I am writing this a fan of Nex (Bobo) and his channel so I am a little biased. But the scenes with him and the pranks were some of the better ones in the movie. It's clear he is not a trained actor but that fact didn't take me out of the movie too much, especially with his role being so small (would've loved more character development there, for instance we never learned what Bobo actually is...). Biggest complaints would be in regards to the poor writing and editing, awkward tone, slow pace and odd music choices and so-so acting. I get this is a low budget local movie but I've seen YouTube videos with better combinations of those things so there is lots of room for improvement.
I think the biggest question this movie left me with above all is who is this movie for? The immature pranks and 'childhood imaginary friend returning' elements seem like it'd make for a decent kids/family movie but the writing, setting (what kid will relate to the office setting and work politics?) and some scenes are not age appropriate. The only reason it seems like the filmmakers have classified this as a family film is because of the aforementioned elements and the lack of regular/strong cursing. Again, the age group that would find Johnny's plight interesting might be turned off by the more immature elements, and the kids would be bored by the extended business scenes or even scandalized by the girl and guy stripping in another if they are innocent and don't get what's potentially going down.
The actors try hard to bring the tonally confusing writing to life but again it's hit or miss. Johnny is likeable, Connor is silly, over the top and cringey (sorry but that pale outta shape man was TOO naked in this - the actor wants nothing to do with this project now and I get it), Johnny's love interest is supportive but mostly just there (she has potential for personality but the way she delivered her lines completely fumbled it), in fact most of the other characters aren't memorable, just there. They're just office personality types there to be pranked and that's it.
I feel this movie didn't need to be a movie with a big plot/message (about discrimination) that barely makes itself known until last minute in the movie. They could've easily made this a YouTube mini-series with Nex performing pranks on the annoying coworkers, have him either be an alter-ego of a employee himself or remain the imaginary friend, but get rid of all the excess story and office drama. People who are in his fanbase would've enjoyed that just the same. Both younger fans there for the pranks and to see them done on other people (since he doesn't do tricks on people often in his videos), and older fans who would appreciate the fantasy of getting back at annoying co-workers. Opportunity wasted.
I think the biggest question this movie left me with above all is who is this movie for? The immature pranks and 'childhood imaginary friend returning' elements seem like it'd make for a decent kids/family movie but the writing, setting (what kid will relate to the office setting and work politics?) and some scenes are not age appropriate. The only reason it seems like the filmmakers have classified this as a family film is because of the aforementioned elements and the lack of regular/strong cursing. Again, the age group that would find Johnny's plight interesting might be turned off by the more immature elements, and the kids would be bored by the extended business scenes or even scandalized by the girl and guy stripping in another if they are innocent and don't get what's potentially going down.
The actors try hard to bring the tonally confusing writing to life but again it's hit or miss. Johnny is likeable, Connor is silly, over the top and cringey (sorry but that pale outta shape man was TOO naked in this - the actor wants nothing to do with this project now and I get it), Johnny's love interest is supportive but mostly just there (she has potential for personality but the way she delivered her lines completely fumbled it), in fact most of the other characters aren't memorable, just there. They're just office personality types there to be pranked and that's it.
I feel this movie didn't need to be a movie with a big plot/message (about discrimination) that barely makes itself known until last minute in the movie. They could've easily made this a YouTube mini-series with Nex performing pranks on the annoying coworkers, have him either be an alter-ego of a employee himself or remain the imaginary friend, but get rid of all the excess story and office drama. People who are in his fanbase would've enjoyed that just the same. Both younger fans there for the pranks and to see them done on other people (since he doesn't do tricks on people often in his videos), and older fans who would appreciate the fantasy of getting back at annoying co-workers. Opportunity wasted.