Saturday 3 November 2012

"Fun Size" (Guardian 02/11/12)


Fun Size (12A) 90 mins *

Someday, all US cinema may come to look like this: indifferently shot random events happening to semi-recognisable TV faces. In the case of this smarmily opportunistic Adventures in Babysitting throwback, it’s a lip-glossed student (Victoria Justice, this season’s Rachael Leigh Cook) obliged to track down her errant kid brother one ker-ay-zee Halloween. Precisely who it’s aimed at is anybody’s guess: it’s preceded by the video for Carly Rae Jepsen’s difficult third single, yet persists with smart-arsed, tween-baffling non-jokes about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, mammograms and Alexander Hamilton. As ever, “fun size” translates to “no fun whatsoever”. 

Fun Size is in cinemas nationwide.

2 comments:

  1. I'm probably not going to give this a go now, but I was very charmed by the trailer and the comic timing of the redhead. Also had a chuckle at that humping joke towards the end. Maybe I'm a tween at heart.

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    1. Just as Emma Stone was the insurance industry's ready-made replacement for the Lohan, so too Jane Levy would appear Hollywood's replacement for Emma Stone. Her talents are far better showcased on TV's "Suburgatory", if truth be told...

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