Old School Movie Review 2003

Thirty-something pals Mitch (Wilson), Frank (Ferrell), and Beanie (Vaughn) start a frat at the nearby college so they can have a place to escape their everyday troubles. Mitch's girlfriend hosts orgies during his business trips, the recently-married Frank longs for beery bachelor freedom, and Beanie has never grown up despite having a nice family and owning an electronics store chain. Nonsensical plot threads lead only to frat-boy fun and confrontation with the dean, a stereotypical villain who used to be the butt of their jokes. Despite the plot breakdowns and generally one-dimensional characters, everyone, including the audience, manages to have a pretty good time, thanks largely to the likeability of the cast. Vaughn plays Beanie as if Trent from "Swingers" had ended up with a wife and two kids.

Distribution

DreamWorks SKG, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201, Phone: (818)695-5000, Fax: (818)695-7775, URL: http://www.dreamworks.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Campus Capers, Fraternities & Sororities, Wedding Hell, Divorce, Party Hell, Slob Comedy

Screenplay

Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong

Cast

Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Juliette Lewis, Leah Remini, Perrey Reeves, Elisha Cuthbert, Jeremy Piven, Rick Gonzalez, Terry O'Quinn, Artie Lange, Matthew Carey, Harve Presnell, Seann William Scott, Craig Kilborn

Cinematography

Mark Irwin

Director

Todd Phillips

Music

Theodore Shapiro

Other

Andy Dick, Snoop Dogg, Petur Hliddal, Randall Poster, Michael Jablow, Max Briscoe, Nancy Fisher, Clark Hunter

Producer

Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Todd Phillips, Montecito Picture Co., Dreamworks Pictures