The F**k-It List (2020) User Reviews

As I was watching ...

[SkepticalSy · 4/10 · 14 July 2020]

As I was watching this movie I thought to myself "this really is a bad movie", the acting and the direction isn't the greatest.

The movie centres on a teenager from a privileged family, supposedly with a high IQ, applying to the best universities in the US. As the movie progresses I couldn't help but feel little to no empathy for his character.

What a flop.

Hear me out...

[mkibby-21328 · 5/10 · 29 March 2021]

Ok, so not a great movie, and incredibly unrealistic...definitely hear, and acknowledge all of the previous comments about the obvious privilege and entitlement happening here, but: 1. This movie shows and highlights how influential social media can be, and in a world where kids are getting iPhones at 8 years old, everyone needs to be aware of how quickly a picture or a video can change everything in an instant!

2. Being selected into a prestigious college because of fame and influence is a real thing that happens all the time.

3. We're just all going to overlook the fact that he originally got into deep trouble because he didn't snitch on his friends??

Weak writing tanks an enjoyable though formulaic movie

[brochite-346-167257 · 4/10 · 8 July 2020]

The movie started with great pace and promise, but it slowed down towards the middle. It even felt like it was going in reverse at one point! Many of the characters were not thoroughly fleshed out, particularly the main character's parents. No way would they have been so rah-rah supportive, in such a short amount of time, of their son's newly found freedom.

Seems almost intentional

[Sport_Ho · 1/10 · 16 July 2020]

To make characters this unlikable. Not sure if the casting, the writing, the editing, the directing or a combination of them all made this movie so bad. The lead is supposed to have a high IQ? Not believable. This movie missed its mark on so many levels. It really could have been an inspirational, funny and entertaining movie however it just emphasizes how sh!tty entitled teens can be. Oh and the music? So annoying!

a weak 6 for the pranks

[ops-52535 · 6/10 · 3 July 2020]

A 3 for the romance, a 2 for the comedy and a little bit more for the score. the actors are good at talking, but not stalking.

its just one of those senior high movie-stuff, not as crazy and stupid as the main stream romcom, but it doesnt reach deep into your heart. its like booksmart, everything happens within 24 hours, and its like''the last nigt of the pranks''.

it has a story of love and happiness, but it doesnt fondle above the knee of what the grumpy old man holds as a standard for these kind of movies. so if you like to learn some high school anarchistic pranks, then be my guest, for the rest its for the rainy sunday afternoon. a weak 6.

Screw college, just become an influencer

[carobearo · 2/10 · 13 July 2020]

Great advice for rich kids of LA. Who needs to actually work for what you get? Just go viral one time, turn down scholarships, and instead jaunt around Europe with your crush.

"What would happen if you don't have fear?"

[soeprijo19 · 6/10 · 8 September 2021]

First of all, the protagonist of this movie, Brett is a teenager who have it all: happy family, big house with pool, car and almost every privilege a person would dream of. And yet he doesn't feel blessed but pressured. Yeah, you read it right, pressured.

So, this movie is all about a spoiled teenager who thinks he is the most suffering person in the world. He abandoned all, yeah and when I mean all, it was all. His parents's support and hope for him, his education and his well being. For what?! For something he called happiness. Well Brett, you might as well watch the first 5 minutes of Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happiness to know what happiness is.

And my advice for those who haven't watched this movie, just skip it, it's better to watch The Pursuit of Happiness instead.

I made an IMDB account just to rate this movie.

[ainna-61891 · 1/10 · 9 August 2020]

This movie is so terrible that I made an IMDB account for the sole purpose of rating it one star. There are no lessons to be learned from this movie, besides the lesson that movies like this shouldn't be funded, created, celebrated, or shared. If you are above the age of 14, this movie is a waste of your time and a disgrace to our society. If you are between the ages of 10-14, this movie will turn your brain into a can of worms.

People need to get a grip

[jackbirkett · 6/10 · 7 July 2020]

Crying about this being white privilege grow up you melts, also the film was ok.

