

I was rooting for Bottoms to be a winning spin on the underdog tale, but the film is strong coffee from the get-go: grating and garish and loud but rarely funny.

Is it “Superbad” or “Jawbreaker”? The screenplay doesn’t seem to ever decide on a direction, which hinders the film, reducing it to something of a chore, and often a bore.

Seligman’s loosey-goosey approach to tone and plotting feels carefully designed to keep us off-kilter and therefore vulnerable to the film’s brand of blindside, kidney-punch comedy.

Of course I loved it!