YMMV / The Lads

• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • Fionn robbing people's houses for money crosses the line into hilarious when we see he has a checklist for houses to go after, and one of the places on the list is a funeral home! And he ticks that off!
  • Young woman getting mugged? Sounds horrible. Woman offering to give them the only fifty she has, but then asking to keep ten she owes her mother? And the mugger giving her change? Hysterical!
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Ian Adams has talked about fans coming up to him and talking about how much they loved Fionn, expressing shock that his actor Dylan Hanlon had no prior experience. More than one admitted to tearing up when he's briefly thought dead towards the end.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The True Companions bond between the boys that features throughout the film. Despite being irritated with Fionn, they're all in it together and do their best to help each other out.
  • The ending. The boys' lives have actually improved; Fionn and Paul are now working together, and Scott is somewhat of a Benevolent Boss. Earn Your Happy Ending indeed!
• Hollywood Pudgy: A couple of jokes are made about Paul being overweight. He's just slightly chubbier than the other two.
• Minority Show Ghetto: A good portion of the YouTube comments come from non-Irish viewers complaining about the lack of English subtitles.
• Nausea Fuel: There are a lot of bloody fights in the movie, and the sight of Fionn when he's thought dead is not pretty.
• One-Scene Wonder: The Polish woman who responds to the muggers by just ranting in Polish, possibly with the full knowledge they can't understand her.
• Squick:
  • While fighting in the nightclub bathroom, Fionn grabs hold of a nearby man pissing in the urinal, and directs him towards the man choking Paul out. Both get quite the facefull.
  • In an early boredom montage, Fionn can be seen masturbating.
• Tear Jerker: Cliched though the Disney Death can be, when Fionn is thought dead in the fight at the end, it's surprisingly sad.