DisOrientation

DisOrientation is a college comedy that borrows heavily from Ryan Reynolds' turn as the titular Van Wilder but with a cocaine habit and less charm. Just like Van Wilder, our hero, Finn takes an geeky freshman under his wing who is far too awkward to be believable. A token black friend, who is literally referred to as such for a laugh, also drifts in and out but as he has nothing of importance to say or do that joke really falls flat.

Typical of this genre, our heroes are tormented by a group of stereotypical alpha male bullies who rack up the majority of the profanity in the script. This also fails to amuse as the insults they hurl sound like the stuff nine year old boys would construct out of ignorance. The rest of the film is a mildly funny pastiche of seemingly endless vomit gags and less than the appropriate amount of nudity that a sub par script of this genre would normally require. The movie does end with a legitimately funny, homo- erotic prank which I caught while channel flipping. It was enough to make me set a recording for the next airing which turned out to be a waste of time.

It's nice when the German distribution gives you a summary line ... which they used as title for this movie! I kid you not. But let's not get ahead of ourselves (something the movie does quite a few times). I did expect it to be worse than it actually was. There even was one scene where I had to laugh out loud ("why do you have a video of your parents..." is all I'm going to say, you'll know the scene, when it comes up).

Apart from that it's the usual: a guy who's too old to still be in "school", gets a roommate who acts like he's 16 (weird glasses and all) and completely naive. They are actually both fish out of water types. You know where this is heading, some immature jokes (nudity, puking and much more) ensue and we are well on our way. There is a lot of heart in this, even it's most silly moments. Doesn't make it great, but might make you chuckle once or twice, especially if you're in the mood

This film essentially begins with a 30-year-old man by the name of "Finn" (Eric Toms) continuing his college education--like the previous 11 years before that--with no other thought than chasing female students and getting wasted on alcohol or drugs. In short, Finn is a loser who cannot bear the prospect of ever growing up. However, as fate would have it, this time around he is forced to share his dorm room with a student named "Toby MacKenzie" (Todd Gaebe) who has just turned 15 and needs a mentor to help him adjust to college life. To that effect, Finn takes Toby under his wing and decides to teach him everything he knows, which, other than getting drunk and subsequently rejected by most college girls, is practically nothing at all. Things change, however, when they meet a college bully named "Landon" (Darrel Chaney) who, after humiliating Finn, inadvertently gives him a reason to exist--by getting even with him one way or another. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film was one of those low-budget college movies which basically followed the same standard plot as so many others that have already preceded it. The only difference is that this film was extremely crude and featured rather bad acting--especially on the part of Todd Gaebe. That being said, if you like crude humor and bad acting, then this comedy is just for you. But everyone else might want to consider avoiding it altogether.

I saw this at the video store, i usually love juvenile comedies like that so i gave it a shot. First thing that stroked me was how the beginning looks very close to Van Wilder. Finn wanting to remain in college even if his time should be done, trying to "educate" new roommates that are more the intellectual type. Of course you got a bully that want to do all he can to make sure Finn get trouble. Finn also has to pass exam if he want to remain there(yep pretty much like Van Wilder).

In any case, i am more than surprise at the reviews, i tough this movie was not that funny. It had its moment, but i would say i was not impress with most of the characters. Finn himself is OK, the blond chicks who work at the bar is alright too, but the nerdy guy is just so awkward i couldn't believe in him, he look fake as hell, and i didn't saw the chemistry between the 2 guys. The bullies are not introduced until later in the movie and really where not much interesting. All the other characters where forgivable.

Honestly i wouldn't go and say this is a terrible movie, cause it had some moments, but it was clearly not a real good movie either. Nothing really stand out of it and its just another below average teen comedy that will be easily forgot with time.

Edit : Kinda funny reading my review again because i had really totally forgot about this movie. I watched it out of Amazon Prime yesterday and came here to review only to realize i had already seen and reviewed it, yet when i watched it i had NO IDEA i had already seen it. Funny enough tough, i actually enjoyed it much more this time. No idea if its because i was in a different mood but i upped my score from 5 to 7 and wanted to change my review as well to reflect this.

If you're into crazy comedies this is definitely worth the watch! You can't go wrong when your lead character is a drunken mess trying to teach a little kid right from wrong. This is a film where you smile the whole way through because of the lovable characters and the laugh out loud moments are steady with all the drunken shenanigans these guys get into. Plenty of hot chicks, drinking, drugs, anarchy, and a sweet sweet revenge story you won't soon forget. Yeah, if you're a bully you don't want to mess with these guys that's for sure. I saw this at a festival and can't wait to get a copy of my own because of all the lines I missed when I was laughing so hard. All in all, if you miss college or need a few pointers on drinking this is the movie for you.