Review: Netflix's 'Little Brother' with Eric André and John Cena is a crass comedy that misses more than it hits
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John Serba
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A review of the Netflix comedy film 'Little Brother' starring Eric André and John Cena. The critic finds the film to be a mostly unsuccessful raunchy comedy that relies on crude humor (fish balls, rimjobs, Hoobastank jokes) but lacks genuine laughs. Despite the Farrelly Brothers-style premise about an unlikely mentorship/brotherhood, the film suffers from 'flop sweat' and misses more than it hits.
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· 3 pulledGags about fish balls, rimjobs, Hoobastank – we should expect nothing less from a comedy starring Eric André and John Cena
Too much flop sweat, not enough laughs.
André and Cena make for unlikely siblings on a number of levels, many of them screamingly obvious.
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