Phrankster163

Old School is the Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds of the new millennium, and like those movies you know pretty much what to expect. Plenty of raunchy physical comedy, bare breasts a-plenty and a dean you're meant to hate. What is supposed to set this one aside from the others, is that it's about three guys in their early thirties, who are trying to get in touch with their youth again. In some ways it does accomplish that, but to me it's just not original enough to stand alone, and thus becomes just another one in the genre. Vince Vaughn plays the same character we've seen him play in pretty much every comedy he's been in, Luke Wilson does well as the straight guy among them and Will Ferrell gets to be Will Ferrell like we know and love him. The cameos are well done, but Sean William Scott's character IS Steve Stiffler, just with a really bad haircut. It's not really a "Laugh out loud" movie, but it has it's moments, that's for sure.

The Gacy movie is OK for what it is. It's not historically accurate (several events take place in the movie that either didn't happen or happened at a different time) and it would have been nice with a rape and execution scene or two, since that part seemed like it was something they had to get over with, so we could get more on the Gacy the man. What really works is the performance of Mark Holden (who plays Gacy) and the mood of the movie. Holden not only looks like Gacy, but is genuinely scary when he's alone with the boys. As far as the mountains in the background and what have you, do yourself a favor and try to ignore it, because this movie is worth checking out. It's not quite up there with "Henry: Portrait of a serial killer", but it's not that far from it.

It's the only movie i can think of that's nearly as bad as this one! It's a spoof movie that tries to spoof romantic comedies, but does an extremely poor job of it. The one thing that made me laugh just a little, was the spoofing of the cat from Meet the parents, where they've taken it about five steps further. I sat through all of it because i always see all of a movie i've paid to rent, no matter how bad it is, but this one really tested me to the limit. Even Allison Hannigan (who i still think of as a good actress) didn't stand any chance of saving it because the script is so embarrassingly dumb, you wouldn't believe it. Save your money for something else or rent it at your own risk. Consider yourself warned!