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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.
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#Blockers just destroyed at #SXSW – wild raunchy teen sex comedy with lots of big laughs, adorable moments, and John Cena bare ass. The trailers do not do this one justice – really fun time. pic.twitter.com/5ql8jZBK6P
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) March 11, 2018
I’ve seen TRAINWRECK SPY and many many many more comedies debut in this theater and #Blockers blows them allllllll away. #SXSW
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) March 11, 2018
IT HAS A PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE ABOUT EMPOWERMENT
#BLOCKERS: Kay Cannon knocked this thing out of the park. a winning, progressive take on a concept that only gains in heart and hilarity as it goes. bruising laughs delivered with a deft touch #SXSW #NUSXSW
— Isaac Feldberg @ SXSW (@isaacfeldberg) March 11, 2018
I’m totally here for #Blockers, Leslie Mann’s bonkers physical comedy and the message for teenage girls to encourage them to have agency over their sexuality. #SXSW
— Nicole Sperling (@nicsperling) March 11, 2018
BUT ALSO PLENTY OF GROSS STUFF
#SXSW has done it again. #Blockers is going to be a huge hit. Think 'American Pie' meets 'Bridesmaids.'
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) March 11, 2018
#Blockers was pretty funny. Love the toilet humor and pretty wild. The laughter in the theater was loud and audience seemed to love it! #SXSW #BGNSXSW
— Jamie Broadnax @ SXSW (@JamieBroadnax) March 11, 2018
AND USHERS IN THE DAWN OF THE “CENAISSANCE”
BLOCKERS is literally every raunchcom of the last 10 years in a blender. And it will make a billion dollars. And win John Cena an Oscar. And be called the female Superbad. (Kidding. It will make 2 billion dollars.) #SXSW
— David Fear (@davidlfear) March 11, 2018
Enjoyed #Blockers at #SXSW. But what I really enjoyed was watching @JohnCena watch himself bend over and chug a beer with his butt during the movie. pic.twitter.com/cmUUmjKFxc
— Jason Sperling (@jasonsperling__) March 11, 2018
BLOCKERS: I have now experienced the fun of a SXSW crowd losing their shit at a comedy. Wish I liked it as much as the audience did even if it has some undeniably funny beats. And I’m totally down with the John Cenaissance.
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) March 11, 2018
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.
