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Old School (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 166

Fresh: 99

Rotten:67

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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  • Three men relive their carefree college years by killing off as many brain cells as possible in this over-the-top comedy. Mitch (Luke Wilson) returns home from a less-than-pleasant business trip one evening to discover his wife, Heidi (Juliette Lewis), involved in a ménage à trois with two blindfolded strangers. Feeling less than welcome at home after this, Mitch rents a house near the campus of a nearby college; two of Mitch's old college buddies, Beanie (Vince Vaughn) and Frank (Will Ferrell), stop by to cheer him up. They soon become regular guests at Mitch's place, despite the fact that Frank only recently wed Marissa (Perrey Reeves), while Beanie and his wife, Lara (Leah Remini), are busy with two kids. Beanie decides to throw a housewarming party for Mitch, and since Beanie sells audio equipment for a living, he's able to trick out the big bash with a massive PA system and an appearance by Snoop Dogg. Mitch soon finds he's the not-entirely-willing proprietor of the school's leading party spot, which raises the ire of Pritchard (Jeremy Piven), a dean at the college who was the target of Mitch, Frank, and Beanie's abuse when they were all students. Pritchard arranges to have Mitch's neighborhood zoned into a student housing district, but Beanie and Frank respond by forming a fraternity and making Mitch's home their headquarters. Mitch, however, is not enthusiastic about the idea, especially as he's trying to impress Nicole (Ellen Pompeo), a beautiful divorcee who is less than enchanted with Frank and Beanie's "party hearty" lifestyle. Old School director Todd Phillips knows more than a bit about the seamy side of fraternity life as director of the infamous unreleased documentary Frat House.
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    When an Oster Breadmaker gets some of the film's biggest laughs, you know the thing's in trouble.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    12/10/08
    John J. Puccio
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    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    10/18/08
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    The lead males give impressively modulated performances that keep the laughs flowing as all hell breaks loose.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    08/07/08
    Mark Halverson
    Sacramento News & Review

    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?

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    01/26/06
    Time Out

    Will Ferrell is a fearless comedian, and he commits completely to his insanity in the film, and that makes it work.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Kevin Carr
    Film Threat

    Grade A goofball fun.

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    12/06/05
    Rick Kisonak
    Film Threat

    Only fitfully funny, except when Ferrell is onscreen -- then you won't stop laughing.

    Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
    03/07/05
    Peter Travers
    Rolling Stone
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    Une bonne location pour un party entre amis et pour ceux qui ne sont pas fatigués de la recette des films d’ados.

    Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
    02/25/05
    Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
    Panorama

    The recess bell should have rung immediately into the first period of this frothy yet flat and insufferable scholastic satire.

    Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
    01/30/05
    Frank Ochieng
    Movie Eye

    If you like humor that's somewhere below the belt, then Old School is for you.

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    01/24/05
    Bob Bloom
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    01/24/05
    Karina Montgomery
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    Enroll at your own risk.

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    01/24/05
    Susan Granger
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
    12/06/04
    Jeffrey Overstreet
    Looking Closer

    You don't need to run stoplights getting to the theater — the video will do — but Old School fulfills your expectations.

    Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
    07/05/04
    Jake Euker
    F5 (Wichita, KS)

    It may not be much, but these days, two or three big laughs is nothing to sneeze at.

    Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
    06/22/04
    Judith Egerton
    Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

    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.

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    03/09/04
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    Ferrell ... goes the extra mile and becomes the life of the party.

    Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
    01/02/04
    Jeffrey Chen
    Window to the Movies

    Subplots fizzle out and plausibility dwindles (a thirtysomething college dean?), but at least there are no de rigueur fart, burp or scatological jokes.

    Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
    12/01/03
    Brian Gibson
    Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

    A harmless and intermittently funny 90 minutes.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    11/02/03
    Empire Magazine

    It’s insipid, and Will Ferrell streaks through it naked. No, it’s not an SNL skit... it’s the latest college frat film, and it’s marginally ok at best.

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    10/07/03
    David Foucher
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