National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:34
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: ANIMAL HOUSE is the film that launched National Lampoon as a comedy powerhouse. Developed by the editors at the Harvard Lampoon, the film is a collection of true-life experiences and memories with... [More]
Starring: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Director: John Landis
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Reviews for National Lampoon's Animal House
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 4/5 |
A masterpiece in anarchy. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Growing old disgracefully, Animal House is every bit as good as you remember. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Animal House is a self-congratulatory mess; but it's also spattered with terrific one-liners and sight gags, and it's the best showcase extant for John Belushi's subversive, attention-grabbing screen presence. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Animal House brandit le titre de film culte avec honneur. Full Review |
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10/10 |
See website for more details. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Arguably the most influential comedy of our time. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Obscene, absurd and hilarious, Animal House is a genre classic. Full Review |
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While the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
This was the first of those crazy-college-antics films and remains, in most ways, the best. Full Review |
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The Lampoon people understand the darkest secret of an American college education: one of the noblest reasons to go is to spend four years studying sex. Full Review |
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There's enough bite and bawdiness to provide lots of smiles and several broad guffaws. Full Review |
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4/4 |
"Animal House" never settles for just funny. It always strives for double-secret funny. Full Review |
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9/10 |
Director John Landis made a film that will probably remain fresh and fun for as long as kids go to college. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Almost everyone else has at least one funny scene to equal Belushi's greatest moments. Full Review |
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An unashamed sense of its own fantasy is coupled with classically mounted slapstick; nostalgia mixes with cynicism in seductive proportions; and John Belushi's central performance as brain-damaged slob-cum-Thief of Baghdad is wonderful. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
National Lampoon's Animal House is by no means one long howl, but it's often very funny, with gags that are effective in a dependable, all-purpose way. Full Review |
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3/5 |
great fun
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2/5 |
Matheson e Riegert são pobres substitutos para Chevy Chase e Bill Murray – e, embora Belushi esteja hilário como de hábito, o filme tornou-se fatalmente anacrônico.
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