
There is every chance that the next crazy crazy night of adolescent comedy won’t be the last hope of the teenage audience invasion. More specifically, there is that superbad formula somewhat indirectly influenced by darker single-night movies featuring pathetic adults, akin to after-hours. And in some form, film broadening itself to the younger generation is all the better for it. Instead of that, we would have never received the wonderfully hilarious and notably sex-positive Blockers, the warm-hearted Booksmart, the action-packed Bodies, or the best of them, Emergency, a riveting college comedy that also had quite a bit to say about America’s race, gender, and class struggle.
Always Sunny In Philadelphia team of Dave and John Chernin, both co-writers and directors together come as the next in line of the exceptional Incoming perpetrator, and this time it’s not a bad one either! The jokes aren’t as bad as they truly are just that, most of them funny because they step heavily on about something. And that is something that other recent comedies which grasp very hard not to annoy the audience, are doing everything wrong. In that regard, the kids in Incoming are rude, annoying, stupid, and utterly ignorant, which is how we all were in real life.
However, Huffington Post’s vision comes through powerful when it comes to casting. Mason Thames, the floppy-haired boy with a gentle personality resembles an actor from an 80s movie namely, ‘Adventures in Cheesecake’. Also, on an interesting note, the movie has a lot of references to the cross-use of content between modern youth and adolescent-focused films. Obviously, geeky in the worst head that Stanley thinks, Benji develops an affection towards his sister’s friends mistreating the poor actresses, Ali Gallo and Isabella Ferreira who play Bailey and Alyssa’s characters respectively. Meanwhile, in Fairview City, her former girlfriend has found true love. It was Alyssa’s turn to fall in love, not with the head of a harem, but with a girl talented in cutting noses and making them pretty, convinced that looking different gives you a different life.
On the other hand, Benj’s friends Eddie, Connor, and Koosh are played by Ramon Reed, Raphael Alejandro, and Bardia Seiri in that order. All three actors go through some troubles at the beginning of the school and it is, simply, not their best day. The rich Koosh wants to throw his younger brother’s party but is overshadowed by his elder more popular brother. Eddie and Connor are sad but hoping for the best, as they try not to attract too much attention throughout the year. Even Connor who has a shocking nickname for the school’s bullies wants to remain in the shadows. There is of course a popular girl, too, in their school, and that is Katrina, played by Loren Gray. That is quite a person, and that is, of course, someone who all boys of the class wish they could be in the same company with.
The quartet heads to Koosh’s party only to be told that only one of them could be Koosh’s. Trying to win Bailey, Benj persuades the rest of the clan to occupy that guest position while Eddie and Connor go out exploring the city for their own adventures. Also in the mix is the kids’ chemistry teacher Mr. Studebaker (hilarious Bobby Cannavale) who earns his living while being an irresponsible moron throughout the film.
But the kids are the main attraction in “Incoming,” and they deliver. On one pretty corner of their mansion, the lovable but accident-prone Koosh is giving a girl a spa after having seduced her with a couple of lies that eventually had her break down their rendezvous. On other corners, Benj manages to wow Bailey but quickly messes it up. As for the best plot of the film, which allows for the greatest conclusion, Connor and Eddie very gentlemanly tend to a blind-drunk Katrina over a very terrible night.
Outrageous comedy is intertwined with the lessons. Everybody in ‘Incoming,’ from Alyssa to Mr. Studebaker, gets what they deserve, be it good or bad. The Chernins’ film is not one that moralizes overtly, nor does it let its characters off the hook too easily. This racy little escapade comes with a bit of a lesson for the character’s actions have consequences.
Still, it is understandable how someone may wish that Benj gets to win something at least. Maybe a chance at forgiveness, or even a chance for a pardon. But without that, one can easily feel how “Incoming” does not quite deliver at the end as it should have. However, it is worth noting that friendships remain intact so do the novel elements of teen comedies. And maybe that is what really matters at the end of the story.
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