Directed by Todd Phillips
Viewed 4-11-09
Our favorite sports seasons are done, it is time for movie season once again.
Old School (Unrated and out of control) turned out to be about what we expected. The attempt to organize a university sanctioned fraternity to avoid losing a house seemed to be the main theme. An updated spin on Animal House? The dean is out to shut them down and throws a barrage of schemes to out the unwanted house to make way for developers to move in.
Much of the humor is crude, vulgar, and zany. Any hint of a romance oriented storyline was wasted. This movie is basically the journey of bachelors and the fraternity style gluttony portrayed by men much too old to be in college. Party hardy, dude. We did not rate this movie because it lacked the merits of a quality film experience. Definitely rated R for good reason.
One warning: too much male butts and not enough female body parts for balance. We were left scarred for life and I feel this might be the beginning of Will Ferrell burnout. His role is again similar to the role he played in Elf and the "Ricky Bobby" role. Just as Adam Sandler and Chevy Chase repeated the same comedy roles over and over, I'm afraid Will Ferrell will soon be an impersonation of himself.
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