Birdies movie review

MOVIE TITLE: Birdies

This raunchy comedy movie is now available on Video on Demand

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 45 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW MOM GRADE: D

IN A NUTSHELL:

Twin Pines, a failing country club where maintaining a buzz is par for the course, hires a new Golf Pro to help them get back on track before their rivals at the snooty Magnolia Pointe put them out of business for good.

The film was directed by Troy Carlton, as well as written by him with writing help from David Longo and Nate Panning. I’m assuming they were all drunk during the process.

Because the movie is about golf, I assumed the title gets its name from the golf term. NO! Well, sort of, but it’s mostly because we see people flip the bird MANY, MANY times in the movie.

THINGS I LIKED:

The cast definitely looked like they had a blast making this movie.
Most viewers won’t recognize any of the actors. The cast includes Sydney Penny, Ryan O’Flanagan, Madison Moss, Devin McGee, Zach Hanner, Timmy Sherrill, Aerli Austen, Ed Wagenseller, and Nate Panning.
Golfers who love poking fun at the country-club life might get a kick out of this.
It’s the kind of movie a bunch of drunk guys will enjoy playing in the background while they hang out.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

This is extremely low-brow golf.
People speak in such ugly ways to one another
One of the women in the movie had a super cantankerous personality and then suddenly became saccharine sweet in the end for no reason. I hate it when characters completely shift their personalities and motivations at the end of that movie just to provide audiences with a happy ending.
The two romances in the story are really dumb.
There’s a scene shot indoors where the light from the window blinds kept shining on one of the actor’s faces.
Most of the time in this movie is spent watching completely wasted, lazy, quirky characters trying to get out of work.
Lots of plot holes
For a comedy, most of the humor doesn’t land unless you’re wasted.