Movie review: Fun Size | canada.com

Starring: Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Chelsea Handler, Josh Pence

Rating: 1 out of 5

Halloween favours the release of three kinds of movies ? horror films; films with a Halloween setting; and Oscar-hopeful costume dramas. I?m going to put?Fun Size?in categories two and three, because it?s not scary, it does take place on All Hallows? Eve and it sure as heck ain?t a costume comedy.

The laugh-free plot concerns the efforts of why-are-they-even-friends Wren and April (Victoria Justice and Jane Levy) to attend a Halloween party thrown by class hunk Aaron Riley (Thomas McDonell). Unfortunately, Wren is saddled with taking care of her eight-year-old brother, Albert. He?s one of those willfully mute kids who sometimes pop up in movies, although whether his condition is due to some trauma or because the young actor was left speechless by the film?s script is never addressed.

It?s probably for the best that he doesn?t talk, because even silent he?s a pretty reprehensible character. After ditching his teenage handlers, Albert hooks up with a lonely convenience-store clerk (nothing creepy going on here!) and moves on to a nightclub where he?s knee-high to his mini-skirted dance partners. (Nothing creepy going on ? oh, forget it.)

But wait, there?s less! While Wren and April are scouring downtown Cleveland for little Albert, Wren?s mom (Chelsea Handler) is attending a frat-house party at the home (actually the parents? home) of her absurdly young boyfriend, Keevin (sic). He?s played by Josh Pence, whose claim to fame is that he played Tyler Winklevoss in?The Social Network, before having his head replaced with that of Armie Hammer. He can only wish for that kind of good fortune in this movie.

Why is Wren?s mom attending a party dressed as a young, pre-hab Britney Spears? Because?Fun Size?is a film in which adults act like teenagers, teenagers act like eight-year-olds and eight-year-olds have the good sense not to act at all. It?s quite possible that Jackson Nicoll, who plays Albert, was merely kidnapped from his agent?s office and stuffed into a Spider-Man suit. It would explain a great deal.

There?s less excuse for?SNL?s Ana Gasteyer and Abby Elliott to show up as the lesbian moms of one of the film?s hapless teen characters. But at least they drive a Volvo, demand that their son speak to them in ancient Greek and own a cat with chemical sensitivities, thus conforming to the profile of every lesbian mom from Cleveland I?ve ever met. Screenwriter Max Werner, whose (don?t quit your) day job is writing for TV?s?The Colbert Report,?must have really thrown himself into research for this one.

Fun Size?is the directing debut of Josh Schwartz, who created TV?s?The O.C., Chuck?and?Gossip Girl. Impressive credits, and as a show of good faith I decided to give his movie two stars, one of which would be lost if he resorted to either the old punch-to-the-groin joke, or a scene of someone throwing up. See the movie if you want to find out which one he refrained from including, but be warned.?Fun Size?resolves the query: Trick or treat? But you may not like the answer.

Source: http://o.canada.com/2012/10/26/movie-review-fun-size/

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