The Booty Boys were veritable rock stars, entertaining audiences with their songs about butts. However, it’s now been fifteen years since they were last seen, and the world is questioning their whereabouts. Bootyology is the story of The Booty Boys: past, present, and future.
It’s hard to find the right place to start when talking about Bootyology; it’s just as insane as it sounds, but it’s far better than I think potential viewers thought it could be. This mockumentary follows The Booty Boys after their disappearance, and the success of the film is ultimately contingent on whether or not Writers Joe Eddy, Chris Lightbody, and Spencer Yaras are able to create a story that compliments the ridiculousness that is this rap duo. The story and the comedy are what reel viewers in and allow them to stick around—and that starts in the opening moments.
Before viewers even meet sixxxHole (Yaras) and brownEye (Lightbody), we get to see and hear the comedy that this trio has developed. Through sound acting, and a stellar delivery by everyone involved, Bootyology instantly enthralls viewers. I was in tears as I watched this film, as I heard joke after joke that landed perfectly—and never does this film fail to entertain.
Bootyology manages to be a film that treads the line between what is and isn’t socially acceptable. Full of comical misogyny, an abundance of mansplaining, and about a thousand butt references, Bootyology runs the risk of having itself canceled before it even gets going. To quote Eddy: “We’re good at pissing people off.” They know this, they understand this, and they know how to manipulate the script in a way that allows viewers not to feel overwhelmed or frustrated with what is being said and done, but rather that the entirety of the production comes from a place of sincerity and acceptance. In a film that sounds so ridiculous (because it is), this team finds ways to create something heartfelt and emotional.
With a million things seemingly going on throughout the course of Bootyology, the narrative never becomes frumpy or overwhelming. It remains on an easy-to-follow, linear path–and every step of the way makes sense. In films of this nature, the narrative can easily get away from the writers and director, adding in additional extraneous details that can steal from the film–but not here. Eddy, Lightbody, and Yaras brilliantly connect the dots, and Bootyology plays out smoothly as a result.
It’s rare that a film develops such powerful comedy in the early going and then is able to sustain that until it ends, but Bootyology does just that. Within the opening few seconds it establishes itself as a powerful comedy, and that continues for the next hour and a half. However, the compelling (albeit silly) narrative that develops makes the film even more enjoyable. Not a second passes that Bootyology doesn’t entertain—making it one hell of a good time and one of the best comedies that I’ve seen in recent memory.
Directed by Joe Eddy.
Written by Joe Eddy, Chris Lightbody, & Spencer Yaras.
Starring Chris Lightbody, Spencer Yaras, Alysha Young, Brian Austin Green, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Rhett George, Daniel O’Reilly, Dave Theune, Megan Duffy, etc.
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