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Summary: FINALLY... a gut-splitting comedy in a field of duds.
Review: Yes, the comparison to Animal House is fair in some ways. The cast of both movies had substantial support from Saturday Night Live (SNL) crew, and of course the Fraternity vs. Dean plot line was good, but that's where the similarity ended. While Animal House was know for it's college-mentality plot, and what later became the definite standard of college humor movies to come (spoofed/carried by the Nerds series, as well as other comedies like Big Man on Campus, etc...), it never did have the "clean, production look" of a movie of it's caliber.Old School has a more grown-up view of fraternity life, and in all honesty is closer to reality than Animal House EVER was. What Animal House (and Dartmouth College) did to discredit Greek organizations, Old School seems to have portrayed in a positive light. Granted, Old School gets a bit off color in subject matter at times, but nothing that would seem out of character or included for shock value as so many B movies seem to do. This focus on gut-splitting humor (verses random, gratuitous nudity) is typified by the difference between the R rated and Unrated versions. As other reviewers mentioned, the R version (which I saw in theaters...twice) is not much different from the unrated DVD... the focus here was humor, nothing more. The physical humor, decent plot, great character development, and cameos by Snoop Dog, Warren G, a host of SNL staff, as well as other comedy-focused actors leaves this movie chalk-full of talent and obviously had some serious financial support... and it shows. Will Ferrell shows again why he is one of the funniest actors in Hollywood, while no one in the movie missed a beat whether it be a soft delivery, missed facial gesture, or even milking the plot for everything it had. It was a bit long (spasm-laden stomach muscles will do that though), and I tried to think if a few scenes could have been "possible cuts", but the character development and humor involved in EVERY single scene was just too good to miss. Seeing this movie in theaters left me feeling I paid a fair price, which is unusual considering the vast majority of so-so movies that we've been force-fed by Holly Wood the past few years. Borrowing this DVD from a friend (and seeing it 3 times in 2 weeks :)) has left me convinced I'll be adding this to my DVD collection shortly. As a truely underrated comedy (which is unusual considering the ... comdies that are industry-standard), this is a definite must-have.
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Summary: Funny comedy
Review: Nothing special, just a funny movie that makes you laugh. Some people might not like it as much as others, but there's a few scenes, no matter who you are, you'll laugh out loud. Worth a watch for sure, and I personally think it's worth buying.
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Summary: Some parts really funny, others stupid
Review: Ok, I am a female so righ there- you know I won't like this movie as much as a guy would. BUT- I do like men's movies so my opinion is not based on the fact that I only like chick-flicks. I thought this movie was really funny when Will F. was in the scene, he is hilarious for sure. BUT- the storyline was so-so, a bunch of guys start a frat and they get in some trouble. The rest of the cast was kind of cheesy and the end was stupid. I'd rent it for a laugh but don't buy it until you see it first.
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Summary: Why not just call it "Substandard College Comedy XXXVII¿?
Review: If you are thinking about buying this DVD, you've probably already seen the movie. And if you haven't seen it, you're not missing much... just check out any college based comedy from the last 20 years, pick out any random events, and update it to 2003, and you're pretty much up to speed with things. A lackluster and overly predictable story, far too many clichés, and acting that would be better left on a bad Saturday Night Live rerun, make this flick about as memorable as...whatever that other hideous collection of celluloid was. Normally, a movie of this genre would at least give me some chuckles here and there, but the best I could do with this one is to sit back and admire the realism of Craig Kilborne's bit part portrayal of a typical oversexed, under committed, narcissistic...Shows how much of an impact the rest of the movie had. But, while the movie itself drew extremely heavy vacuum, a couple of the special features nearly helped me to salvage my 2-hour investment. Most notably, the parody of "Inside The Actor's Studio" where Will Ferrell's dead-on impersonation of sycophantic rambling James Lipton goes completely "Twilight Zone" while interviewing the Old School cast members...including Will Ferrell. It also turns out that a couple of the features "deleted scenes" were actually more interesting than the edits in the film itself. A DVD can't survive on the basis of special features alone, and this one is no exception...
