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Mooney and his co-writer, childhood buddy Evan Winter, havent just nodded to the pop culture of 99.
It would be a shame to even reveal this belated turn if the trailer didnt spill the beans already.
Y2Kis audacious in concept but pretty slapdash in execution.
It doesnt really pull off its big genre pivot.
Maybe this kind of balancing act between chuckles and screams just requires a steadier hand behind the camera.
Mooney isnt there yet.
(Its a very long setup for the exact punch line you expect.)
Too many scenes are sweetened with lousy ADR gags, a real case of subtraction by addition.
ButY2Kdoesnt aim for much more than easy laughs and a buzz of remember when?
Coming from a guy whose sketches were often too weird forSNL, its disappointingly conventional.
And coming from the star and screenwriter ofBrigsby Bear, which actuallyinterrogatednostalgia, its too referential and reverential.
By the end, everyone here has just settled for partying like its 1999.
