46 – Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List

Nothing says instant chemistry like the classic pairing of a heterosexual woman and a gay man, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of our modern complicated times. And nothing makes a more compelling case for why this premise alone is not enough to hang a story on than 2015's Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, a movie that's as wildly unlikable and messy as the millennial burdens at its peanut butter center. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris play an equally juvenile drinking game while discussing the movie's incomprehensible structure, the gaping black holes of charisma that anchor the story, and how odd it is to call your movie Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List and then not really focus too much on Ely or the No Kiss List. Also there's a weird public domain rip-off of "Pour Some Sugar on Me" that truly can't be adequately explained without hearing it. Continue reading →