The Gutter Review | A Mostly Funny Bowling Comedy with Jokes to Spare

Given our skittish, cancel culture-obsessed society, now is a great time for a crass, anything-goes comedy like Isaiah and Yassir Lesters The Gutter to remind us that its okay to remove the stick from our ass and laugh. However, it's not necessarily a great time for the actual comedy The Gutter, a film with the admirable goal of taking its place among great and gleefully stupid sports comedies like Dodgeball, Talladega Nights, and especially Kingpin. Starring a very appealing Shameik Moore as an unemployable loser who discovers he's got championship-level game as a bowler, The Gutter is a non-stop firehose of jokes. More than a few of them are aimed at touchy subjects, yet there's nothing as cathartic or satisfying as a knife-sharp gag that feels a bit dangerous given the times but is too damn funny to not enjoy.