Review of Neighbors

Neighbors (I) (2014)
Bad script + bad acting = unfunny mess.
7 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
It is sad to see Rogen prostituting himself for money. I saw him in the 2011 "Take This Waltz" in a non-comedic role and he was excellent. But most of his roles are like the one here, sophomoric and dirty humor that is only humorous to the younger crowd that likes dirty humor.

Here he is Mac Radner, an office worker, with wife Rose Byrne as Kelly Radner. They also have a small child, a girl not quite one year old. They banter at home and it is usually sex talk, and it isn't funny at all.

As fate would have it, otherwise the name of the movie would be different, their new "neighbors" are a fraternity house that likes to party hard, loud, and late into the early morning hours. The president of that frat is Zac Efron as Teddy Sanders. Actually Efron is the only partially saving grace for this movie.

So the story is mostly about the neighbors battling the frat boys to restore some peace and quiet in the neighborhood. Unless you are a kid who relishes this kind of attempt at loud and dirty humor, most thinking adults will find their time totally wasted on this mess.
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