If you like piña coladas, and gettin’ caught in the rain, you might just be Mary Dauterman, writer and director of Booger. This horror comedy takes a whimsical premise and, oddly enough, doesn’t run with it. The subject of body horror sets expectations high for amusement, gore, and absurdity. Booger, instead, attempts to package a slow-burn emotional drama with heavy exposition in an ill-fitting package, relying on few repeated gross-outs to keep within genre specs. I wanted to love this film, and the smooth, organic cinematography paired with an endearing performance from our lead actress Grace Glowicki took me half-way. A convoluted timeline, unresolved threads, and baffling lack of commitment to the concept took me out. Booger the cat was a joy. Booger the film failed to deliver.
