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Old School (2003)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 166
Fresh: 100 | Rotten: 66

While not consistently funny, the movie does have its moments.

Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 15

While not consistently funny, the movie does have its moments.

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Movie Info

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 m�nage � 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),

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Todd Phillips

Written By: Court Crandall, Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong

In Theaters: Feb 21, 2003 Wide

On DVD: Jun 10, 2003

Box Office:$74.6M

DreamWorks SKG

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

March 7, 2005 Comments (3)

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

A flatland of lowest-common- denominated retro-collegiate wackiness.

February 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Top Critic

This is a raucous frat-school comedy that's dopey, degrading and disgusting -- and consistently hilarious.

February 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

An extremely funny and, of course, socially unredeemable comedy.

February 22, 2003 Comment

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

This movie's enough to give you a big fat Greek dreading.

February 22, 2003 Comment (1)

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

This year's kinder, gentler Animal House.

February 22, 2003 Full Review Source: Variety

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Top Critic

Very politically incorrect; funny for many adults.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Mitch (Luke Wilson) has just been cheated on and moved into a nice new bachelor pad right near the local college. But when threatened with eviction by the dean of the college, Mitch's buddies Beanie (Vince Vaughn) and Frank (Will Ferrell) suggest that the

February 17, 2010 Full Review Source: AskMen.com

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AskMen.com Staff

AskMen.com

...some clever repartee and a couple of cute gags. It's not much to hang a picture on, but it suffices for a pleasant-enough experience. (Blu-ray Edition)

December 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

When an Oster Breadmaker gets some of the film's biggest laughs, you know the thing's in trouble.

December 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The lead males give impressively modulated performances that keep the laughs flowing as all hell breaks loose.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Not exactly a time-travel fantasy, but definitely inhabited by spaced-out, anachronistic characters, Old School is about a trio of 30-something buds who yearn to go back to the past in order to avoid the present.

June 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Long Island Press

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Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

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?

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

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

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Kevin Carr

Film Threat

Une bonne location pour un party entre amis et pour ceux qui ne sont pas fatigu�s de la recette des films d'ados.

February 25, 2005 Comment

Louis-J�r�me Cloutier

Panorama

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

January 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Eye

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Frank Ochieng

Movie Eye

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

January 24, 2005 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Bob Bloom

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Enroll at your own risk.

January 24, 2005 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Susan Granger

rec.arts.movies.reviews

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.

December 6, 2004 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

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wasted funny premise

April 3, 2007

Bob Stinson

Super Reviewer

Old School is a movie of moments and it's the good ones that raise this a little above your average comedy flick. The ensemble cast is decent apart from Luke Wilson who isn't even remotely funny and the characters are just cardboard and forgettable. Will Ferrel is hilarious and Vince Vaugn is also pretty funny too.

March 10, 2012

Directors Cat

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Old School Quotes

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1. Frank "The Tank": You my boy Blue!
– Submitted by Daniel S (9 months ago)
1. Frank "The Tank": Snoop! Snoop-a-loop!
– Submitted by Mounzer B (11 months ago)
1. Therapist: Frank, this is a safe place. A place where we can feel free sharing our feelings. Think of my office as a nest in a tree of trust and understanding. We can say anything here.
2. Frank "The Tank": Anything? Well, uh I guess I, deep down, am feeling a little confused. I mean, suddenly, you get married, and you're supposed to be this entirely different guy. I don't feel different. I mean, take yesterday for example. We were out at the Olive Garden for dinner, which was lovely. And uh, I happen to look over at a certain point during the meal and see a waitress taking an order, and I found myself wondering what color her underpants might be. Her panties. Uh, odds are they are probably basic white, cotton, underpants. But I sort of think well maybe they're silk panties, maybe it's a thong. Maybe it's something really cool that I don't even know about. You know, and uh, and I started feeling... what? what I thought we were in the trust tree in the nest, were we not?
– Submitted by Mounzer B (11 months ago)

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