88. Klases susitikimas. Berniukai sugrizta!; movie review

KLASĖS SUSITIKIMAS. BERNIUKAI SUGRĮŽTA!
Cert 15
96 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong language, sex references

And the award for best cinema seats goes to Showcase Cinema De Lux.
The pity is that I seldom visit this chain because it rarely shows movies that are not available on my Cineworld Unlimited or Odeon Limitless passes.
Nevertheless, on Thursday evening, I found myself at Showcase in Nottingham, which also happens to be the nearest cinema to my house, for a Lithuanian comedy.
It is fascinating to watch foreign comedies because they demonstrate the very different types of humour which exist around the world.
For example, Kestutis Gudavicius's film leers over women in a manner which British films did back in the 60s and 70s but is seen as inappropriate nowadays.
There are endless lingering shots of the tops of female thighs and women's cleavages and its male stars treating women as nothing but sex objects.
And yet this style of comedy seemed to go down perfectly fine with the young women in the Showcase audience because they laughed a lot, as did the men.
The movie surrounds the class reunion of four old pals, led by Audrius Bružas and Kirilas Glušajevas.
They have differing home lives (one treats his wife like dirt while he plays around, another is treated like dirt by his wife as she plays around, the third leaves his wife at the airport after their honeymoon to go off with his pals and the fourth member of the quartet is in a state of distress after splitting from his spouse).
They try to put all of the above out of their minds. with various degrees of success, as they head off for a drink and drug-addled reunion.
Along the way, women throw themselves at them as if they are the most alluring men on earth.
And that's it - myriad sex jokes, sometimes at their own expense and often at that of others.

Reasons to watch: If you enjoy non-stop stag-do style jokes
Reasons to avoid: Infantile humour - particularly aimed at women

Laughs: Couple of chuckles from me, laughs from the native speakers
Jumps: None
Vomit: Yes
Nudity: Yes
Overall rating: 4.5/10

The big question - When will movie-makers finally stop leering over women?

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