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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

US 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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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
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03/09/03
Garth Franklin
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/08/09
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

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
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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
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
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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
Kevin Carr
Film Threat

Grade A goofball fun.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Rick Kisonak
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
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

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
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
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
Karina Montgomery
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Enroll at your own risk.

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01/24/05
Susan Granger
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.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
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
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
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
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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

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01/02/04
Jeffrey Chen
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
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
 
 
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