The Gutter (Shameik Moore) (REVIEW) | Projector @ LFF Shorts | Bowling comedy doesn't hit a strike - video Dailymotion

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Film Brain reviews a wacky, raunchy bowling comedy in the tradition of Kingpin and Dodgeball, but despite Shameik Moore and Susan Sarandon being game, it scores less than a 7-10 split for laughs.

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00:00Shameik Moore proves he's got the balls in the bowling comedy The Gutter,

00:04directed by Isaiah and Yusur Lester, writers for TV shows like Black-ish and Girls.

00:09Moore discovers that he has a talent for bowling and goes pro to try and save the alley that he

00:13works at from being closed with the aid of alcoholic former champ Darcy Carden,

00:18but when he threatens the records of Susan Sarandon, she comes out of retirement to stand in his way.

00:24The Gutter is clearly inspired by Kingpin and Sarandon's performance is definitely

00:28challenging Bill Murray in that movie, and she steals so much of this given the

00:33rare opportunity to comedically cut loose. There's also a fair bit of dodgeball in there

00:37as Paul Reiser plays a commentator analysing the Super League of Bowlers, or SLOB for short.

00:44It's refreshing to see an old-fashioned out-and-out comedy these days, but I wish

00:48The Gutter was better executed. But while it does score some strikes,

00:52Moore has a nickname that I literally cannot say in this video, far too much of the jokes end up,

00:58well, in The Gutter.

The Gutter (Shameik Moore) (REVIEW) | Projector @ LFF Shorts | Bowling comedy doesn't hit a strike

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