Film Review – Supercool

“Supercool” aims to land somewhere between “Superbad” and a John Hughes teen comedy, going the fantasy route to explore common adolescent insecurities and less common adventures involving criminal activity. It’s a presentation of zaniness from director Teppo Airaksinen and writers Olli Haikka and Ali Moussavi, who attempt to generate a farcical atmosphere for the endeavor. Trouble is, the production doesn’t push hard enough when it comes to a snowballing sense of madness, playing with outrageousness every now and then, which puts the movie into park one too many times. There are ideas in “Supercool” with potential, and laughs are present, but the overall effort is lacking a sense of sustained tomfoolery, and it eventually wants to generate some level of sincerity, which is all wrong with a premise that’s better with silliness, at least when given a chance to explore it. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com