Good Boys                          4 stars

It has been a good year for comedies so far and that trend continues with Good Boys, a profanity filled R rated comedy about three 12 year boys on a mission to learn how to kiss girls before going to their first kissing party.  The three boys, who are long time friends are not the cool kids and have to endure abuse at their middle school.  They engage is many funny hijinks episodes including trying to spy on teenage girls with a camera equipped drone, conducting a drug deal and selling one of their father’s sex toys before they finally end up at the much anticipated sex party.  It’s a formula very similar to Booksmart, a hit comedy from earlier this summer that involved two high school girls scheming to enjoy their first real alcohol filled party before they graduate.  It works well with the 12 year olds thanks to some over the top acting by Jacob Trembley (as Max), Brady Noon (as Thor) and Keith Williams (as Lucas).  You will remember Trembley from Room and Wonder.  Williams of course was Jasper on TV’s The Last Man on Earth.  The comedy plays off the children’s innocence and curiosity about girls, achieving a balance between vulgar and sweet.  An added bonus was seeing Will Forte as the father of Max.  Molly Gordon from Booksmart also is present as one of the arch nemesis teenage girls the boys have to deal with.  See Good Boys when you can, but don’t take your kids to it!