Old School
Jovial comedy Old School sees three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn) deciding to form a college fraternity. It's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes, but really Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. Old School could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. --Bret Fetzer
| Starring |
Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven, Juliette Lewis, Perrey Reeves |
| Director |
Toby Phillips |
| Studio |
DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time |
DVD: 1 hr 28 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate |
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| Genres |
Comedy |
| Language |
DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles |
DVD: Czech, English, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Turkish |
| Released |
Production year: 2003
To Rent: DVD: not available Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009
To Buy: DVD: 13 Oct 2003 |
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Haphazard collection of poor jokes pretending to be a movie.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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i was feeling pretty rough one afternoon, so i needed something mindless and light hearted to watch.
this is EXACTLY that. the jokes stupid enough to...
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- Simon French
- Eastbourne, England
- 21 Jul 2004 at 13:08
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This is a dreadful film. I have been known to enjoy a bozo film like Wedding Crashers etc. but this really is a pile of... nonsense.
I have no idea ...
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very boring film alot of potential jus lacked a storyline, lots of good famous actors thort it wud be a good funny film but lacked this, few funny occasions but...
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- 12 Feb 2012 at 20:53
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this has to be the worst will ferrell film i have ever seen.. what a load, vince vaughans performance was the only saving grace.
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