A comedy about people slacking off and abusing their authority, in which much of the humour derives from people being humiliated; and yet ... why, it's actually good-natured, with not the slightest trace of nastiness about it. If you're one of those people who actually care for the hundred or so teen comedies that have been made in the past half-dozen years you might like to try a more mature version of the same thing, without the sour aftertaste, and with as much genuine humour as the rest of them combined.
Take the gross-out scene earlier on. We wince as we watch competitive drinkers force vast quantities a certain substance down their throats - but the substance is not semen, not urine, not blood plasma, not even hard liquor, but ... maple syrup. Technically, this DOES qualify as gross-out humour, but of a strangely witty and not unpleasant kind.
Obviously I'm not claiming that this is the most brilliant comedy ever made; just the best (or one of the best) in its own particular territory. It's a movie that makes me suspicious of people who don't enjoy it. Quite frankly, if you don't find at least some of its jokes ("It's Afghanistanimation!") amusing, then you have no soul.
Take the gross-out scene earlier on. We wince as we watch competitive drinkers force vast quantities a certain substance down their throats - but the substance is not semen, not urine, not blood plasma, not even hard liquor, but ... maple syrup. Technically, this DOES qualify as gross-out humour, but of a strangely witty and not unpleasant kind.
Obviously I'm not claiming that this is the most brilliant comedy ever made; just the best (or one of the best) in its own particular territory. It's a movie that makes me suspicious of people who don't enjoy it. Quite frankly, if you don't find at least some of its jokes ("It's Afghanistanimation!") amusing, then you have no soul.