‘Bad Counselors’ Review: A Stealthily Christian Comedy Makes Believers of Two Rowdy Frat Bros
‘Bad Counselors’ is a Christian comedy about two hard-partying fraternity friends who avoid community service by becoming counsellors at a church summer camp. Variety’s review says Chris Dowling’s film takes an unusual, relatively gentle approach to faith-based cinema by wrapping Christian lessons in a rowdy frat-bro premise, though it does not fully match the comic potential of a more secular version.
Matt Cornett plays Grayson Fuller, an arrogant college jock whose reckless behaviour with best friend Tyler, played by Ramon Reed, leads to a sentence requiring community service. After mistaking a megachurch worship event for a nightclub, they take jobs at Burning Bush Camp under pastor Tom, played by Chris Klein; the reviewer highlights the premise and occasional self-aware jokes, but expects limited crossover appeal beyond Christian and youth-group audiences.
- Christian comedy sends two reckless fraternity friends to summer camp.
- The review finds its premise fresher than its humour.
- It may appeal most strongly to faith-based audiences.