Adult Interference delivers what many "comedies" today fail to, namely some entertainment and a decent amount of laughs. Its reminiscent of films like Bad Santa and Bad Teacher where wildly inappropriate adults end up instilling valuable life lessons to impressionable teenagers even if by accident.
The casting is pretty respectable with some relative unknowns delivering solid performances. Ted Welch (Bo) plays a rather self absorbed former high school football star turned insurance company pitchman. He has some semblance of success with a series of TV commercials until an alcohol fueled night leads to a very funny, and highly publicized DUI that lands him on house arrest in his hometown. Not only does Bo end up stuck in his Tennessee hometown, his arrest and pending court case has him living in his niece's pink princess playhouse.
George Baron (Elliot) plays opposite of Welch as the nerdy, heavy set high schooler looking to attract the attention of a girl way out of his league. As expected, he's dealing with a lot. Bullies are making him miserable and to make matters worse, his mom "Laura" (played by Christine Woods) is dating an obnoxious self absorbed luxury boat salesman that refers to him as "the runt".
For her part, Woods gives a decent performance as the single mom, but her role is very secondary to the movie. For a while it looks like there's going to be a love interest develop between her and Welch, but it doesn't happen. The closest they come is sharing a few drinks and a near kiss during an impromptu front yard hangout one evening. This works though because, after all, it's not the all-too-familiar former high school sweethearts storyline we see with a lot of movies.
A couple of appearances by Kate Upton attempts to add star power to the cast, but it is really not necessary. Her role in Adult Interference is rather brief and relatively forgettable. Her acting is solid, but any unnamed actress could have stepped into the role and the movie wouldn't miss much.
The plot essentially follows the "adult in drunken downward spiral" line so familiar with the "Bad _____" type of films. While it's not groundbreaking by any means, it isn't nonexistent or disjointed as some reviews claim. The script has definite direction and moves along at a good rate to keep the audience engaged.
There are plenty of opportunities for someone just looking to relax and enjoy a few hours of downtime to laugh with this film. While most of the jokes are rather obvious and a bit . . . Low hanging, that's what makes this movie so funny. Don't underestimate the power of cringeworthy humor.
Bo's field sobriety tests are ripe with laughter and go a long way towards setting up the rest of the storyline. A little later, when he first meets Elliot and recognized that he knew his mother is another funny point that comes up more than once later on. Bo realizes that he knows her as the ". . . Gothy art nerd . . ." and rather cruelly reveals to Elliot ". . . Your mom gave me a handy at fright night" after the teen insulted him.
As if drunkenly urinating on a police officer or hanging out in a bathrobe on the front lawn wasn't bad enough for him, Bo orders in a prostitute to the princess playhouse, bullies back against the kids hassling Elliot, and generally makes his presence uncomfortably known in the quiet suburban neighborhood.
Elliot depends on Bo to teach him how to play football so he can impress the girl of his teenage dreams. As expected, the education gives way to even more laughs and uncomfortable interactions between the two. From childish nicknames to letting him try beer and ordering him to steal cigarettes from his mom, Bo leads Elliot down one questionable path after another. He seems to have good intentions, but fails miserably with much of the execution.
At the end of the day, it's a funny movie that isn't going to require a lot of investment on the part of the audience to enjoy. However, it does require they don't take themselves too seriously and actually have a sense of humor.
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