What if there was more to the Goldilocks story? Picture this: when the three Bears (who are in college) get home, Goldilocks has eaten all the porridge, got drunk, and is now passed out on the livi…
, Donald Elise Watkins, Maddie Nichols, and Sabrina Carpenter, these college kids engage in errors without the comedy. This movie makes it difficult to become engrossed in its social commentary without feeling it’s making a mockery of its message. Maybe that’s the point? The film is all over the place, and the payoff doesn’t hit you in the feels as it should.
After spending some time in the school biology lab, the two go back home and see a young blonde girl lying unconscious on their living room floor. Carlos , the third roommate, is getting high and oblivious to the discovery while sitting in the backroom. This girl, who the guys nickname Goldilocks, but whose real name is Emma , is knocked out and wasted. What do the three do? Sean is scared to call the police because he’s afraid the cops will suspect them of wrongdoing.
The whole N-word scene took me out of the experience which was only five minutes into the movie. Where was this all going? It isn’t until 40-minutes in that it gets interesting. I mean, how can these three young men of color be good Samaritans without putting themselves in danger? Then I discovered the film isn’t about what the three young men decide to do, but about teaching Kunle a lesson. He’s under the impression that things can’t be that bad for Black people in America, right? Wrong.
How do you turn something like this into a comedy? I get that screenwriter KD Davila is trying to merge genres and ideas, but in making racism the butt of the joke, they have to be funny, not traumatizing. The story has to provide characters to care for, not characters that repel the audience. Cyler is the saving grace because his comedic timing is always on point. However, he’s given too much comedic responsibility because when he’s off-screen, the movie implodes.
There is some magic here, but the misplaced laughs and insufferable characters make it arduous to connect with the film on any level.Must Read Stories
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