Netflix’s new Superbad rip-off is a great reminder to watch Seth Rogen’s $111 million comedy movie 5 years ago

incomingNetflix’s terrible middle-school version of SuperbadIs a timely reminder to check out Seth Rogen’s awesome middle school version Superbad From 2019. incoming is about four freshmen attending their first high school party and trying to get in with the cool kids. The film marks the feature-length directorial debut of brothers Dave and John Chernin, who cut their teeth as writers on It’s always sunny in Philadelphia. But incoming is not nearly as funny as a Superbad-esque teen comedy from two of the minds behind it It’s always sunny Sounds.

It seemed like though incoming Did everything for it: two writers from It’s always sunny At the helm, “Sweet Dee” herself, Kaitlin Olson, in a supporting role, and financial support from Netflix to bring their wildest gag ideas to life. But unfortunately, when the movie was released in Netflix’s streaming library on August 23, it arrived as one of the biggest disappointments of the year. The comparisons to Superbad Didn’t do the movie any favorsBecause drawing parallels with one of the greatest comedies ever made just highlights how bad it is.

How Netflix’s Incoming Movie Imitates Superbad

Incoming is a third-rate superbad rip-off

incoming is little more than a third-rate knock off of Superbad. Much like Superbad, incoming Chronicles the debauched antics of a bunch of immature kids trying to get into the popular crowd by attending a high school party. The only difference is that SuperbadSeth and Evan are seniors attending the last party of their high school careers, though incomingThe cast of characters, Benj, Eddie, Connor and Koosh, are all freshmen attending their first high school party. That difference is quite negligible. Once they get to the party, they’re basically the same movie.

Superbad is a much smarter and sweeter movie than incoming. Superbad Has its fair share of crude humor, like when Seth gets period blood on his leg or when Evan tries and fails to knock back a full bottle of liquor, but it’s not just crassness for crassness’ sake; It’s all rooted in story and character. The great humor in incomingLike when the most popular girl in school gets drunk all over the inside of a car, the definition of rudeness is rudeness. And It does not have the underlying vulnerability of Superbad.

Incoming is a great reminder to watch Seth Rogen’s 2019 Good Boys movie

Good Boys is a much better version of what Incoming wants to achieve

The only thing that separates incoming of Superbad Is that the boys are younger by a couple of years. But The writing team behind SuperbadSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, have already produced their own younger version of Superbad With 2019s Good guys. Good guys was directed by No hard feelingsGene Stupnicki from a script he wrote with Lee Eisenberg, with whom he wrote several episodes The officeIncluding season 4, episode 13, “Dinner Party.” Good guys Stars James Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon as three eighth-graders who skip school to prepare for their first boy-girl party.

Anyone who was disappointed incoming – or even anyone considering giving incoming A watch – should check out Good guys Instead. Good guys Has just as much gross-out shock humor as incomingHowever It also has the heart that incoming missing. The gimmick of seeing kids doing and saying things that the ratings board deems them too young for is enough to get viewers into the movie. But it’s the endearing friendship between the three boys and the insecurities they’re afraid to face that carry the movie to the finish line.

How Good Boys and Incoming’s reviews compare to Superbad

Good Boys came much closer to Superbad’s acclaim than Incoming

Not either incoming Or Good guys managed to achieve the universal critical acclaim met by SuperbadHowever Good guys Came much, much closer than incoming. when Superbad Arriving, it was a breath of fresh air. It has all the boring teenage antics of American pieBut it also has an underlying sweetness. It posits itself as a movie about two teenage boys trying to get laid, but it’s really about their separation anxiety as they’re about to go to different colleges. Critics have hailed it as one of the best comedies ever made.

Superbad Earned an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 88%, the sort of rating awarded to Best Picture nominees. incomingOn the other hand, has an abysmal “rotten” score of 22%. Superbads score indicates almost universal acclaim, though incomings score indicates almost universal panning. Good guys came much closer to Superbads score with a “fresh” rating of 81%. It didn’t quite reach Superbads heights, but it’s still a very impressive score for a comedy.