Old School

Old School Full Frame; Unrated Version DVD

In Todd Phillips' OLD SCHOOL Mitch Luke Wilson a thirtysomething businessman has found himself living a boring mundane lifestyle. Unfortunately for him his girlfriend Heidi Juliette Lewis has been getting more adventurous on her own by throwing wild sex parties while he's away. When Mitch catches her in the act he moves out and takes up residence in a house close to the local university. This prompts his buddies--the newly married Frank Will Ferrell and Beanie Vince Vaughn a jaded husband father and stereo-store tycoon--to throw Mitch a huge party in honor of his renewed single status. Antics at the party lead to the formation of a makeshift fraternity where age and academics don't matter and Mitch is the reluctant "godfather." But when the university's scheming dean Jeremy Piven catches wind of the new fraternity he becomes determined to stop their fun. Will the boys overcome the dean's sinister plans? Will Mitch find love again? Will Frank please stop running around naked? And hey isn't that the cute girl who plays Jack Bauer's daughter on the TV series 24? These questions--and many more--are answered in the giddily fun and unabashedly immature OLD SCHOOL.

Old School (Rated) [VHS]

When three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn) decide to form a fraternity, it's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes. But really, Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. Old School could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have a jovial energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. --Bret Fetzer