Old School

Old School (2003)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (166 reviews)

  • 84% of users liked it
    (444,781 ratings)

Three men relive their carefree college years by killing off as many brain cells as possible in this over-the-top comedy. Mitch (Luke Wilson) returns home from a less-than-pleasant business trip one evening to discover his wife, Heidi (Juliette Lewis), involved in a ménage à trois with two… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Court Crandall, Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong
Genres
Comedy, Special Interest
In Theaters
Feb 21, 2003 Wide
DreamWorks SKG

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    Director Phillips confesses to frat membership in his youth, and even made a documentary on the subject. So why is this not funnier or more outrageous?

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Only fitfully funny, except when Ferrell is onscreen -- then you won't stop laughing.

  • Ed Park, Village Voice

    A flatland of lowest-common- denominated retro-collegiate wackiness.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    This is a raucous frat-school comedy that's dopey, degrading and disgusting -- and consistently hilarious.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    An extremely funny and, of course, socially unredeemable comedy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    wasted funny premise

  • Manu G


    Why do men act like boys? Because they can. Saw it again! Very funny movie! If you're not offended by raunchy comedy, this movie will satisfy! Rent it, grab some popcorn and enjoy! Be careful drinking your cola though, you may end up snorting it out your nose. Mitch, Frank and… More

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Old School is a movie of moments and it's the good ones that raise this a little above your average comedy flick. The ensemble cast is decent apart from Luke Wilson who isn't even remotely funny and… More

  • Albert K


    There are some movies that try to be raunchy without the substance to convince audiences that the characters are genuinely raunchy (I'm looking at most of the iterations of the National Lampoon's movies). "Old School" delivers it. Though there were only a few… More

  • Jim C


    I thought this was actually pretty good. Three friends (Luke Wilson, Will Ferell, Vince Vaughn) create a fraternity and must do everything to stop the asshole dean from trying to stop there fraternity. The plot of this was nothing and completely forgettable. The comedy was great, I… More

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