College (2008)

A juvenile, hilarious foray into yet another college, party orientated movie that is sure to draw similarities to others in the past few years.

Deb Hagan produces this freshman comedy about three high school guys, Kevin (Drake Bell, Disaster Movie), Carter (Andrew Caldwell, Drillbit Taylor) and Morris (Kevin Covais, American Idol 2006 Top 12) who are in their senior year and realizing that perhaps they have happened to have missed out on all the fun. After being dumped by his g/f, Kevin gathers the guys for a trip to his prospective school and prepare himself for the next step. However, after shacking up with a campus fraternity and experiencing a life he never knew was possible, he meets sorority girl named Kendall (Haley Bennett, The Haunting of Molly Hartley) who makes him rethink his priorities. They guys spend a weekend in hell as they step the beat of the raunchy frat guys and put their friendship to the test.

You know, I gave this movie a pretty low score, but don't let that keep you from seeing this. It seriously had me cracking up throughout the entire thing. The lead, Drake Bell, yeah, I could do without him, he belongs back on Disney. But Caldwell, that kid is genius. If he hasn't taking acting cues from watching classic Chris Farley, then I don't know where he gets it. And really? Chicken Little from American Idol... the role was perfect for him. But except for a few good comedic performances, this movie is just the next in line of your basic high school/college comedies. Easily compared to the likes of Old School and Superbad to some golden oldies like Animal House or Porky's. So the lack of originality combined with the lackadaisical approach to the movie on a whole really kept this from being a standout. However, if you're evening calls for "titties and beer", watch this and go to sleep with a smile on your face.

5.7/10

Rated: R
94 mins