Best movie of this year hands down!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The tag-line for this film reads, "Flunk em' if they can't take a joke" and if this is really so I was more than happy to fail this exam. Apparently this film is supposed to be about the repressive effects of political correctness on the college campus, however, as far as I could tell, it was about playing frisbee with Jake Busey, throwing meatballs out of windows, and..., well, that pretty much wraps it up. I know jeremy pivven is supposed to be the cute,wacky guy who never learned to grow up, but i found something slightly disturbing about a thirty-five year old, slightly balding man who thinks throwing raw hamburger out of windows is somehow both funny and controversial. He kind of reminded me of that pathetic thirty-year old guy who could never quite get over his high school glory days, so he had to hang out by the local liquor store, offering to buy teens alcohol in exchange for their camaraderie. That guy you thought was cool when you were younger and only later realised what a loser he really was. Now, I know you might have been deceived by the flashy movie jacket, which depicts a poorly super-imposed Pivven, holding a poorly super-imposed beer(which looks as if it may have been drawn with crayolas), but don't be fooled by this clever advertising campaign, first of all, there isn't a single glass of beer in the whole movie(apparently the budget was too tight to splurge on a six-pack of PBR)and secondly, this movie is really just a giant flaming piece of poo. In fact, the only reason I stuck through most of it was because I was hoping Jake Busey would eventually smuggle a bomb on to the set and end the entire movie "Contact" style, but unfortunately, much to my dismay, this never happened.

The movie features an incredible cast with Jeremy Piven anchoring the lead role, and featuring David Spade in a usual tie-wearing, brown nosing politician egocentric.The movie from beginning to the end was fun and funny, yet doing their part to point out the vast political correctness and sensitivity society is in these days. The only thing was it felt like a ripoff of Animal House (only a PG13 version). The fraternity on campus that causes problems for the university...the dean trying to run them out of the school...the alcohol...the parties and the dean's personal student monkey.But for those that could care less about originality...this movie is a must-see.

I haven't written a message like this before. But then again, I've never seen a film like PCU before. After listening to the commentary, it created an even stronger reaction in me, so I just had to write. I suppose the critical mass for me as a viewer was when Hart Bochner noted (and then again later) that he was relieved that the film had finally found "its audience" in the video world; the insinuation being that his film is a good one that didn't hit on the 1st run because it/he wasn't given the right opportunity, the right marketing support, the proper studio backing, bla bla. The fact of the matter is that, for anyone other than a 13 year old boy, this film is painful to watch. It didn't do well theatrically because it sucks. It's like a train wreck, you keep watching because you're curious to see what disaster is going to come up next. It's kitsch, in the worst kind of way: bad acting (poorly directed), bad score (poorly directed), and terrible comedic timing (poorly directed). And so, it's unbearable to listen to Hart in the commentary make excuses for this and that, all the while thinking smugly that he's this "groovy director" who "made the actors feel comfortable." How about make them act! This has got to be Jeremy Piven's worst performance of his life! I once heard Tom Hanks on David Letterman forsake a film he did early in his career, BACHLOR PARTY. Shame on Tom Hanks for that – BACHLOR PARTY is hilarious. (HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE I could understand.) But poor Jeremy Piven – this debacle is going to be at the beginning of his long track record forever! He is fantastic in pretty much everything he's done. Somehow Hart managed to get him (and the rest of the cast save Cutter and Spade) to overact so badly only a 13 year old could bear it. Everyone else is tuning in for the same reason they tune into the WB on a Saturday afternoon. This is fine, so long as Hart isn't deluded into thinking he's done a groundbreaking film that speaks to this generation. (I can almost hear Hart now, "But they made me shoot a PG-13 film.") Give me a break. No one asked you to turn a script that I imagine is probably pretty funny, and turn it into a predictable, conventional, sloppy, boring, piece of waste-of-time. Little advice for Hart: stick to acting. You have no right wasting so many resources and cluttering up the universe with another clichéd (ANIMAL HOUSE) rip-off. And if you are able to use some connections or commit some crime passing yourself off as a director again, please don't make it worse by adding a commentary where you flaunt how much you don't know. It's too much to bear. Even for a 13 year old.Sincerely, An unsatisfied audience member.PS - I suspect there is a bump in the video rentals because word got out, like it got to me, that there is this film that is so terrible you have to see it to believe it.

This may be one of the best comedies ever made.My dad attended college in the late 1960s, a few years after the film "Animal House" was supposedly set. But he always maintained that his fraternity, Psi Phi, was just like the Delta House in the film. I had my doubts......until I saw PCU, and then a year or so later, I started my own college career.This movie captures the essence of college in the mid-90s. It is truthful about the left-wing, PC bullsh*t that is so pervasive on campus. It is real.I don't know how much value this film offers for new college students. But if you attended college in the 90s, this is the film for you. This is the film when you want to reminisce, when you're feeling nostalgic.Want some advice? PCU is a keeper.