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Sorority Boys (2002)

Directed by Wallace Wolodarsky

Overview

After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their dorm. In order to clear their name and to secure their future careers, the three dress up in drag and pledge the sorority next door where they learn a few valuable - and hilarious - lessons about themselves and the female species.

Rated R | Length 93 minutes

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Viewing History (seen 1 time)


Date Viewed	Device	Format	Source	Rating
03/22/2002	Movie Screen	Film	Theater	3 stars
				(Average) 3 stars

Viewing Notes

This review originally appeared on ZENtertainment.com. As of the last snapshot on September 17, 2003, it had received 795 hits.

SORORITY BOYS Falls In Drunken Stupor

With SORORITY BOYS, director Wallace Wolodarsky tries to bring a new spin to an old genre.

Dave, Doofer, and Adam are all stereotypical frat boys: guys who want to get drunk and ease their ways through life. The trio, members of House Kappa Omicron Kappa (KOK), comprise the social committee that arranges the frat’s yearly cruise with alums that usually escalates KOK members into easy-going, wealthy positions in life. Everything rests on this cruise: make it a good one and you’ll be set for life or else you’ll be paying for the rest of your life. One morning, during a KOK meeting, frat president Pete Young accuses the trio of embezzling the House’s money and kicks them out. Dave, Doofer,and Adam have to find a way to get back into the House and prove that Young was actually the one that stole the money. To do this, they join KOK’s arch-nemesis sorority, Delta Omicron Gamma (DOG), that is comprised of the more unattractive women on campus and try to get into KOK’s annual “trim” party to get a video tape that contains footage of Young. During typical whacky hijinx, the boys must deal with their more feminine sides and Dave must deal with his feelings for DOG president Leah.

SORORITY BOYS is like a wave: it starts out slow with few laughs, builds to a great point in the middle, and then washes out in the end. Jarvis and Coolidge try to combine NUNS ON THE RUN with AMERICAN PIE and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. The middle 45 minutes is great and makes it worth the money. The funniest, laugh-out-loud scene is probably a fight between Dave and Adam in drag using certain female sex toys. However, in a bonus Jarvis and Coolidge did take the time to develop the relationship between Leah and Dave, however convoluted, instead of him just hopping on her for no reason.

Unfortunately, Jarvis and Coolidge also try to absolutely gross people out, when they really didn’t need to have that element to have a successful comedy. Discarding it would have separated SORORITY BOYS from the pack, but it instead lumps it in with other stragglers.

The casting of genius Harland Williams is great, but unfortunately most of his great scenes you’ve already seen in the trailer. Adam, Michael Rosenbaum of SMALLVILLE fame, comes off as the most likable character in the trio, while Dave comes off as absolutely annoying at times. In the end, the film, just grinds to a halt and absolutely ends with no laughs in the last ten minutes.

The film was funnier than expected, but it’s still not worth more than a matinee. Jarvis and Coolidge tried to top the inevitable comparisons AMERICAN PIE and ANIMAL HOUSE, but they fell well short of their mark despite the film being gut-busting funny at times, but overall only amusing.

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