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Summary: Old School, the greatest movie of our time!
Review: This movie is a great because of the hilarous story in combination with some of the greatest co-stars I have ever seen. Some may not think Old School is that good, but they're wrong. With such memorable quotes as "Frank the Tank" to "Your My Boy Blue!!". Rember this movie gets funnier with every viewing, I am not the only one who believes this. To quote someone who wants to remain anonymous "I saw this once and I found it very funny, then I saw it again and it made my all time favorites list".
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Summary: A Critical Review of Old School.
Review: Old School, starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn, is a very odd, though sometimes awkward, comedy. Mitch [Luke Wilson], an all-around nice guy, finds out at the beginning of the film that his girlfriend [Juliette Lewis] is, I guess, secretly involved in gangbangs. Yeah. After breaking up with her, of course, he decides to buy a new house which happens to be very close to or on a college campus or something. His friend [Vince Vaughn], thinks that, because Mitch is at a new point in his life--a bachelor--he should start a fraternity for guys who are too old for college or are not cool enough to get into a fraternity but who want to get a lot of chicks and go to lots of parties, too. Mitch tentatively agrees. As follows with most comedies, there is the romance between Mitch and a really smart, nice girl who happens to be dating a real jerk [Craig Kilborn]. Also, the fraternity must go through some sort of test because the Dean of the campus happens to have been in the same class as Mitch and his friends and was, I guess, was made fun of by them or something. Will Ferrell, playing another of Mitch's friends, supplies most of the laughs, especially in the fan-favorite scene where he is running down the street naked--streaking alone--when his wife pulls up next to him in a minivan full of her friends. Yeah. Really funny. There is also a funny scene in which Snoop Dogg performs at one of their parties. Anyhow, though the film has funny parts, there are also some awkward parts and some, how shall we say, borrowed ideas, in the film, as well. When Will Ferrell's wife asks for a divorce, old Blue dies, and when Mitch's love interest decides he is an asshole, the director goes a little too serious, thus making the viewer a little unsure of where the film is going. Is it a comedy or are they trying to make it a drama, you wonder. There are also many uncanny similarities to Fight Club, especially in the scene where Mitch and his girlfriend order food in a café but the waiter says that the food will be free because he is "The Godfather." Anyhow, there are elements of the film that don't necessarily work, but if you are looking for a good brainless comedy, I suppose this is it.
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Summary: Occasionally funny; jumps around a lot
Review: This is Amazon's property, meaning they can do with it what they want.
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Summary: Funniest Comedy in Years!!!
Review: A Hilarious masterpiece from director Todd Phillips. Staring Will Ferrel as Frank "the tank", Luke Wilson as "Mitch", and Vince Vaughn as "Beanie". This instant colt classic represents the ultimate college comedy since "Animal House".
When Mitch catches the early flight home from Denver only to catch his girlfriend cheating on him inspires his good friends Frank and Beanie to through him a "kick off" party in Mitch's new campus house as a way of "releasing him out into the wild".
Due to regulations set forth by the Dean, Mitch is forced to turn his home into a faternity house, while recruiting fourteen new pledges. The Dean does everything in his will to get rid of this new fraternity.
The new fraternity is the new "hit" around school, so the boys decide to do everything possible to keep the fraternity. With scene after scene of hilarious footage, "Old School" will have you on the edge of your seat with non stop laughter.
Overall, I give "Old School" 2 thumbs up! It is the ultimate comedy for more then just a few laughs, and gets funnier each time you watch it.
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Summary: Where were the funny parts
Review: I thought this movie was going to be funny, since I've heard it was better than Animal House. Where are the funny scenes? There were about 3 or 4 parts that were kind of funny, but that's about it. To compare it to Animal House is a joke. I can't count how many funny things happen in Animal House, Something About Mary, American Pie, Tommy Boy....because these movies are really funny. Old School was just kind of dumb. Maybe I just don't get Will Ferril. He starts streaking about 5 minutes into the first party, and I guess it's supposed to be funny that no one follows him, but that's it. He streaks thru the town and his wife sees him, but nothing funny happens. I guess I just didn't get this movie.
