This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The R-rated comedy isn’t what it used to be.
It’s not that it declined in quality, as recent films like No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride have demonstrated, but gone are the days of films like Ted, 21 Jump Street, and Bridesmaids dominating the box office.
That’s why a movie like Strays is so promising.
Following in the tradition of Sausage Party, Good Boys, and The Happytime Murders, the new comedy takes something that, from the outside, might appear kid-friendly and morphs it into something edgier and R-rated.
Throw in the creatives behind Barb & Star go to Vista del Mar, American Vandal, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and an adorable canine cast voiced by an A-list stars, and you’ve got yourself a potential winner.
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