Iffy for 14+
Dumb comedy about college students partying.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the movie's premise involves students creating a "sham" university and lying to parents and authorities to make a facility for the classes they want to take (which include references to drugs). The made-up school's name is South Harmon Institute of Technology (you can guess the visible acronym). Characters frequently use this word (at least 40 times). The fake dean uses especially colorful language. Students drink beer, smoke cigarettes, and talk about drugs and sex (language includes slang for genitals and sex acts). Stereotypes abound.
- Families can talk about the pressures on college applicants to "get in": How might families work together to make this a less-stressful process? How might telling the truth be a more effective way for Bartleby to communicate with his parents? Families could also talk about the stereotyped portrayal of college life; what's it really like to be a college student?
What to watch for
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Violence: One student wants to learn how to make a "shank out of his toothbrush" while another teaches himself to "blow up stuff" with his mind (some comic explosions).
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Sex: Several masturbation jokes; gags about awkward college boys lusting after girls; references to sex organs and one art student makes a "fertility" statue with a huge erection.
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Language: At least one f-word; frequent profanity ("s--t," "hell," "damn it," p---y", "a--hole").
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Consumerism: Repeated shots of Mac laptops; other brief mentions of products include Adidas.
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Much beer drinking by students; parents drink liquor; some pot smoking and references; drug-related jokes and language.
Fan Reviews provided by
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Great! by Kiss_Move_Love_MeHere
Awesome. Thats all I can say. Oh, and I love Glen's taste in T-Shirts.
5
Accepted by jackie102
It was soooooooooo good i saw it in theater 3 times and 5 times on dvd. ILOVEIT!
4
Good movie. by sublimetime
This movie was pretty darn funny.I liked the original setup and theme, and it was worth seeing in theatres.
5
good movie by xcheerxfactoryxflyerrx33
funny movie. had me & my friends cracking up
5
BEST MOVIE EVER by cowsrock123
this movie was sooooo awsome and funny. whoever hasnt seen it MUST GO.
5
To kick off the season by RoflGoat
This was the first amazing comedy that I saw in 2006. I went with a friend after Talladega Nights was sold out and this was probably better. The cast was funny and a steady stream of college humor and just plain funny stuff was fed onto the screen.