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Old School (2003)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:100
Rotten:68
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: While not consistently funny, the movie does have its moments.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for some strong sexual content, nudity and language
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Feb 21, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $74,608,545
Synopsis: In Todd Phillips' OLD SCHOOL, Mitch (Luke Wilson), a thirtysomething businessman, has found himself living a boring, mundane lifestyle. Unfortunately for him, his girlfriend, Heidi (Juliette... In Todd Phillips' OLD SCHOOL, Mitch (Luke Wilson), a thirtysomething businessman, has found himself living a boring, mundane lifestyle. Unfortunately for him, his girlfriend, Heidi (Juliette Lewis), has been getting more adventurous on her own, by throwing wild sex parties while he's away. When Mitch catches her in the act, he moves out and takes up residence in a house close to the local university. This prompts his buddies--the newly married Frank (Will Ferrell) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn), a jaded husband, father, and stereo-store tycoon--to throw Mitch a huge party in honor of his renewed single status. Antics at the party lead to the formation of a makeshift fraternity where age and academics don't matter, and Mitch is the reluctant "godfather." But when the university's scheming dean (Jeremy Piven) catches wind of the new fraternity, he becomes determined to stop their fun. Will the boys overcome the dean's sinister plans? Will Mitch find love again? Will Frank please stop running around naked? And, hey, isn't that the cute girl who plays Jack Bauer's daughter on the TV series 24? These questions--and many more--are answered in the giddily fun and unabashedly immature OLD SCHOOL. [More]
Starring: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven
Starring: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven, Ellen Pompeo, Juliette Lewis, Leah Remini, Perrey Reeves, Elisha Cuthbert, Sarah Tanaka, Craig Kilborn, Artie Lange, Seann William Scott, Andy Dick
Director: Todd Phillips
Director: Todd Phillips
Screenwriter: Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong
Producer: Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Todd Phillips
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
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Reviews for Old School
When an Oster Breadmaker gets some of the film's biggest laughs, you know the thing's in trouble.
The lead males give impressively modulated performances that keep the laughs flowing as all hell breaks loose.
Director Phillips confesses to frat membership in his youth, and even made a documentary on the subject. So why is this not funnier or more outrageous?
Will Ferrell is a fearless comedian, and he commits completely to his insanity in the film, and that makes it work.
Only fitfully funny, except when Ferrell is onscreen -- then you won't stop laughing.
Une bonne location pour un party entre amis et pour ceux qui ne sont pas fatigués de la recette des films d’ados.
The recess bell should have rung immediately into the first period of this frothy yet flat and insufferable scholastic satire.
If you like humor that's somewhere below the belt, then Old School is for you.
Will Ferrell ... makes about ten minutes of this movie side-splittingly hilarious. That's like finding a few pieces of crunchy cereal in a bowl of sour milk.
You don't need to run stoplights getting to the theater — the video will do — but Old School fulfills your expectations.
It may not be much, but these days, two or three big laughs is nothing to sneeze at.
Normalmente, não aprecio o tipo de humor rasteiro que este tipo de produção costuma empregar, mas exceções acontecem, e os risos provocados por este filme são a prova disto.
Subplots fizzle out and plausibility dwindles (a thirtysomething college dean?), but at least there are no de rigueur fart, burp or scatological jokes.
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