Hilarious ‘Blockers’ a tour de force for John Cena and Leslie Mann
If you want to know what a culture thinks it thinks, watch drama. But if you want to know how it really thinks, watch comedy. Watch, for example, “Blockers,” which is exuberant in its crudeness and coarseness. It’s where comedy is now, and it’s very funny.
The premise is simple, and yet difficult to pull off. Three parents get wind of their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity on prom night. And so, they go off on a mission to stop them, setting in motion a one-wacky-night plot that gets more and more insane as it goes along.
What makes the premise hard to pull off is navigating the mores and morality. If the parents succeed in stopping the night, they also stop the comedy by reigning in anarchy.