No Wrench

Hard to find fault with this comedy about a teen-aged boy trying to find a date to prom in southern Florida. The formula is pretty simple, old people are funny, south Florida is funny, teen-aged angst is funny, William H Macy and Elaine May talking about sex are funny. The movie never rises above its formula; this is not a transcendentally funny movie. But it does keep a good-natured tone about through everything and keeps a smile on your face during the film. Plus it has the actress who played Maybe in Arrested Development which is never a bad thing (it is amazing how well the alumni of that show have done in the film industry). There is nothing wrong with making a good solid comedy, so Bart Got a Room gets a four.

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