Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) have just moved into middle school as they enter the sixth grade (that is the final year of primary school for us in the UK) and they are desperate to maintain their street cred and get to their first ever kissing party. Cue gross out comedy hijinks of the likes of Superbad or this year’s Booksmart but with twelve year olds. But absolutely no where near as good.

Good Boys is an odd film. The high concept and only joke repeated throughout is the fact that twelve year olds don’t really understand sex, drugs or their hormones despite the fact they definitely want to pretend they do. Which means we get to see them watch porn, misunderstood what dildo’s and anal beads are and swear a lot. Sometimes this can be pretty funny, but other times it misses the mark and after a while it wears completely thin. So much so that a running time of 89 minutes drags painfully, especially during the ironically dramatic finale.

Worst of all is that the delivery can be painfully stilted with the editing appearing to suggest that a single line at a time was all that could be managed in some scenes.

I would suggest the trailer has better impact in delivering the films jokes than the film itself.