Only fitfully funny, except when Ferrell is onscreen -- then you won't stop laughing.
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03/07/05
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Old School (2003)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:15
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: While not consistently funny, the movie does have its moments.
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... [More]
Starring: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven
Director: Todd Phillips
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Reviews for Old School
Top CriticA flatland of lowest-common- denominated retro-collegiate wackiness.
02/25/03
Top CriticThis is a raucous frat-school comedy that's dopey, degrading and disgusting -- and consistently hilarious.
02/24/03
Top CriticAn extremely funny and, of course, socially unredeemable comedy.
02/22/03
Top CriticThis movie's enough to give you a big fat Greek dreading.
02/22/03
Top CriticThis year's kinder, gentler Animal House.
02/22/03
Top CriticUnlike most of the lowbrow comedies in theaters these days, this one isn't quite a carp.
02/22/03
Top CriticHas about a dozen funny moments.
02/22/03
Top CriticIs only fitfully funny, except when Ferrell is onscreen -- then you won't stop laughing.
02/22/03
Top CriticOld School has all the ingredients of an uproarious campus comedy, but it lacks a boisterous short-order cook who could whip up a food fight or three.
02/22/03
Top CriticAn unkempt clearinghouse for cheap, throwaway laughs. For those who regard that as a recommendation, two words: Grow up.
02/22/03
Top CriticSloppily made, frustratingly inconsistent, purposely lowbrow, blatantly derivative and never once enlightening in even the slightest way, Old School is also undeniably howl-out-loud funny at times.
02/22/03
Top CriticThis School is cool.
02/21/03
Top CriticUntil it gives up on itself in the last 10 minutes, Old School, co-written by Scot Armstrong and director Todd Phillips, knows how to rock a party with naughtiness and intelligence.
02/21/03
Top CriticOld School has a clever title, a decent concept and a name-brand cast. But it never fulfills the potential of its story about guys in their 30s who form a frat so they can party again like teenagers.
02/21/03
Top CriticOld hat.
02/21/03
Top CriticAs funny as it is dumb, and that's saying something.
02/21/03
Top CriticPhillips has made a movie that should qualify as a date movie for guys who want to make sure their girlfriends understand just how immature they really are.
02/21/03
Top CriticThis is not a funny movie, although it has a few good scenes and some nice work by Ferrell as an apparently compulsive nudist.
02/21/03
Top CriticThis frat romp might be dumb, but you'll wet your Dockers anyway.
02/20/03
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