The high school movie is an important genre of film, and one with a multitude of formulas. One of those formulas – and perhaps the one that reigns supreme – is that of the high school party.
“Can’t Hardly Wait.” “Superbad.” “Project X.” “Booksmart.” Plenty of teen movies have tackled the big party, following that tried and true formula all the way to classic, teen movie canonization. In a lot of ways, “Incoming” – a new Netflix film from Dave and John Chernin in their feature length debut – follows that same party movie structure to a T. Four incoming freshmen experience the first part of their high school careers. It has everything you’d expect – romance, drugs, alcohol, and plenty of hijinks. So, why does it fall so frightfully short?
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