Too much of everything

hyped garbage

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I don't know how this movie got 6.3 rating? What and who is likeable in this movie? What is funny? Who is funny? I guess if u on drugs or drunk, then u will love this movie!

Add a fraternity lead by a hot guy, an Australian hormonal mother and a chubby wannabe-hipster father. What do you get? Bad Neighbours. The old peace seekers versus the young noisy hooligans. Standard formula is standard. That is literally the plot. Yet, this allows creativity and innovation to be injected into the film to bring out the hilarity. Surprisingly, this has several funny moments (even after the nth viewing). Ranging from Robert De Niro impression parties ("are you talkin' to me?"), weird hazing sessions and a dance off to the background music of Flo Rida. Random, but somehow oddly amusing that does conjure up a few laughs. Some of the jokes are high on the profanity level and does tend to feel like a competition to see how much the film can gross you out. Grows tiresome unfortunately. Acting all round was functional. Zac Efron has come along way since High School Musical and luckily has good comedic timing. Sure he looks fantastic...heavenly...I would even say Godly, but he can act. Seth Rogen is Seth Rogen. Rose Byrne pulls in a more natural performance and is a personal favourite of mine. Aside from that, it never pushes itself to more than just a crude comedy. If you like that, then great. I however like wit and subtle humour. That's not to say I didn't enjoy this, in fact in terms of recent comedies this is ranked highly. Also, the air bag scenes had horrendous human CGI that just detracted from everything else. If you couldn't do it without CGI, don't do it at all...especially in a comedy like this that utilises many props to give that sense of authenticity. Slight nitpicks but they do amount to negatives towards the film. It's undeniably watchable and a good comedy, but its contents grows tiresome as the runtime goes on.

The only reason I am giving this a 4 is the good acting, and going a little serious for a short while and also Zac Efron (of whom I am a big fan).The comedy is quite dead and I cringed every time, I don't remember having a deep-from-heart laugh or something, the idea was good but it was not handled pretty well. And what do you get ? This trainwreck. 4/10 I gave the second part a chance and it turned out to be better, but this part is pure horrendous.

The reviews are correct about this film. Neighbors is a very funny movie, almost every single joke in the movie works so well, and that hardly ever happens in a mainstream comedy movie. The casting is perfect, and I thought that all the actors nailed their roles. Zac Efron is the perfect choice for the beer can crushing typical frat guy. He has that believable college party dude essence about him. And he doesn't look too bad either. This quote in the beginning of the film is very true. "He looks like something a gay guy created in a laboratory!" And as a gay guy I can say that yes that's very true lol. Seth Rogen is a great comedic actor and he does well as the new father who still wants to live out his younger days and becomes obsessed with battling the next door fraternity. And I absolutely love Rose Byrne as Seth Rogen's husband, she is very funny and delivers the lines near perfectly. And omg Lisa Kudrow (Friends) has a small role as dean of the university the fraternity is associated with. She is hilarious as usual, one of my favorite actors ever! The comedy works very very well, this is one of the funniest comedies I've ever seen actually. I really suggest that if you're looking for a great well made comedy then I 100% suggest Neighbors! I can't wait to see Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. You even get to see Dave Franco's naked a**! That's just the delicious icing on the cake lol. 9/10 overall.