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Summary: Old Hat
Review: **1/2 "Old School" is a raucous, raunchy comedy in the "Animal House/Bachelor Party" tradition. Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn - all of whom are very good in their roles - play a trio of thirtysomething losers who have never really grown up, despite the fact that one of them is married with children, another has just gotten married and the third wants desperately to have a meaningful relationship. The three come up with a scheme to create an "unofficial" fraternity at the local college, giving men of all ages a chance to get away from the rules and restrictions of everyday adult life.Although there are a few undeniably funny moments in the film, "Old School" is basically a numbskull comedy filled with junior high-level jokes and pratfalls, some of which work but most of which don't. Like far too many comedies that advertise themselves as freewheeling, daring and iconoclastic, "Old School" ends up literally "old school" in the end, coming out foursquare in favor of responsibility, seriousness and conformity. In other words, it wants us to identify with these juvenile grownups, then turns right around and makes them just like the people they've been going after all along. Unfortunately for the viewer, "Old School" loses the courage of its convictions early on. There's not much point in over thinking this. Suffice it to say that "Old School" sprinkles a few good laughs over a parched desert of a comedy.
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Summary: The Old College Try
Review: Old School is a solid comedy, that provides enough laughs, to keep you entertained. But it isn't "uproarious" as some have claimed. Three buddies are at different stages in various relationships with the women in their life. Mitch (Luke Wilson) has just ended a serious relationship, Frank (Will Ferell)is just recently married, while Bernard AKA 'Beanie' (Vince Vaughn) is "happily" married. Feeling very much in a rut, the guys decide to start their own fraternity, when Mitch begins renting a house on a college campus. The only problem is the idea doesn't sit too well with Dean Pritchard (Jeremy Piven). Director Todd Phillips and his cast are good at what they do. Wilson is pitch perfect is the straight man amid the lunacy, Vaughn is equally on target as Bernard. But Piven seems woefully miscast as the Dean, and Ferrell, is funny at first, then by the end gets to do the same thing he did at the start of the film. The unrated version of Old School really is a maketing ploy. The only thing the makes the unrated version unrated is the nudity filled main menu. The extras on the DVD are a mixed bag. The highlight by far is the audio commentary with Phillipd, Wilson, Ferrell, and Vaughn, is one of the best tracks for a comedy, I 've heard in a while. The deleted scenes were wisely cut from the film and really wouldn't have added much anyway. The 5 minutes worth of bloopers and outtakes are funny; but only one time--repeated viewings and they lose their punch. Ferrell gets to use his uncanny knack for impressions in a hillarious "Inside the Actors Studio" spoof with fellow castmates. Welcome to Old School is your fairly typical Electronic Press Kit style making of featurette. Clever TV Ads/Promotions, production notes, film bios, and a photo gallery round out the extras. Old School is college comedy that provides enough laughs for a recomendation, even though, the ending falls back on familiar territory.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: The story is about three guys in their thirties who decide to start their own fraternity. They say that it's to save Luke Wilson's character from losing his house, but really it's just an excuse for them to party, get drunk, and have lots of fun again. I had very low expectations for this movie because I'm not a big fan of Will Ferrel - he's never really made me laugh that much before... But this movie shocked me at how funny it really is. Don't expect to be watching an Oscar contender; but it's not meant to be one. It's meant to be stupid and silly and funny - and it is. watch it! you'll laugh!
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Summary: Worthless
Review: I rented this movie this weekend because I always liked Will Ferrel on SNL. All I can say is this is one of the worst written "comedies" I have ever seen. I has about 3 funny moments that total about 2 minutes of the movie. Nothing about this movie makes sense. I wouldn't recommend this movie for anyone to buy, let alone rent.
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Summary: Funnier than you might think!
Review: And that is due to a gently funny script and perfect casting. Will Ferrell is ALWAYS funny (and even more self-deprecatingly so in the "Inside the Actors' Studio" spoof in the bonus features section), Vince Vaughn is simultaneously smarmy and engaging, and Luke Wilson is solid in the comedic/dramatic central role.
This movie wasn't as childishly raunchy as I was led to believe it was. Rather, it is sweet in the appropriate spots, a tad rude without being vulgar, and boisterously funny without ever being mean-spirited.
This is a fun, lightweight comedy and worth at least a rental.
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