Gurlyndrobb
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Humbersi
The first must-see film of the year.
Payno
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Python Hyena
Old School (2003): Dir: Todd Phillips / Cast: Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Juliette Lewis, Jeremy Piven: Plays like a followup to the superior National Lampoon's Animal House celebrating the decay of human decency. It is a comedy about carefree memories of generations gone by. Luke Wilson arrives home from a business trip and discovers his girlfriend engaged in an orgy. He moves out and finds a place near university campus. Vince Vaughn runs a stereo store and believes that he has the answers to their problems. They will start a fraternity and relive years gone by. Will Ferrell is their recently married friend who streaks naked through the neighbourhood after a drunken celebration at the frat house. Directed by Todd Phillips in the same vein as his Road Trip. Wilson plays off the doormat disposition while Vaughn throws out one-liners. Ferrell steals the film with a hilarious performance but we sympathize as he gradually wrecks his marriage. Juliette Lewis plays Wilson's ex girlfriend in a role that is hardly broad. Jeremy Piven plays the young snotty Dean but he has none of the comic conviction of a Dean Wormer. The humour drains when the climax involves settling down and studying. In National Lampoon's Animal House the fraternity is kicked off campus and they wreck the home coming parade. Recalling past events deserves more than a hopeless outlook on life. Score: 7 ½ / 10
shawn-hinkle71
This a classic comedy that needs to be in everyone's collection. Will and Vince are excellent in their supporting roles. From office environment to off campus life, this movie appeals to all level of society. With a bunch of cameos as well, this is a very funny and entertaining movie.Spoiler alert!One of the best screens is where Frank (Will) gets shot in the neck by Shawn Michael Scott and he stumbles around his friends daughter birthday with the dart in his neck. Ending isn't satisfying as I would like. This is one movie that deserves a sequel.
John Harrison
Written and directed by Todd Philips, Old School is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. Starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn, three middle aged men decide to begin a fraternity at the nearby college in their hometown. As they try to relive their college glory days, they have to convince the Dean of the school (Jeremy Piven) that they are qualified enough to start their own chapter. As the movie advances you see that the guys must find a balance between their busy home and work life, and then their new re-born college life. A comedy throughout this movie has a great ending and is a must see for anyone who is looking for a good laugh.
tieman64
"Old School" is a somewhat funny comedy, in the vein of "Animal House", in which a group of middle aged men start a college fraternity in order to escape the drudgery of their middle class, white collar world.The film stars Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell, but possesses few jokes and little insight. What humour there is comes mostly from Vaughn and Ferrell. Ferrell plays his usual slow-witted, goofy, overly sincere gentle giant, and Vaughn's a deadpan quip-trader. Most of the film is slow, dull and plot-heavy, but these two make it bearable.Unlike most "teen sex comedies", this one is aimed squarely at older men. It's a "turn back the clock" fantasy, but one carefully designed to negate any of the unseemly aspects such a fantasy may entail. And so our heroes sleep with the bosses daughter and teenage girls, but it's okay because our heroes were unconscious and "she" wanted it. Likewise, our heroes dump their wives, but it's okay, because it is "she" who wanted to end things and their relationship wouldn't have worked anyway. And so on and so on.7/10 – See "Frat House", a documentary by Todd Phillips, or Frederick Wiseman's "High School" and "High School 2".
