Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Teenie Weenie Bikini Squad (2012)** (out of 4)More softcore madness from director Fred Olen Ray. Three members of the Teenie Weenie Bikini Squad (Brandin Rackley, Michelle Maylene, Kylee Nash) go undercover to try and bring down a magazine publisher named Tef (clearly poking fun at Hugh Hefner) who is starting to go into a more explicit business. Is there really much need for a plot in a film like this? I've been watching quite a few of these softcore flicks as they appear on HBO. Part of the reason is that I'm just checking out what Ray has been up to the past few years but I'm also having flashbacks to when I was a teenager and watching this stuff on Cinemax in the early morning hours. There's no question that this here is one of the weaker ones I've seen from Ray but if you're a fan of the genre then there's still some nice things to look at here. These nice things are of course the women who barely keep their clothes on for more than three-minutes and we've also got Beverly Lyne and Kelli McCarty in the cast. All five women obviously are quite attractive and their nude bodies are the reason to check this out. I think what really keeps this film from being as good as some of the director's others is that there just isn't enough interest in the actual story. Yes, the story isn't all that important but you still need something to hold your attention and I think the missing comedy also hurts. The sex scenes are pretty much by-the-numbers as well.