It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The only reason I am giving this a 4 is the good acting, and going a little serious for a short while and also Zac Efron (of whom I am a big fan).The comedy is quite dead and I cringed every time, I don't remember having a deep-from-heart laugh or something, the idea was good but it was not handled pretty well. And what do you get ? This trainwreck. 4/10 I gave the second part a chance and it turned out to be better, but this part is pure horrendous.

(Flash Review)A young couple with an infant child has a fraternity buy a house for sale next door. Cue immature comedy scenarios of both 'parties' not getting along because of, you guessed it, rambunctious 'parties' – zing! This is moderately more funny if you are a parent as you have the perspectives of: wish I could go out and live it up but I can't because I have an infant at home and let's be cool with the young neighbors because even though we are older, we are still cool. Lewd humor, scheming and substance abuse ensues. Who will get the last laugh? The end. It has some funny gags, many bad jokes and a plausibly core story as a foundation for the humor. It was OK and better than many current teen-focused comedies.

Really entertaining movie that I've enjoyed thoroughly every time I've watched it. It's really not that bad of a movie, it's very entertaining and Rogen and Byrne's performances are both great for what they are. People on IMDb have given this movie really horrible reviews, as a matter of fact I scrolled through the reviews and couldn't find anything above a 3/10. That's just wrong. Neighbors is not supposed to be Citizen Kane for crying out loud. It's a silly frat comedy and should be taken as such. I saw one reviewer complaining about the municipal guidelines that the frat refuse to acknowledge. What?? It's a fine movie that WILL make you laugh at least once or twice, if not throughout depending on your sense of humor. It will entertain you for it's whole runtime. The movie isn't trying to win any Oscars, so on that note some technical aspects of the film. It's edited in an interesting way at points that I found myself really enjoying. The cinematography is never upsetting which means that it's not shot by Roger Deakins but it never once really made me gag or anything (another thing reviewers have said). Stoller directed this movie in a really interesting way as well, and again I think the movie would be a lot worse without his direction, but again it's by no means directed by Hitchcock nor is it trying to look like it. All of the performances are great, if not entertainingly and appropriately slightly over acted. My point is, see this movie as a silly frat movie. Don't expect it to make you belly laugh from minute one to minute 95. Let it entertain you. It's a good movie that I'm never upset by re watching. DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATE!!!!!! 7/10

This is a typical , silly , American comedy. Its not the best of movies , but it is funny.If you are into comedies , I recommend this film strongly. Having said this, it only has a specific humor that wont be every bodies cup of tea. It wont appeal to all audiences and has a lot of bad language ( take in account it is a restricted movie )Despite all of this it is a witty and funny comedy worth watching for a good laugh. It will probably be a classical comedy in years to come. Apart from the great cast,there is nothing special about this movie really. There is nothing that makes it better than other comedies. All in all, its an entertaining light hearted film. Whether you like the humor or not, that is down to the individual watching.