Spike Feresten, Andy Robin, and Barry Marder also co-wrote the snappy script, full of absurdities while being based on truth.
Christophe Beck's soundtrack can be found on Apple Music and here's the list of songs, which includes one written for the movie by Seinfeld and others and performed by Megan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon.
Shout out to the production design by Clayton Hartley, splendidly evoking the candy-colored era. And lots of fun trivia can be found here.
Of course you know Seinfeld, last blogged for a cameo in Top Five--he created, wrote, and starred in 172 episodes of his eponymous series Seinfeld, he's played himself in a bunch of things, and we like his Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. He co-wrote The Bee Movie (2007), which I haven't seen and this is his feature directing debut.
Schumer was most recently in these pages for The Humans, McCarthy for The Kitchen, Gaffigan for Linoleum, Greenfield for The Glass Castle, and Beck for Ant-Man and the Wasp. Cooper is best known for her hilarious lip-syncing of the 45th president's speeches but uses her own voice in her comedy career. This is her second feature acting gig.
Feresten was a staff writer on Late Night with David Letterman and co-wrote nine episodes of Seinfeld. Robin worked on SNL and Seinfeld, among other shows. Both co-wrote The Bee Movie with Marder and Seinfeld, which was the first screenplay for all four, and this one is their second. Hartley has a few dozen credits, including We're the Millers, The Big Short, and Don't Look Up.
Rotten Tomatoes's critics are burnt, averaging 43% and its audiences, at 51, are half baked. We watched it on Netflix May 22. Stick around for the blooper/dance reel at the end credits, which is reported to have had more views than the whole movie.
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