Fun Size

               Everyone loves a good teen comedy. You always want to find that one that “speaks” for its generation.  In the eighties you had any John Hughes movie, while in the nineties you had “Clueless” and “American Pie”. For the last twelve years I think you would be hard pressed to find that movie of its generation, and I hate to say but you will still be looking after watching “Fun Size”.

              That is not to say “Fun Size” is a bad movie, it’s just nothing special, it’s much like so many other movies that come out in any given year. Wren (Victoria Justice) is your normal quiet teen. Her father passed away a year before and she is left with her mother Joy (Chelsea Handler), who thinks she is in her twenties again, and a little brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll), who doesn’t speak anymore. Wren’s best friend April (Jane Levy) longs for her and Wren to be one of the cool kids. So April’s plan is to get invited to a certain Halloween party, where their social status will change and they will be taken to the promise land of the popular kid-dom. April’s plan is ruined when Wren has to take her brother trick or treating. Wren loses Albert while inside a haunted house and begins a search that will take her everywhere, including finding love on the way.

            “Fun Size” like I said before is nothing special. It has some decent moments, and Jackson Nicoll is by far the most entertaining part of the movie, and he doesn’t even speak for ninety five percent of the film. The story was written by Max Werner and directed by Josh Schwartz, both who came from Television and this being both their feature debuts. I don’t really know what the target audience is for this movie, it is rated PG-13, I think teenagers will bored by it and kids who might like it can’t get in to see it. If you are looking for something to see this weekend, but you don’t want to be scared, this isn’t a bad choice. If though you are looking for something that stands out, then you might want to pass on this one that’s small on ‘size’ and even smaller on ‘fun’.

Brian Taylor