Wanted to like this - I had a kid later in life, raised her in LA. Some of it is spot on but the film never seems to get its rhythm right. Sorry it's not nice to call a headmistress a c*nt even if she turns out to be a money grabbing crook. I get that people can be appalling these days but also some things didn't ring true - having to apologise to all the parents.
Other bits more effective - the awful milennial who sacks everyone, the whiny parents, the annoying people on scooters, the scene where BIll Burr gets assistance in an argument from a random lady only for her to go on a racist rant... this gives an indication of maybe what the film should be... because while there's plenty of over the top political correctness there's entire media networks devoted to mocking political correctness - it's not hard to find an outlet against what he's railing against (unless... which would have been interesting... he's appalled by those people).
The humour is meant to be based in reality but is played broadly, absurdly - it would play better on stage maybe. But all the way through I kept thinking "Judd Apatow makes this stuff look easy and it's not it's very hard."
Bill Burr does have star factor. Bobby Canavale tries to be funny too much.
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