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Bottoms (2023)
The girls who get it, get it!
This movie is campy, raunchy, violent, and a send up of 2000s era teen movies. It plays with old tropes and turns them on their head or leans into them to the point of ridiculousness. Cheerleaders were always overly sexualized in teen movies, so in this one they literally do nothing but be sexy, they don't even cheer.
I read somewhere that the creators wanted to have a queer teen raunch movie, that's the motivation. That was incredibly clear to me when I was watching. If you see something nonsensical, it's a reference, guaranteed. Even just general high school culture is ridiculed. And I love that the main characters are essentially sleazeball needs like the stars of other teen movies. The poster is literally modeled from revenge of the nerds, the ultimate sleazy nerd movie!
Honestly, when I read other reviews, it's really clear that the negative reviews were left by people who weren't the intended audience. You gotta understand teen movies, camp, AND queer culture. If you get all those things, like truly get them, then you'll probably enjoy this. And if you don't you might be left wondering why everyone else likes it so much. Oh well!
(One star knocked off bc it did feel like they were getting very close to laughing at CSA victims at one point and while I don't think it was their intention, it wasn't a great look)
An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
Horrible movie, childhood memories, don't watch except for nostalgia
This is one of those movies that I watched over and over as a kid, I'm honestly surprised the tape didn't break. I'm sure it drove my parents mad how often I watched, Christmas season or not. It was a fun memory to rewatch it, remembering what my favorite parts were and thinking about why I might've loved a dog in a Christmas ornament so much.
HOWEVER, if you didn't watch this as a child and aren't interested in a walk down memory lane, there's no good reason to watch this horrible movie. Kids love trash movies all the time and this was mine. Just truly garbage beginning to end. Honestly the only stars are because of the warm fuzzies the memories gave me. But don't go trying to show your kids this. Either they won't care and will roast you for your horrible taste or, even worse, they'll actually like it and now you'll be stuck living with kids rewatching it over and over like my poor parents had to.