![Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams), and Thor (Brady Noon), inseparable best friends acting innocent in “Good Boys” as they launch themselves on an adventure that’s bound to go wrong. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures](/images/resized/images/news/2016/228_aug23/9_100_100.jpg)
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Running Time: 90 minutes
Over the past couple of years, there have been plenty of coming-of-age comedies about kids growing up, dealing with conflict and strife in their personal relationships and coming away with strengthened bonds. Good Boys veers in a slightly different direction, taking its tween leads and putting them in increasingly exaggerated, over-the-top and, well, gross situations. Along the way, they find themselves broaching the barrier into, if not adulthood, then adolescence. Thankfully, there are enough big laughs to earn it a recommendation.
Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) are 12-years-old...