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The image of a 12-year-old-boy practicing kissing on his friends parents CPR doll is charmingly dorky.
Some will laugh even harder.
Some might want to leave the theater and file a lawsuit.
I stayed and laughed.
Its funny because its abominable.
The titleGood Boysis not meant to be ironic; the Beanbag Boys actually are good, well-behaved kids.
They do what their parents tell them.
Theyre afraid to stray too far from their neighborhood.
They say no to drugs.
They refuse to lie.
They are also clueless.
They think girls stick tampons up their butts to keep babies from coming out.
They think a feminist is someone who hates women.
They cant open childproof pill bottles.
The joke is that their goodness, combined with their cluelessness, keeps getting them in bigger trouble.
Thats also whyGood Boysmanages to find surprising pathos within its simple concept.
Its been crafted with a real sense of character psychology.
These kids are at that age when everybodys developing differently.
