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The plot is nothing, there’s no reason to throw it in. Mitch (Luke Wilson) just broke up with his girlfriend, so he starts an off-campus fraternity. It’s a throwaway plot, just like the rest of the movie. There is not one redeeming quality of this picture. If it was a mindless comedy that was FUNNY, I might be able to give it some slack. But a mindless motion picture comedy that isn’t funny, I just feel sorry for. The whole theater was cracking up. I was about the only one with a stone face.
This type of broad comedy I can usually handle, but I couldn’t when watching Old School. It has basically zero laughs and minor characters that we don’t know about! It’s a mean-spirited fest that is just horrible. The supporting characters, such as the people in the fraternity, have zero depth and nothing that makes us care about them. Plus, there were some fat jokes I didn’t think were funny. If you think that people with a cinder block tied around their genetalia is funny, you should see Old School. Everyone else, if you are dragged, at least you can witness a humorous (not funny, humorous) parody of The Graduate.
Wilson, who, along with his brother Owen, I like a lot, was OK, but it isn’t his fault that he got stuck with such a stupid movie. I’m not really sure how many times I can reiterate that this movie was horrible. I think I’ve said enough, but I’ll leave you with one last thought: IT’S HORRIBLE!
Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Review Date: February 9, 2003