Genre: Comedy, School / Campus, Revenge, Infidelity, Law, Farce, Racy, Marriage
Tagline: All the fun of college, none of the education.
Plot: 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
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 If the viewer's intention is to have a few laughs, this movie gets a passing grade. If you're looking for a more complete cinematic experience, Old School has a few too many absences.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Beer bongs! Gratuitous panty jokes! And more ass than a boy band gets! This frat romp might be dumb, but you'll wet your Dockers anyway.--Andrew O'Hehir (Salon)
This is not a funny movie, although it has a few good scenes and some nice work by Ferrell as an apparently compulsive nudist.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
In terms of sheer belly-laugh count, this one's in the same plentiful company as "There's Something About Mary" and "Road Trip." But although there's streaking and much bawdiness, and the upstanding (if they were to watch this) would doubtless harrumph their way through the whole thing, "Old School" is not quite as gross-out as those other two films.--Desson Howe (Washington Post)
...a dumb guy comedy about dumb guys by dumb guys and for dumb guys. Though somewhat limp in execution, the picture packs in nearly all the essentials of the sophomoric comedy genre, among them swearing, streaking, mooning and drinking till you puke.--Rita Kempley (Washington Post)
Old School rocks. It's one of the funniest flicks you will see all year long, no matter what age group you fall into. A---Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
This is easily one of the most enjoyable movie-going experiences I’ve had in a long while, as not even Jackass was completely able to fill in the humor gap that was missing inside me. When I walked out of Old School, I had the great feeling of knowing that I received the laughs I had really craved for so many months. B+--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
With all of the ingredients of a successful comedy, Old School delivers laugh after laugh with a surprisingly A-list cast and an equally great soundtrack. 7/10--Dick Douglas (Movie-Vault.com)
Old School is one of those films that's best enjoyed when viewed with a large, enthusiastic crowd. On the small screen, the film will likely lose some of its raucous energy - although, since the film plays like a prolonged sitcom, it might very well be even more effective at home. --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Best described as "American Pie" with a platinum Visa card, it's the incongruousness of the three old-enough-to-know-better male leads that informs the real laughs here.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
“Old School” is a rowdy comedy, but it’s surprisingly not all that anything-for-a-laugh lowbrow. It’s got stuff like Ferrell streaking, an 89 year old slathered in K-Y wrestling with topless women or Andy Dick teaching “the art of the blowjob”, but for the most part the humor comes from the characters.  --Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
It’s no Animal House, but it succeeds because it too has a touch of insane inspiration – humour that’s both perceptive and absurd. 74/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
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| Cast |
Luke Wilson
The Royal Tenenbaums, Charlie's Angels, Rushmore |
 | Will Ferrell
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy |
 | Vince Vaughn
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Wedding Crashers |
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 | Leah Remini
Glory Daze, Hooves of Fire, I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special |
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Theodore Shapiro
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Starsky & Hutch, Along Came Polly |
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So-so comedy from the director of Road Trip, redeemed by good comic performances from its oddly-matched central trio.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
The saving grace of "Old School" is that it has about a dozen funny moments.--Mick LaSalle (San Francisco Chronicle)
This is a film that people will still be laughing at twenty years from now - and unfortunately, studios will probably still be ripping it off, too. A--Larry Carroll (CountingDown)
Unoriginal and not particularly well made, but with enough genuinely funny moments to score pass marks - which, in all fairness, is really all it sets out to achieve. 6/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
"Old School" doesn't even deserve to go to video and DVD. This film should go straight to landfill.--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
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