Teenager Neil (Jake Short) makes a wish and turns into a hunk that heās drawn for his comics; maybe now he can catch the attention of a girl heās fallen for. Finnish director Teppo Airaksinen seems to aim for a blend of 1980s American high school movies and Superbad (2007) with painfully familiar ingredients and gross-out jokes that are far from funny. The cast is better than the material and the film wouldāve done better if it had gone for something more heartfelt.
2021-Finland-Canada-U.S. 100 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ Teppo Airaksinen. Cast: Jake Short (Neil), Miles J. Harvey (Gilbert), Damon Wayans, Jr. (Jimmy), Madison Davenport, Iliza Shlesinger, Peter Moses.
