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College (2008)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:2

Rotten:37

Average Rating:2.5/10

Consensus: A pale imitation of the raunchy college frat of old, College aims low and misses.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive crude and sexual content, nudity, language, drug and alcohol abuse.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Aug 29, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $4,600,628

Synopsis: First-time director Deb Hagan teams up with first-time screenwriters Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison in the gross-out comedy COLLEGE. Kevin (Drake Bell), Carter (Andrew Caldwell), and Morris (Kevin... First-time director Deb Hagan teams up with first-time screenwriters Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison in the gross-out comedy COLLEGE. Kevin (Drake Bell), Carter (Andrew Caldwell), and Morris (Kevin Covais) are three nerdy high school seniors who need some adventure in their life. After Gina (Alona Tal) breaks up with Kevin, the trio decides to have a wild weekend at Fieldmont University, where Kevin and Morris are planning on going to college in the fall--Morris on an academic scholarship. When their preassigned dorm room is not ready for them for reasons best left unsaid, they turn instead to one of the fraternities, where a cousin of Carter's was a member, hoping to be treated as legacies. But the frat, which is on probation and cannot have a new pledge class, takes advantage of the situation by turning Kevin, Carter, and Morris into pre-frosh pledges for the weekend, torturing them in numerous and disgusting ways, some involving pigs, nitrous oxide, bathrooms, and lots of alcohol. The three nerds try to find solace--and possible sex--with Heather (Camille Mana), Kendall (Haley Bennett), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), but the frat brothers have other plans. COLLEGE follows in the footsteps of such higher-learning comedies as HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, REVENGE OF THE NERDS, and AMERICAN PIE, where no joke is too lewd, crude, or rude. And then there's Bearcat (Gary Owen), who just about steals the show as the craziest of all the fraternity brothers. The soundtrack features songs by Ben Kweller, Oklahomos, the Transcenders, and Supagroup, who also appear in the movie, playing a wild fraternity party. [More]

Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett

Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett, Ryan Pinkston, Nick Zano, Zach Cregger, Gary Owen, Alona Tal

Director: Deb Hagan

Director: Deb Hagan
Screenwriter: Dan Callahan, Adam Ellison
Producer: Julie Dangel, Malcolm Petal, Kimberly C. Anderson, Adam Rosenfelt, Marc Schaberg
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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  • Three high school friends (Drake Bell, Kevin Covais and Andrew Caldwell) visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen anticipating the best weekend of their lives. Once there, the rowdiest fraternity on campus, headed by a womanizing jock (Nick Zano), decides to recruit the boys as "pledges," subjecting them to endless humiliations in return for granting them access to the no-holds-barred college party scene.
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    We've done the whole classless college comedy thing before, many times.

    Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
    09/04/09
    Mike Scott
    Mike Scott
    Times-Picayune

    A laugh-free, thoroughly unpleasant comedy...

    Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
    07/04/09
    David Nusair
    David Nusair
    Reel Film Reviews

    So full of nastiness and cruelty that it’s hard to believe anyone would find joy in it.

    Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
    04/23/09
    Mark Bazer
    Mark Bazer
    Boston Phoenix

    a male fantasy of what sorority life is really like with a depth of story that would be more at home in a porn film than a major motion picture

    Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
    03/05/09
    Kevin Carr
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures

    The worst gags in "Old School" and "Revenge of the Nerds" are still superior to anything you'll see in College

    Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
    01/25/09
    Christian Toto
    Christian Toto
    What Would Toto Watch?

    If you hear someone deriding Superbad for being unoriginal or derivative, sit them in front of College. If they can't tell the difference, they're a lost cause.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    01/22/09
    Brian Webster
    Brian Webster
    Apollo Guide

    I thought it was dreadful from start to finish.

    Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
    11/06/08
    Ben Lyons
    Ben Lyons
    At the Movies
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    Not only would I not see this movie, I wouldn’t see any movie playing in the same multiplex.

    Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
    11/06/08
    Ben Mankiewicz
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    At the Movies
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    Excruciatingly unfunny.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    10/18/08
    Marc Savlov
    Marc Savlov
    Austin Chronicle

    A tedious, by-the-numbers raunch-fest that exists strictly because it can.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    10/18/08
    Gary Goldstein
    Gary Goldstein
    Los Angeles Times
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    Personally, I wouldn't waste a $5 drink on this one, but I do understand that teen's irritation.

    Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
    09/12/08
    Brent Simon
    Brent Simon
    FilmStew.com

    A raunchy comedy that plays like a Superbad without the smarts, the heart, the originality or the laughs.

    Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
    09/11/08
    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    Orlando Sentinel

    ...makes The House Bunny look like The Importance of Being Earnest.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    09/10/08
    Jim Lane
    Jim Lane
    Sacramento News & Review

    A movie that glorifies binge drinking flunks as a movie

    Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
    09/10/08
    Jackie K. Cooper
    Jackie K. Cooper
    jackiekcooper.com

    Sadistic with no laughs to be had.

    Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
    09/09/08
    Charles Koplinski
    Charles Koplinski
    Illinois Times

    With sloppy direction, a half-baked script and no reason to care, College is far from being the Animal House of this generation.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    09/03/08
    Marco Cerritos
    Marco Cerritos
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Crude, boorish comedy doesn't make the grade.

    Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
    09/03/08
    S. Jhoanna Robledo
    S. Jhoanna Robledo
    Common Sense Media

    Film critics never come home stinking of their honest labor, but the nearest equivalent is covering something like College, which leaves its stain on one's very humanity.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Nick Pinkerton
    Nick Pinkerton
    Village Voice
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    Insulting audiences with College and Disaster Movie on the same weekend threatens to split the lucrative, undiscriminating dumb-ass demographic.

    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Nathan Rabin
    Nathan Rabin
    AV Club

    College tries to be a throwback to the teens-gone-wild films of the '80s, but now that teens can find far racier and far funnier fare than this on the Internet, these brainless movies have become obsolete.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Glenn Gamboa
    Glenn Gamboa
    Newsday
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