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Better than Trainwreck? Maybe it was the 90-degree weather, but that was the kind of chatter that was coming out of Austin’s Paramount Theatre when Blockers premiered here Saturday night as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Kay Cannon — “I’m a woman, and I directed something, and it’s a comedy, and it’s R-rated, and it’s getting a studio release!” she said as she introduced it — centers on three different parents’ efforts to stop their daughters from completing a pact to lose their virginities on prom night. We don’t want to give away any of the gags, but you’ll be hearing a lot about “butt chugging” this April. And the “John Cenaissance”.
Reviews are starting to trickle in for Cannon’s new movie, and here is what the critics and film media were saying on Twitter straight after the premiere. SXSW has a reputation for breaking big comedies, and it looks like that’s going to hold.
SEE THIS ONE WITH A CROWD
https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/972690130480848897
https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/972687365503422465
IT HAS A PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE ABOUT EMPOWERMENT
https://twitter.com/isaacfeldberg/status/972687557740892160
https://twitter.com/nicsperling/status/972699341491142657
BUT ALSO PLENTY OF GROSS STUFF
https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/972688155848650752
https://twitter.com/JamieBroadnax/status/972687709432147968
AND USHERS IN THE DAWN OF THE “CENAISSANCE”
https://twitter.com/davidlfear/status/972686964297170944
https://twitter.com/jasonsperling__/status/972715147935567872
https://twitter.com/Brian_Tallerico/status/972695099950944257
Check out the trailer for Blockers below and check in with Rotten Tomatoes as reviews officially start rolling in. The film opens everywhere on April 6.
