# 'Unfrosted' trailer drops. Anybody gonna watch the movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, movies\ **Created:** [March 29, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561 "2024-03-29T13:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/61 "2024-05-07T16:05:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > TBH, I don’t really hate the guy – one has to admire anyone who can make people laugh in this world of sin and woe – it’s just that he’s so incredibly over-rated and such a selfish jerk who’s far wealthier than was every justified by anything he’s ever done, and was only achieved by shameless greed. Just as an aside, I watched the first ep of _John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A._ last night. It’s a 6-part Netflix series in the form of a daily live talk show, with the city of Los Angeles as a general topic the show is exploring over a 6 day period. Mulaney’s first two guests were Seinfeld and a coyote expert (since LA has a coyote problem), brought on at the same time. Seinfeld came across as a bullying asshole, every comment dripping with sarcasm. This is fine, aimed at Mulaney. Seinfeld said “this is the weirdest thing I have ever done” and made some sort of jibe at his past addiction problems. Fine, Mulaney’s fair game. But the poor coyote expert was just an ordinary person and clearly very nervous to be there. Mulaney was asking him questions about how to deal with coyotes, and every thing the coyote guy said, Seinfeld had some eye-rolling, sarcastic comment. Mulaney also took call-ins, since it was originally live, and a woman had a pretty harrowing story about a coyote getting into the _second floor_ bedroom of her apartment, and it was frankly much more interesting than the many attempts at funny things Seinfeld kept replying. I wanted to tell him to shut up and just let her tell her story, or reach through the TV screen and slap the asshole. He came across as a guy who mistakenly thinks he’s much more clever and witty than 99% of the rest of humanity, and isn’t afraid to let everybody know his opinion of that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/62 "2024-05-07T16:44:13Z")
Seinfeld is having a rough time lately. I don’t think he is generally considered a hard-to-get-along-with type of guy, but he is not coming off well lately. Note: Feel old yet? That 17 year old he dated way back during the Seinfeld days…is now 50 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/63 "2024-05-07T19:39:32Z")
Seinfeld is successful and I guess pretty good at his stand-up style of observational humor that a lot of people like, so good for him there. He just rubs me the wrong way however as he likes to present himself as some sort of aficionado on all things comedy. Maybe the failure of this film will teach him to stick with what he knows. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/64 "2024-05-08T01:18:47Z")
Wow, I’m getting a strong vibe of resistance here! I never heard of this movie until yesterday, when my brother told me I had to watch it. I did. It’s diabolically funny, but only if you’re an American, and part of the Cereal Generation. And if you think you’re part of the Cereal Generation just because you ate cereal as a kid, think again. This was a time when cereal ads on TV were everything. Every cartoon show was sponsored by processed breakfast food, and I knew them all and can still sing the jingles. Even the ones that flopped. “The ‘O’ stands for the oats/ In Kellogg’s OKs/ The ‘K’ stands for Kellogg’s/ In Kellogg’s OKs” (Bonus points if you remember who was on the box of Kellogg’s OKs.) Really, I’m disappointed in you Straight Dopers. It’s all “well I heard it sucked and I don’t like Jerry”. Fine, but if you’re part of the Cereal Demographic you WILL enjoy this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/65 "2024-05-08T01:41:44Z")
You’re right. We’ve seen things, man… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/loFmabtY-4Q/hqdefault.jpg "1956 SUGAR RICE KRINKLES CEREAL COMMERCIAL - Krinkles the Clown") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFmabtY-4Q) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/66 "2024-05-08T07:55:38Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Even the ones that flopped. > “The ‘O’ stands for the oats/ In Kellogg’s OKs/ The ‘K’ stands for Kellogg’s/ In Kellogg’s OKs” (Bonus points if you remember who was on the box of Kellogg’s OKs.) Yogi Bear. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/67 "2024-05-08T08:18:23Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I’m hardly the only one who thought about The Hudsucker Proxy while watching it you know funny thing is I remember the Hudsucker proxy not getting all that great reviews either back in the day , did people change their minds over the years? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/68 "2024-05-08T14:25:58Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Really, I’m disappointed in you Straight Dopers. It’s all “well I heard it sucked and I don’t like Jerry”. Fine, but if you’re part of the Cereal Demographic you WILL enjoy this movie. The only thing that disappointed me about the movie is that it didn’t utilize what I feel is Melissa McCarthy’s vast comedic talent. Maybe they just wanted her name for its star power because they certainly didn’t need her for such a bland role. Like one other poster mentioned, I loved the kids in the dumpster, and I loved the wicked representation of the children’s cereal industry. Let’s face it, nutritionally speaking, you are truly “dumpster diving” when you eat some of that awful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/69 "2024-05-08T14:32:41Z")
I liked it. As noted, it’s a completely ridiculous take on what was apparently a real tart related competition between Post and Kellogg’s. I can appreciate random lunacy, like a giant ravioli brought to life by sea monkeys, or JFK pitching Jackie O’s. Why not? It’s all in fun, and I’m willing to take a ride. That behind me, DAMN is Seinfeld a terrible actor. I mean, I get that some comedic actors do pretty much the same thing all the time, but make an effort to inhabit your character. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/70 "2024-05-08T14:36:23Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Like one other poster mentioned, I loved the kids in the dumpster, and I loved the wicked representation of the children’s cereal industry. The dumpster kids were amusing, but I didn’t find the movie to be a particularly biting satire of the cereal industry- I think it would have been a much better movie had it been that. To me it was more of a silly, almost affectionate goof on the cereal industry in general, and the race between Kellogg’s and Post to come up with a breakfast pastry specifically. There were setups and themes that could have made for a funny movie or a biting satire, but nothing for me really hit. Like I said upthread, It felt like a promising framework for a comedy movie with plot device placeholders, meant to be filled in with actual jokes and humor later on, but they never filled in the actual humor. Kind of like defective Pop-Tarts that never got the fruit filling added. Or the frosting for that matter-- who as a kid ever liked the unfrosted Pop-Tarts? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/71 "2024-05-08T14:40:56Z")
