May 09, 2014

Movie Review: Neighbors

Neighbors is an awesome, fun, hilarious movie.  I was a bit afraid going into it that it would have the typical cliche trappings of a fraternity movie, but it steered clear of those completely.  Neighbors is about Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne), a married couple with their first child (the incredibly adorable Elise and Zoey Vargas), not sure where they want to stand in life.  They have a child but are afraid to be the old stuffy married couple.

Cue their new neighbors, a fraternity!  Zac Efron and Dave Franco play Teddy and Pete, the heads of the fraternity on a mission to have the most epic senior party and to become legends.  Mac and Kelly meet their new neighbors and try to be "cool and young" and party it up for the first night, but the next night the friendship is broken and hi jinx ensue.

As I mentioned before, the movie doesn't fall into typical behavior, the pranks and jokes are fresh and had me laughing out loud in the theatre (along with the other movie goers).  Without getting too deep, it's easy to identify with both sides, the young couple afraid to admit they are growing up and the fraternity brothers who hold true to their brotherhood because it's the family they choose to be in.

I highly recommend this movie, it'll have you laughing at loud!

Neighbors is out today!

 

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