Unrelatable af

[qutre · 2/10 · 5 July 2020]

Not relatable unless your parents own millions, I guess.

yea fxxk it ... it was good

[kevinharesco · 10/10 · 3 July 2020]

Sometimes Hollywood just get the cheesy feel good summer movie whether be romance comedy or drama and it hits..

I.e. Extracurricular Activities I.e. Something Real and Good Recent Turkish one I just saw... The Way We Are

What if... college admissions were different?

[flashlightreview · 7/10 · 2 July 2020]

Movie about a young kid who got accepted into 7/8 ivy league schools. After a school prank goes awry, he gets rejected by all of them. His parents then are literally doing whatever it takes to get him back on track (their commitment to getting their kid into a certain school is beyond realistic). After accidentally publishing a f**k-it list via social media, the list goes viral and boosts his presence into a cultural influencer.

well... this movie is not the best out there, but it entails some key elements of our digital age. It is watchable if you like the typical "coming-of-age" flick.

Other than that, there are no surprises, only cliches.

An Eye Roll Movie

[Neon_Gold · 2/10 · 8 July 2020]

This movie feels like it was wrote by a teenager. It is so melodramatic and self pitying, it is a disaster.

The main character is just so annoying and I don't even know. The opening scene told me everything about this character. His parents had left him post it notes all over the house because he clearly can't do anything by him self. But apparently he is the best teenager to have ever graced this earth so confusing.

There is just so much petulant behaviour it's so bad. He ends up loosing his places at collage because he blew up a school. There is no involvement of the police which once again is confusing. He then proceeds to record the most manic video about wanting to do things he wish he had done.

This is just so bratty and spoilt. He takes no responsibility about blowing up a school because he was being a stupid child.

Then when he is sad he sits and sulks in his back garden pool. I mean can he be anymore relatable.

Everything is just teeny and just oblivious to the real world.

The speech at the end. Jesus. It feels like it was wrote by a child who has been sent to his room after being told off. "Mom you just don't understand me". It's just trash.

It is 100% made for teenagers but it shouldn't be because it is like telling them to be like "drop out of college and just fart around doing nothing if you want to" that is not a good message.

In someways it's like a bad version of Booksmart (2019) in ways like he wants to do things he has missed out on doing. But booksmart handles it in such a good way and you like the characters because they are well drawn and thought out.

So in conclusion watch Booksmart.

This entire movie wreaks of privilege

[MattFish47 · 1/10 · 5 July 2020]

What an interesting time to release this movie when half of the country is living paycheck to paycheck and 40 million are unemployed. I honestly don't see how anyone without a trust fund could enjoy this? O you burned your school down, told off multiple Ivy League schools and yet you still have enough money to buy a condo in a European beach city? Wow so relatable

Philosophical piece. If you are a kid watch after your final exam.

[josephmsp · 7/10 · 5 July 2020]

I can see what the movie was trying to get to.

During the movie I rated 1 but because of the ending it gets the current score.

Comedy but irresponsible for the freak accident and juvenile pranks but good ending.

What in the privilege did I just watch

[faith-22715 · 3/10 · 7 July 2020]

Characters do whatever they want and have zero consequences. They're pretty shallow with no backstory also. Reeks of privilege.

Bueller esk feel good

[benjaminzuke · 6/10 · 10 July 2020]

Taking "What if ferries Bueller had been a straight A student" and rolling the F it List is a fun comfort watch for any young adult. Eli Brown's performance of Brett carries the film and makes up the supporting characters performances.

The plot reflects every gen z'ers fantasy of going wild and blowing up on social media. At some point the writing can slack but it only slightly takes away from the overall story. Some b plots are underdeveloped (Kayla's boyfriend? ex? friend?) and there are several corny moments throughout the movie but it is an otherwise good movie.

