Synopsis
Life is good for Mac Radner (Seth Rogen) and pregnant wife
Kelly (Rose Byrne), until the unruly sisters of Kappa Nu move in next door. As
loud parties continuously disrupt the peace, the couple turns to former
neighbor and onetime enemy Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) for help. Now united with
the fraternity stud, the trio devises schemes to get the wild sorority off the
block. Unfortunately, the rebellious young women refuse to go down without a
fight.
After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more
debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask for help
from their former enemy, Teddy.
Bad Neighbours 2 is incredibly funny from start to finish -
producing wall to wall jokes that hit more often than not. That being said -
there are some jokes that don't fly, but this would be applicable to most
modern comedies.
There's a surprisingly progressive bent to the story that
looks at just how messed up the Greek system is in American colleges. In fact,
the opening scene informs us that only male fraternities are allowed throw
parties and the ones shown in the film are just awful; signs reading NO MEANS
YES and neon phallus pointing towards the bedroom.
Mac and Kelly Radner are expecting their second child when
the sorority sisters of Kappa Nu move in to their neighbouring house. The
husband and wife turn to their former enemy and former neighbour, Teddy, for
help with the problems caused by their new bad neighbours.
It’s a film that is sure to split audiences and critics; there are lots to admire about Bad Neighbours 2. It retains its adult edge to keep older teens laughing in the aisles for sure.
ReplyDeleteHowever, this is an exception. Not only does Neighbours 2 capture the humour of the original, but greatly improves upon it. I personally did not find the original Neighbours terrifically entertaining - I thought it was quite bland and the gaps between the jokes were too large.
ReplyDeleteZac Efron is a good actor. But sometimes we don't even notice, because the audience is so busy being blasted by images of his bare chest, bare back, bare stomach, bare butt... bare anything, really. Not that anybody's complaining, of course.
ReplyDeleteGross-out comedies might be a little old hat in the film landscape today, but they still pull in decent audience sizes and, for the most part, are effective enough to keep people entertained.
ReplyDeleteThe film not only captures the humour of the original, but greatly improves upon it - it is a legitimately funny comedy with a story.
I went expecting nothing, and well, I was surprised there was a second Bad Neighbours.
ReplyDeleteBut despite some clanger jokes that shouldn't have made the cut, a slightly annoying character played by the usually easier to watch Chloe Moritz and some really annoying minion people, it made me laugh and walk out of the theater happy on an otherwise scummy Monday. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne work well together in the movie.
I enjoyed Bad Neighbours 2, I laughed a lot and they had some great moments for sure. The director Nicholas Stoller has directed some great comedies in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get him to the Greek and the first Neighbours movie.
ReplyDeleteWhat I loved about this movie was the chemistry between the leads. Rogan, Bryne and Efron were amazing. Every time they were on screen was great. I loved the change in Dave Franco's character although it makes me think about his boners in the first movie in a new light.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I didn't enjoy about this movie was the sorority girls. I did not enjoy there humour and maybe the writing was not as good for the females, as always a shame or they didn't cast the right people to play the roles as none of these girls were that funny to me. I like Moretz's character all but the humour I guess.
ReplyDeleteBilly Eichner has a funny turn as a real estate agent, and Kelsey Grammer is good as Moretz’s empty-nester dad. There are some good lines and an amusing exchange about whether or not there is an actual, legal “right to party”.
ReplyDeleteI found Neighbors to be an unexpected delight. The Nicholas Stoller comedy, about young parents/new homeowners doing battle with a fraternity that has moved in next door, had a certain adult sensibility in its bawdy but insightful look at the generation gap, as well as the continuous need to feel “young at heart” even as you become a genuine adult.
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