Britishly, the movie has a knack for inflating little sap bubbles as if mostly for the joy of popping them.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Even the show's disciples may feel like they've been cheated.
Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
Oh, the hilarious awkwardness of placing privileged white kids in a place where they don't belong.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
After much fumbling, the snicks and giggles of adolescence grow wearying yet again.
If nothing else, The Inbetweeners Movie earns itself a footnote in any comprehensive history of local movie exhibition. This has got to be the first time a wedgie has been inflicted onscreen at the Kendall.
Affection for the characters will bring fans in. But many will leave wishing the makers of one of the most enjoyable programmes of recent years had left well enough alone.
Anyone who doesn't already know and care a little about these characters might find the movie a bit thin.