Edren

Listen, I grew up in the 80s/90s. I remember the action comedies of yore with their off-color humor. I remember with fondness the chaotic leading men in those movies (Lethal Weapon comes to mind) joking about hot women or making tasteless asides while the more dignified cast members rolled their eyes. I remember when we could joke in movies about damn near anything. Those were good times. Incredibly, however, I don't remember ever being expected to find pedophilia funny. There's a line you just don't cross. And people used to respect that line, even with their off-color humor.

This movie is not a blast from the past, it is not a throwback to a time when raunchy action comedies had R-rated jokes. No, not even close. This movie is VERY MUCH a product of current times. Making the hero a guy who has a clinically unhealthy obsession with sex is maybe, MAYBE a little funny. And I'm fine with flawed characters, of course. But attempting to normalize thinking a minor is sexy and heavily suggesting that the adult male main character intends to masturbate to a photo of said minor (a minor HE referred to as "a kid") is deeply, deeply disturbing. I was willing to overlook all the ludicrously overblown "sex humor" that felt like it had been written by an eleven-year-old. But I draw the line at attempts to normalize pedophilia.

Not at all surprising for Netflix.