From another thread: > [@"Unfrosted" - Seinfeld's Directorial Debut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-seinfelds-directorial-debut/1001257/3): > > My opinion, as mentioned elsewhere, is that it is a profoundly silly vanity project by Seinfeld but I enjoyed it for what it was, particularly the two dumpster children. I would strongly suggest you don’t think too hard about any potential social commentary and just enjoy the pure unadulterated silliness of it. And honestly, I enjoyed it a lot more than I did **The Road to Wellville** which, while a lot more historically accurate, kind of fell apart as a film as it went. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/72 "2024-05-08T15:03:04Z")
I gave it a try. As a non American who doesn’t like cereal and has never tried a pop tart, I thought I could be objective and neutral about it. Some parts of it were mildly amusing, but not belly laugh funny. And the visuals and colour palette were impressive. It was nice to watch a film that wasn’t mostly grey. But at times it felt like a series of individual sketches loosely bound by a common narative.They should have either been tighter with the links so that it felt more cohesive. Or gone the other way and made it more surreal like ‘Meaning of Life’. As it was, it kind of felt unsure of what it was trying to be. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/73 "2024-05-08T15:08:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And honestly, I enjoyed it a lot more than I did **The Road to Wellville** which, while a lot more historically accurate, kind of fell apart as a film as it went. Funny, I had said this upthread: > [@solost](#): > > [The Road to Wellville](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520road%2520to%2520wellville) is an underappeciated gem in the vein of historical breakfast cereal humor. > > My wife and I were listening to Jim Gaffigan on the ‘Fly on the Wall’ podcast with Dana Carvey and David Spade yesterday, and they were of course talking about his role in ‘Unfrosted’. In the course of the conversation, Gaffigan made mention of how breakfast cereals like cornflakes were invented to try to stop masturbation, and my wife said ‘whaaaat? Is that true?” And I said it actually was, and that we should watch TRtW, which Dana Carvey is actually in- I’m surprised he didn’t mention that in the course of the conversation. > > So, we may be watching ‘The Road to Wellville’ tonight, as part of a weird, barely factual, comedy weekend double feature about historical cereal company shenanigans. And we did watch watch TRtW the following night after watching Unfrosted! I thought TRtW held up pretty well, myself, and as dubiously accurate quasi-historical parodies of the cereal industry go, is overall a much better movie than Unfrosted; the ‘Country Squares’ to TRtW’s ‘Pop-Tart’, if you will. But to each their own. I had read the T. Coraghessan Boyle novel of the same name before I saw the movie, and I thought the movie did it justice pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/74 "2024-05-08T17:32:41Z")
_\>Yogi Bear._ No. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/75 "2024-05-08T17:46:51Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > (Bonus points if you remember who was on the box of Kellogg’s OKs.) > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yogi Bear. > [@Hatchie](#): > > No. Originally a brawny Scotsman named Otis in '59-'60, then replaced with Yogi Bear. I guess some early 60s ad exec decided Otis was a bit too testosterone-y for the kiddies or something, and decided to go with a different kind of bear… > **[https://preview.redd.it/kelloggs-oks-cereal-with-their-mascot-otis-v0-0z5mq6gnyf...](https://preview.redd.it/kelloggs-oks-cereal-with-their-mascot-otis-v0-0z5mq6gnyf1b1.jpg?auto=webp&s=301540e675d80b4a7af07f6e66ed512867e03412)** [![](https://www.mrbreakfast.com/ucp_thmb/thmb_263_2945_ucp.jpg) ](https://www.mrbreakfast.com/ucp_thmb/thmb_263_2945_ucp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/76 "2024-05-08T18:15:40Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Really, I’m disappointed in you Straight Dopers. It’s all “well I heard it sucked and I don’t like Jerry”. Fine, but if you’re part of the Cereal Demographic you WILL enjoy this movie. I think you nailed it. That’s the only explanation I can see for so many negative reviews of a film I thought was the funniest I’ve seen in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/77 "2024-05-08T18:38:44Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Originally a brawny Scotsman named Otis in '59-'60 Actually it was Big Otis, but yes. Somehow Yogi Bear doesn’t say “build up arm muscles by eating refined oat flower shaped into letters but really just Cheerios” but Otis sure did—but he probably scared the kids. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/78 "2024-05-08T19:01:52Z")
Amazon Prime streaming was giving me fits last night, so I watched _Unfrosted_ with my wife on a whim. Afterwards, she said, “Well…that was bad.” My response was, “You know what it reminded me of? A Don Knotts movie. Not good, not awful. Just pleasantly inoffensive.” In fact, I was a bit surprised they would make a joke about Gus Grissom, but you’ve got to have some clinkers. However, I did almost laugh out loud at the funeral for Steve Schwinn. And some of the outtakes looked more interesting than the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/79 "2024-05-08T19:02:23Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > you know funny thing is I remember the Hudsucker proxy not getting all that great reviews either back in the day , did people change their minds over the years? Some did. And just as that one found its cult over the years after a disappointing theatrical run (like Reservoir Dogs, The Iron Giant, Office Space and lots of others), so will Unfrosted return after this oddly chilly reception and have its best lines quoted by wiseacres years from now. You know, for kids. ---
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The Jan 6th part was a little tasteless. All in all I had a few chuckles, but I’m not a Seinfeld fan at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561.md?page=5)