
Rogen shines yet again as the eternal man-child, though this
time he has a hot Aussie wife and cute-as-a-button baby daughter. Mac Radnor
(Rogen) and his wife Kelly (a scene-stealing Rose Byrne) are a young couple. They’re
at that stage in their lives where they haven’t quite outgrown their youth, yet
they’re quickly on the path to the zombified world of being actual adults. They’re
understandably upset that a college fraternity is moving in the house next door.
But are they upset because of the likely noise that it’ll bring or the fact
that it’ll be a constant reminder that they’re not 21 anymore? I think a little
bit of both. They decide to put on a cool face, try to win over the youngsters,
and on the off chance the guys take a liking to them they’ll be more inclined
to comply.
The frat’s student president Teddy (Efron) is initially accommodating
towards the seemingly cool couple. His best friend and fellow brother Pete
(Dave Franco) is even smitten with the couple’s adorable baby. Each neighbor
has an understanding: the frat promises to be respectful as long as the Radnors
call him first before alerting the police. Seems fair. That is until Mac and
Kelly call the cops after calls to Teddy go unanswered. It turns out the cops
in this day and age have caller ID and rats them out to Teddy who becomes
infuriated, starting a war between the old school and new school neighbors. Hilarious
hijinks ensue including plans to get the frat evicted and eventually put on
probation. Even Kelly (in a standout sequence) gets a plan inspired by The
Office’s Michael Scott of all people, which revolves around that old saying “bros
before hoes.”
Director Nicholas Stoller who is in familiar territory
having helmed “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and its spinoff “Get Him to the Greek”
is in full raunch mode. After all you can’t have a movie in which half the cast
is made of college guys and not have enough penis jokes to make Ron Jeremy
blush. One such gag involves the brothers making and selling molds of their own
penises to raise money to save their house. And apparently McLovin is packin’. Kelly
and Mac don’t know whether to be pissed off or impressed with the way these
guys handle the troubles they bring them. And the fraternity strikes back many
times including hiding airbags in Mac’s furniture and even installing one in his
office chair.
“Neighbors,” while not written by Rogen, (that would be Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan
O'Brien in their feature debut) generally follows the
formula most of the films he has produced have. They’re always essentially about
young people who are afraid to grow up. Not only is Mac scared of entering
middle age, but Teddy is in a similar boat scared to move on into adulthood. It’s
a scary and relatable position to be in and Efron really nails it. Even if he
acts like a jerk the whole time there’s just enough of a twinge of sympathy
there.
“Neighbors” is another winning comedy for anyone who loves
their Seth Rogen movies dirty and raunchy and funny. It’s certainly not on the
same level as last year’s truly phenomenal “This is the End” but “Neighbors” is
a just funny enough comedy with really winning performances and enough to say
about the current state of young people to warrant a trip to your local
multiplex. GRADE: B+
"Theatrical Trailer" for Neighbors on TrailerAddict.
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