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Unfrosted

Play trailer 2:13 Poster for Unfrosted PG-13 Released May 3, 2024 1h 33m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Michigan, 1963. Kellogg's and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, Unfrosted stars writer/director Jerry Seinfeld.
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Much like a preservative-packed toaster pastry, Unfrosted is sweet and colorful, yet it's ultimately an empty experience that may leave the consumer feeling pangs of regret.

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Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) Jerry Seinfeld’s debut as a feature film writer and director is a mess. His breakfast pastry-themed 1960s farce plays like he shot every idea he had and made it into a 93-minute movie, regardless of whether they worked together or were particularly funny. May 16, 2024 Full Review Wenlei Ma The Nightly (AU) Unfrosted is silly and dumb, but it’s meant to be silly and dumb. You don’t expect it to take anything seriously and it really, really doesn’t. Rated: 3/5 May 15, 2024 Full Review Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) There's a lot of not terribly funny jokes in this film. A lot of hit and miss, sort of like a Saturday Night Live show where three-out-of-five jokes are vaguely funny and the other two aren't. May 13, 2024 Full Review Anna Menta Decider The absurd dialogue has kids saying things like, “hot fruit lightning,” which vaguely sounds like a joke on the surface, but, in fact, is just a collection of nonsense words. Jan 6, 2025 Full Review Chase Hutchinson The Inlander (Spokane, WA) There is a common criticism about comedies overstretching what could have maybe been a so-so sketch into a feature, but Unfrosted takes the cake in just how egregiously it does this. With painfully unfunny joke after unfunny joke, it's all empty calories. Dec 28, 2024 Full Review Philip Bagnall Loud and Clear Reviews As it is, Unfrosted is handsome, but lacking bite and substance. In short, it’s a Pop Tart, all sugar and frosting, but any actual goodness is hard to find. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 19, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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John B It's just not funny. The 60s nostalgia theme is fine; the appearance is nice. The endless cameos and supporting cast is exceptional; it was great seeing some of those people again. But the jokes just don't land. Amy Schumer was as good as she's ever going to be in a film, but the comedic tone was in trouble from the start, given that she was a good casting choice for what they were going for. How could Jerry Seinfeld's comedic sensibilities shift so far from being funny? For someone's sense of humor this had to be hilarious, but even as a middle-aged dad who finds things funny because they're not funny it all didn't work. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/14/25 Full Review Anon y Jim Gaffigan is great in this. There are a couple of good gags. Not my first pick when I am looking for something to watch though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/09/25 Full Review Bleep B Ever since the (hilarious) show Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld has been on a mission to tell us that we are too emotional. That we're all too serious by packing all those feelings and meanings into our work. And, while many comedians can lament on the challenges of their life, Jerry cuts corners and tells us his own life was mostly run-of-the-mill. While nobody can say that Jerry isn't pure class, it always feels a step too far to hear him constantly refuse to yield to the impact of emotions in our lives. Jerry doubles down on the notion that our feelings are invalid by promoting the theory that there's some sort of comedy "gene" in many of his interviews. It's not the trauma and suffering that plays a big role in molding someone's sense of humor, it's some sort of gene that you're either born with or you're not. A very dangerous notion, especially in an age where there's a very real chance that humanity is falling backwards into barbarianism. "Unfrosted" is just that. Not sweet. Uninspiring. Bland. Like the cereal your parents made you eat to keep you healthy, but did a bad job selling the idea to you. Jerry Seinfeld just wants to make a movie. Like a stoic who just wants to design greeting cards. All the cameos in the world can't save this movie from it's deliberate irrelevance. "It's just a movie", I can hear Seinfeld saying. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Chris M Only watch if you have a sense of humor! I just don't get the bad reviews. I've already watched this at least 5 or 6 times and it's a laugh a minute every time. You're bombarded with so many jokes that you'll miss many of them if you're not paying attention. Great writing while the cast is incredible and it also has one of the best cameo scenes of all time. I usually don't care for Amy Schumer, but I enjoyed her in this. Hugh Grant's character was great too. It has a fun story with a few sub plots. My teenage son even enjoys it and will repeatedly watch it on his own. I have to think the only reason you wouldn't enjoy it is if you went in watching it determined not to like it (people have personal vendettas against everyone these days so they hate watch and spam negative reviews). Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review Melissa O If you didn't like this movie you probably didn't get it's gentle genius. Critics who picked it apart are dull and ridiculous 🙄. Good fun. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Daniel B Really dumb silliness, though the actors did their job. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Michigan, 1963. Kellogg's and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, Unfrosted stars writer/director Jerry Seinfeld.
Director
Jerry Seinfeld
Producer
Beau Bauman, Spike Feresten, Jerry Seinfeld
Screenwriter
Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, Andy Robin
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Columbus 81 Productions, Netflix Studios
Rating
PG-13 (Some Suggestive References|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2024
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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