The Inbetweeners was one of the funniest tv series to come out of the UK in quite some time. Running for 3 seasons, the show told an all-too-familiar tale of 4 boys trying to make it through high school with little more than sex on the mind. Anyone who was once a 15 year old male can tell you that this show is painfully accurate and was sure to bring up painful memories for everyone, even the girls who had to suffer the advances of sweaty, sex-crazed boys.
It's a shame then that the film chooses to drop the school setting (although the actors are now pushing close to 30 so it was inevitable) and go for the oh-so tired cliche of sending the characters on a tropical holiday for their big screen outing. Reminiscent of Kevin & Perry Go Large, The Inbetweeners Movie sets about to give the boys one last hurrah before they inevitably go their separate ways as we all did after high school.
Over the course of the film the boys will hunt for "gash", get drunk, continue to be bullied, and try to impress women. Each having their own hurdles (Simon can't get over his ex, Will is socially awkward, Jay is a compulsive liar, and Neil is just... Neil) the boys will go through hell on their holiday before finally growing up a little. There are plenty of laughs to be had along the way but it all feels a little tame, even compared to the show. Movies based of tv shows like this usually use it as an excuse to go bigger and do things you can't do on tv, but I swear the series was more vulgar than this, a few dick shots aside.
The problem with the film is one that plagues many of this kind, it doesn't feel like a movie. It feels like a 2-parter from the series, and sadly the laughs seem a bit few and far between. There are some truly hilarious moments scattered throughout, but it was far too predictable, making some of the jokes suffer. The great thing about the series was it's ability to take an obvious cliche and make it play out as it would in real life, the movie continues this tradition but does so with nearly every joke making the unpredictable, predictable. The characters don't give in the mushy cliches until the end which makes those moments feel unearned as everyone is a massive twat throughout the movie, no woman in their right mind would stick with them.
There is still a great deal of fun to be had here, but don't go in expecting something better than the series. It's nice to spend another 2 hours with the boys, I just wish they'd used this opportunity to do something a bit more bold and daring.
6/10
It's a shame then that the film chooses to drop the school setting (although the actors are now pushing close to 30 so it was inevitable) and go for the oh-so tired cliche of sending the characters on a tropical holiday for their big screen outing. Reminiscent of Kevin & Perry Go Large, The Inbetweeners Movie sets about to give the boys one last hurrah before they inevitably go their separate ways as we all did after high school.
Over the course of the film the boys will hunt for "gash", get drunk, continue to be bullied, and try to impress women. Each having their own hurdles (Simon can't get over his ex, Will is socially awkward, Jay is a compulsive liar, and Neil is just... Neil) the boys will go through hell on their holiday before finally growing up a little. There are plenty of laughs to be had along the way but it all feels a little tame, even compared to the show. Movies based of tv shows like this usually use it as an excuse to go bigger and do things you can't do on tv, but I swear the series was more vulgar than this, a few dick shots aside.
The problem with the film is one that plagues many of this kind, it doesn't feel like a movie. It feels like a 2-parter from the series, and sadly the laughs seem a bit few and far between. There are some truly hilarious moments scattered throughout, but it was far too predictable, making some of the jokes suffer. The great thing about the series was it's ability to take an obvious cliche and make it play out as it would in real life, the movie continues this tradition but does so with nearly every joke making the unpredictable, predictable. The characters don't give in the mushy cliches until the end which makes those moments feel unearned as everyone is a massive twat throughout the movie, no woman in their right mind would stick with them.
There is still a great deal of fun to be had here, but don't go in expecting something better than the series. It's nice to spend another 2 hours with the boys, I just wish they'd used this opportunity to do something a bit more bold and daring.
6/10
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