06/11/2013

The To Do List (2013)

Brandy Klark, feeling sexually naïve and pressured, creates a 'list' to accomplish before going to college..

On paper this sounds like a quite awful teen comedy flick, but what a quite surprise it turns out to be. An old skool flick in the style of  'Easy A', '100 Days Of Summer' with the added crudeness of 'Superbad', this is a wonderfully fun, snappy and charming movie.

Slightly predictable at times, the 'pool' gag you can see coming a mile off, but it's still hilarious, shades of 'American Pie' vulgarity, as is the 'cinema' scene, but the characters are so likeable, the lead, Aubrey Plaza as Brandy, with great support from 'SuperBads'  Bill Hader as Wiley the pool owner, and yes, Christopher Mintz  Plasse (McLovin) as Duffy.

Rude, crude, but very likeable.

"Were you humping a pillow??"

*****

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