The Age of Commercialism

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Blistering performances.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The movie is not very original but it fulfills its purpose as a comedy, since one just can't stop laughing through it.It is based on the common fraternity comedies, but with a little twist that the main characters are now in their 30's. The movie doesn't go too much into detail, but it isn't supposed to be believable either.We get a bunch of different kinds of characters who all are funny in their own way. Besides the main characters I really liked to see well known actors playing small parts, such as Simon Helberg, Juliette Lewis and Jeremy Piven.I like how this movie mainly sticks to the comedy and keeps the dramatic, learning moments to a minimum. Just as I love that at the end not all of them decided to "grow up" but Will Ferrel's character keeps on having his fun. I was a bit worried they will make it look as if boring married life is for everybody.

I think it is impossible to not like this classic comedy, jam packed with action and funny jokes from the get go. Of course Will Ferell plays a huge roll in this movie being amazing, when paired with Luke Wilson, who is not cracking jokes and being funny all the time, makes up for a perfect comedy movie. Maybe it could have had more party scenes, since it was a movie about a high school fraternity made by 3 grown men after all, but nonetheless the movie is a great watch if you like Will Ferell and comedies in general. A major upset for me, however, was the fact that Luke Wilson's character didn't actually try to make a move on his bosses daughter, which he previously had hooked up with, that would be a cool part that could have been incorporated into the movie to make it even better.

Todd Phillips totally under exploited a story that had a good potential. The fraternity concept was good but it had to be the framework of the script, and it should have been a lot more developed. The movie turns out to be muddled and the script goes in every direction, lacking an axis (the fraternity).The gags are for the most part insignificant though a few ones manage to crack you a smile.As for the characters, they are also under developed and the alchemy doesn't emerge at all. When you hire an actor with a tremendous comical potential like Will Ferrel, you have to use him ! His role was too discreet when it seemed obvious he even could have been the main character.

"Old School" is a somewhat funny comedy, in the vein of "Animal House", in which a group of middle aged men start a college fraternity in order to escape the drudgery of their middle class, white collar world.The film stars Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell, but possesses few jokes and little insight. What humour there is comes mostly from Vaughn and Ferrell. Ferrell plays his usual slow-witted, goofy, overly sincere gentle giant, and Vaughn's a deadpan quip-trader. Most of the film is slow, dull and plot-heavy, but these two make it bearable.Unlike most "teen sex comedies", this one is aimed squarely at older men. It's a "turn back the clock" fantasy, but one carefully designed to negate any of the unseemly aspects such a fantasy may entail. And so our heroes sleep with the bosses daughter and teenage girls, but it's okay because our heroes were unconscious and "she" wanted it. Likewise, our heroes dump their wives, but it's okay, because it is "she" who wanted to end things and their relationship wouldn't have worked anyway. And so on and so on.7/10 – See "Frat House", a documentary by Todd Phillips, or Frederick Wiseman's "High School" and "High School 2".