Bul..it list

[odolcha · 2/10 · 14 July 2020]

Brilliant story about a guy, who found everything ready in life, got bored and blew everything just to have fun... Let's just change the characters. Instead of rich white guy with wealthy parents, put a hardworking kid from the poor family.. Will he behave the same way? Easy to go wild when you drive fathers' Mercedes and live in the huge house with the pool. Screw it! Let's go crazy, not care about people, environment and other things, let's burn books, schools and other thing. Millions of kids nowadays do not have even access to schools and sharing books as treasures. So I do not really understand the message of this movie, especially during this crisis we are going through now.

A nice comedy with an important lesson to learn

[mvahidalizadeh · 6/10 · 10 July 2020]

This is the story of a very talented boy who does one mistake and ruins his future. However, some other doors open after this disaster. I liked this innovative story. There were plenty of different locations in the movie which made it interesting for me. I saw nice acting from Eli Brown. This comedy is well-made. Also, like most of the comedy movies, it has an important lesson to learn. In my opinion, the movie has a novice ending. In summary, I recommend this movie to comedy fans, especially high schoolers.

Terrible. Hard to like the main character

[nicole_paradis04 · 1/10 · 11 July 2020]

I wanted to like this movie, I did. The main character Just so hard to like... he is obnoxious and entitled like your typical gen z. He doesn't apologize or take responsibility for messing up, values social media fame over getting an education. Watch something else!

Just for teenager who are going to collage.

[javiergonzalezgarrapa · 9/10 · 6 July 2020]

I'm 18, I watched the movie yesteday and it was perfect. This movie is not for someone who already know what is going todo with his life. The message of the movie, the true one not the superficial ones that all the people are criticize: the money one or the swonflake that we are. This movie try to say that we look for or true future not the one that we are suppose to do. Okay, it's not easy, not alll the people can do it because of the money but, at least you have to know what do you really want to do and if you have the change, do it. That's what this movie is about. It has problems, cliches and there are only room for the main character more or less but, it entreteins and send a messege, an important one in my opinion.

Interesting!

[Trystan13 · 6/10 · 13 July 2020]

This film interesting as it presented mental input from a 17 y o perspective. Combined with the additional perspective of how social media drives young people these days, it was thought provoking in its presentation. when you watch a film like this, you know what your watching going on It delivers that

The Lesson

[ranallidavid · 2/10 · 18 July 2020]

The scene with the prank gone wrong is pretty epic.

BUT...

If you want to see white privilege teen refuse Ivy League schools but still get millions of followers and STILL get accepted to Harvard - watch this unrelatable film.

They likened the main character to Mark Zuckerberg - a very frustrating film.

Pure entitledness

[dguillemi · 1/10 · 9 July 2020]

The movie goes to show that if you are rich you can get away with anything.

More importantly, characters evolve from bland to plain nonsensical. These characters take pride in their lack of self reflection. Imagine jean ralphio from parks and recreation.

Do yourself a favour and just watch something else.

trying to be darker Ferris

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 29 July 2022]

Brett Blackmore (Eli Brown) has spent his four years of high school studying under the directions of his parents (Jerry O'Connell, Natalie Zea). To his parents' delight, he is the school valedictorian but his friends decry his lack of fun. He has a crush on schoolmate Kayla Pierce (Madison Iseman) but has done little about it. He reluctantly agrees to join the senior prank day but ends up being blamed for burning down a school building. In a fit of frustration, he gives out a F it list on the internet which goes viral.

This starts off with a Booksmart-like premise although Brett is closer to a frat boy than a nerd. He has so many friends. It's one of several false notes that the movie strikes. I don't really care whether some white privileged frat boy loses his Ivy League ride. Then there are his parents. Jerry O'Connell can sometimes go over the top with his broad comedy. He's probably not the right fit with this premise especially if it goes to some darker places. I do like the attempt at some serious themes. The movie obviously sees itself as a darker offspring of Ferris Bueller. When Kayla does her shocking reveal, it opens up an interesting path. I like this idea but even that comes with an annoying PR guy. The frustration with the education system has some merits but all he does with his freedom is bum around the world and have sex with the beautiful girl. Privileged white frat boy strikes again although that's what I would do if I got the opportunity. So I can't blame him. My overall take is that this is a deeply flaw attempt but it does try to dig into some interesting ideas.