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College (2008)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:2

Rotten:37

Average Rating:2.5/10

Consensus: A pale imitation of the raunchy college frat of old, College aims low and misses.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $4,600,628

Synopsis: First-time director Deb Hagan teams up with first-time screenwriters Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison in the gross-out comedy COLLEGE. Kevin (Drake Bell), Carter (Andrew Caldwell), and Morris (Kevin... First-time director Deb Hagan teams up with first-time screenwriters Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison in the gross-out comedy COLLEGE. Kevin (Drake Bell), Carter (Andrew Caldwell), and Morris (Kevin Covais) are three nerdy high school seniors who need some adventure in their life. After Gina (Alona Tal) breaks up with Kevin, the trio decides to have a wild weekend at Fieldmont University, where Kevin and Morris are planning on going to college in the fall--Morris on an academic scholarship. When their preassigned dorm room is not ready for them for reasons best left unsaid, they turn instead to one of the fraternities, where a cousin of Carter's was a member, hoping to be treated as legacies. But the frat, which is on probation and cannot have a new pledge class, takes advantage of the situation by turning Kevin, Carter, and Morris into pre-frosh pledges for the weekend, torturing them in numerous and disgusting ways, some involving pigs, nitrous oxide, bathrooms, and lots of alcohol. The three nerds try to find solace--and possible sex--with Heather (Camille Mana), Kendall (Haley Bennett), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), but the frat brothers have other plans. COLLEGE follows in the footsteps of such higher-learning comedies as HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, REVENGE OF THE NERDS, and AMERICAN PIE, where no joke is too lewd, crude, or rude. And then there's Bearcat (Gary Owen), who just about steals the show as the craziest of all the fraternity brothers. The soundtrack features songs by Ben Kweller, Oklahomos, the Transcenders, and Supagroup, who also appear in the movie, playing a wild fraternity party. [More]

Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett

Starring: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett, Ryan Pinkston, Nick Zano, Zach Cregger, Gary Owen, Alona Tal

Director: Deb Hagan

Director: Deb Hagan
Screenwriter: Dan Callahan, Adam Ellison
Producer: Julie Dangel, Malcolm Petal, Kimberly C. Anderson, Adam Rosenfelt, Marc Schaberg
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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We've done the whole classless college comedy thing before, many times.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
09/04/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

A laugh-free, thoroughly unpleasant comedy...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/04/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

So full of nastiness and cruelty that it’s hard to believe anyone would find joy in it.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Mark Bazer
Mark Bazer
Boston Phoenix

a male fantasy of what sorority life is really like with a depth of story that would be more at home in a porn film than a major motion picture

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
03/05/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

The worst gags in "Old School" and "Revenge of the Nerds" are still superior to anything you'll see in College

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
01/25/09
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

If you hear someone deriding Superbad for being unoriginal or derivative, sit them in front of College. If they can't tell the difference, they're a lost cause.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/22/09
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

I thought it was dreadful from start to finish.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
11/06/08
Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

Not only would I not see this movie, I wouldn’t see any movie playing in the same multiplex.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
11/06/08
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

Excruciatingly unfunny.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

A tedious, by-the-numbers raunch-fest that exists strictly because it can.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/18/08
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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Personally, I wouldn't waste a $5 drink on this one, but I do understand that teen's irritation.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
09/12/08
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
FilmStew.com

A raunchy comedy that plays like a Superbad without the smarts, the heart, the originality or the laughs.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
09/11/08
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

...makes The House Bunny look like The Importance of Being Earnest.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
09/10/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A movie that glorifies binge drinking flunks as a movie

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
09/10/08
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Sadistic with no laughs to be had.

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
09/09/08
Charles Koplinski
Charles Koplinski
Illinois Times

With sloppy direction, a half-baked script and no reason to care, College is far from being the Animal House of this generation.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/03/08
Marco Cerritos
Marco Cerritos
Boxoffice Magazine

Crude, boorish comedy doesn't make the grade.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
09/03/08
S. Jhoanna Robledo
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Common Sense Media

Film critics never come home stinking of their honest labor, but the nearest equivalent is covering something like College, which leaves its stain on one's very humanity.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/02/08
Nick Pinkerton
Nick Pinkerton
Village Voice

Insulting audiences with College and Disaster Movie on the same weekend threatens to split the lucrative, undiscriminating dumb-ass demographic.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/02/08
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

College tries to be a throwback to the teens-gone-wild films of the '80s, but now that teens can find far racier and far funnier fare than this on the Internet, these brainless movies have become obsolete.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
09/02/08
Glenn Gamboa
Glenn Gamboa
Newsday
 
 
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