SPRUNG
A crude, under-produced sex comedy with little to recommend it.
Should You Watch It?
SPRUNG offers little comic entertainment and a throw-away plot. Its production is mediocre, ill-planned, and under-produced, while the script depends heavily on foul language throughout.
The film centers on sex, with graphic sexual content, drinking, illegal drug use, and numerous scantily clad women. Its one stated moral lesson is learning to trust those you love, but the filmmakers confuse sex with love rather than giving the story a sound moral foundation.
This is not a difficult family decision. With excessive and lewd sexual material and little artistic or moral value to offset it, you should skip it.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESMontel and Brandy begin falling in love after meeting at a local party. Their friends, Clyde and Adina, have a much more troubled relationship and soon oppose the new romance.
The two friends devise a scheme to break Montel and Brandy apart by placing Montel in a compromising situation and arranging for Brandy to see it. The resulting heartbreak drives the comedy's central conflict.
Is It Any Good?
One star means this film offers very little entertainment value. The review calls it inferior to the recently released BOOTY CALL and says its comedy is limited.
The production is described as mediocre, ill-planned, and under-produced. The script suffers from its dependence on foul language, which punctuates the entire film. The plot is thin, and the movie's focus on sex overwhelms whatever comic or romantic appeal it might have.
The Worldview
SPRUNG presents a pagan worldview of young people looking for sex. The film treats sex as its central subject and offers no moral foundation beyond learning to trust those you love. Its central distortion is the confusion of sex with love.
The review identifies the film as a sex comedy for African-Americans and notes that some of its language includes Black-against-Black racial slurs, which it regards as no advancement in African-American culture. That language compounds the film's larger dependence on vulgarity rather than strengthening its humor or moral vision.
The film's longing for love is undercut by its failure to distinguish love from sexual behavior. Scripture gives a clearer picture: “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled” (Hebrews 13:4).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Pagan worldview of young people looking for sex; 68 obscenities, 38 vulgarities & 11 profanities; multiple graphic sex scenes; numerous revealing outfits; alcohol use; marijuana use; and, lying
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film confuses sex with love. What does Scripture say makes love faithful, honorable, and self-giving?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · Hebrews 13:4The story includes lying and schemes meant to break up a relationship. Why does truth matter when we are trying to protect or correct someone?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22The review says the film's only moral lesson is learning to trust those you love. How is healthy trust different from believing someone without wisdom or discernment?
Proverbs 14:15 · 1 Thessalonians 5:21What kinds of entertainment help us see love clearly rather than reducing it to sex?
Philippians 4:8 · Ephesians 5:1–4The Final Word
SPRUNG is poorly made, sexually explicit, foul-mouthed, and morally confused. It offers too little comedy or truth to justify its content. For your family or for yourself, SKIP IT. Choose something better from.