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Summary: Very Funny
Review: Will Ferrell is absolutely one of the funniest comics to come off of Saturday Night Live and enter movies. Some of the stuff he does and says in Old School is classic. Over the last few weeks I and my friends have watched Old School ten times. Yes we don't have anything better to do. Knoxville is boring on the weekends.
Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn also are really great. They portray the more serious aspect of Old School. I can not see any two other actors playing their parts expect for Owen Wilson. I have been a huge fan of the trio Wilson brothers and Wes Anderson ever since Bottle Rocket. Old School is a highly recommend film. No awards or Oscars for actors just a hilarious movie. It brings you back to the late 70's with a little film called Animal House. They both are movies you can watch many times over and never tire. Old School has gone into constant rotation alongside with Snatch.
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Summary: Old School is Vulgar
Review: i dont get these teen movies anymore theyre vulgar and naugty. Kids want to see them because they want to see some sex but thaats beond the point. The point is that these movies like Old School go overboard. The olny teen movie I enjoyed was American Pie. It was vulgar but not as vulgar as Old School. In Old School theres this Old man who's in a tub with naked woman and hes telling them to stroke his lobes how is that funny. I think its iommature and gross
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Summary: not too original, but has it's moments
Review: No, there's nothing too original here but I'd say it's worth a rental just to see the wedding band's rendition of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. I must have watched that sequence 20 times before I could stop crying I was laughing so hard. Will Ferrell does a good job, Vince Vaughn is characteristically annoying, but Luke Wilson seemed to be relegated to playing the straight man for most of the film.
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Summary: "We're Going Streaking!"
Review: Mitch (Luke Wilson; Bongwater), Frank (Will Ferrell; Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn; The Cell) are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi (Juliette Lewis; Natural Born Killers), cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to get go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them. I heard about this film from a friend, so I tried it, and laughed myself senseless. Will Ferrell is hilarious as a newly-wed numb-skull. Luke Wilson is quite funny himself. But the funniest was Vince Vaughn. I thought his role in this was about as funny as Swingers (in which he was hilarious). As good as the film was, I still couldn't give it the full five stars. It's a hilarious film nonetheless. If you enjoyed Old School, don't forget to check out the following comedies: National Lampoon's Van Wilder
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
How High
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Summary: Unrated? How about overrated....
Review: I am NOT a big fan of Will Ferrel, but my friends said that it was hilarious and that I should check it out. This movie was an OK effort. I just thought that it could have been alot better. Some characters were not developed enough in my opinion (i.e. Blue). It was fun, but not all it was hyped up to be. It is not the same caliber of comedy as any National Lampoons film (except for 7 Deadly Sins which stunk) and to compare it to Animal House is sacrilige.
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Summary: A retarded failure and just no fun
Review: Unfunny, uninspired, and insipid. _Old School_ lacks creativity, wit, and doesn't even have the wherewithal to try to charm us with a sense of its own stupidity. I was expecting a dumb, fun, profane movie. What I got was often cynical, boring, and tame. Who are these characters? Is Luke Wilson's character supposed to be funny? No? And if he's the straight man, why is he so totally unsympathetic? From the very first scene, where he ditches his friends and leaves them holding the bag, to the end, am I supposed to care what happens to this guy? He sleeps with a 16-year-old, the bosses' daughter, and--nothing happens. There are no consequences, and certainly nothing funny is done with the (tired) situation. And what's with Vince Vaughn's character? Why does the movie go to such lengths to showcase him as a loyal father and faithful husband, but one who can't stop bad-mouthing marriage? Is there anything funny in that? The movie's listless, it has no energy, no spirit of fun. Tonally, it plays half-serious. Even Will Ferrell--who couldn't be unfunny if he tried--is unfunny here. An old man nobody cares about dies, his heart giving out before he has the opportunity to grope two naked co-eds slathered in K-Y jelly. We see the funeral, and the movie again goes to considerable lengths to show us that the old guy was a war veteran, even a war hero. How are we supposed to feel about that? What is it with the dark overtones in this movie? Is it funny that he was a veteran? Ferrell sings "Dust in the Wind"--poorly--over the flag-draped coffin, and the scene's over. What's the joke? How are we supposed to feel when Will Ferrell's wife dumps him? Happy? Are we supposed to laugh? Don't waste your time, or your money. Go buy or rent "Airplane" or even "Airplane 2," instead.
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