In the new comedy Big Time Adolescence, Saturday Night Live regular Pete Davidson finds a screen vehicle perfectly suited to his quirky talents, and in fact even manages a few scenes that actually …
regular Pete Davidson finds a screen vehicle perfectly suited to his quirky talents, and in fact even manages a few scenes that actually bring more than one dimension to a strictly one-dimensional character. Hulu started streaming the film early this week after a theatrical run was cut short when theaters were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s nice escapist fare, and I probably don’t have to tell you that boy do we need it now.
It starts with a flashback to when Mo was 10 and tagging along with his older sister and her then-high school boyfriend Zeke . Cut to six years later and Mo and Zeke are still the best of friends, long after sis has dumped the dead-end BF, outgrowing his childish antics far earlier than little ‘bro ever will.
We have seen this kind of setup before where an older guy serves as a bad example for impressionable younger people . The role is perfectly tailored for Davidson, who plays it mostly for laughs as his Zeke seems clueless as to the impact of his behavior. He is a hopeless case, and Orley’s script never tries to redeem him, something a lesser-talented filmmaker might be tempted to do.
Davidson clearly has the more colorful role and shows promise beyond his TV image, but Gluck is the one who brings this film much-needed gravitas and is one to watch. Cryer tones down his own usual comic tendencies for a more typical parental role here, and there is very fine work from Laurence as the smart girl who got away, and Sweeney who also seems to know well the loser with which she is currently hooked up while bonding in her own way with Mo.
Orley, who was a personal assistant to writer-director Nancy Meyers and learned a lot from that experience, invests this story with a sense of real life in between the comical set pieces. His script was actually on the Black List in 2014, and you can see why. It never falls in the trap of so many gross-out teen-oriented comedies, and that’s a relief. Producers are Mickey Liddell, Mason Novick, Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps, Peter Shilaimon and Glen Trotiner.
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