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Doug, a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher, learns his ex is dating his nemesis, the school principal. To get revenge and cost him a Blue Ribbon Award, Doug secretly stages the most inappropriate play imaginable.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Sep 26, 2026

3/5

While The Musical’s comic reach may a bit limited -- like a theater set model -- it still has charm aplenty. Keep an eye on its young cast; there’s a lot of talent in those wings.

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Juan Barquin

RogerEbert.com

Sep 18, 2026

1/4

Giselle Bonilla’s feature debut simply doesn’t have anything worth saying. It is neither funny nor provocative, so what, if anything, is left?

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Sep 17, 2026

We find some welcome respite from this role in the young actors playing Doug’s theater students, who are genuinely funny as competitive overachievers.

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

6 days ago

4/10

I really like the premise of this film, which makes it all the more unfortunate that I didn’t find the movie particularly funny until the end.

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

Sep 25, 2026

3/5

Giselle Bonilla's feature directorial debut is an outrageous dark comedy that's likely to leave viewers both aghast and gasping for air from laughing so hard.

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

Sep 22, 2026

3/5

The collar-tugging discomfort doesn’t come as much from the titular musical as just watching Leibowitz be the smallest, pettiest, most sniveling little weasel you’ll ever see.

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Mr Hollywood

Oct 1, 2026

Hilarious original movie. It sticks to the road it sets out as. Definitely one of the better films of the years

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Christopher

Sep 25, 2026

Absolutely loved it!

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Olga

Sep 23, 2026

Hilarious black humor comedy. Reminded me of "Serial Mom" at times, especially the very last scene. Oh, and it gets +100 points for using Enigma's "The Return to Innocence" for soundtrack in the culmination scene. Plus duration 1 hr 20 min - why don't we have movies under 1.5 hr duration anymore? :)

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Christopher

Sep 22, 2026

Clever script, some spot on commentary about public schools and the administration going out of its way to be painfully, uncomfortably politically correct. Lead characters weren't likable IMO. The kids were good. This could have been so much better than it was if they had added more depth to the lead characters who were very one-dimensional.

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Maria

Sep 20, 2026

Such an original and incredibly funny movie. Will Brill's comedy chops were amazing and the kids were brilliant and if course Rib Lowe was so dynamic. It's a MUST SEE!!!

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Nico

Sep 20, 2026

Absolutely hilarious! Go see this movie. The whole theater was cracking up. It's a total blast! Also, Mikey is the GOAT!!!

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Synopsis

Doug, a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher, learns his ex is dating his nemesis, the school principal. To get revenge and cost him a Blue Ribbon Award, Doug secretly stages the most inappropriate play imaginable.

Director: Giselle Bonilla
Producer: Rob Lowe, Greg Lauritano, Alexander Heller, Findlay Brown, Jordan Backhus
Screenwriter: Alexander Heller
Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment
Production Co: Unapologetic Film, Megamix
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $214.2K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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