'Neighbors' is just another gross-out comedy
Has there ever been a movie featuring fraternities that wasn鈥檛 a gross-out? 鈥淎nimal House,鈥� still probably the best of breed, was the template. The slipshod 鈥淣eighbors,鈥� directed by Nicholas Stoller, doesn鈥檛 measure up. It鈥檚 gross, all right, but rarely funny 鈥� unless jokes about alcohol-laced breast milk is your thing.
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play a married couple with a baby whose lives are disrupted when a raucous fraternity 鈥� is there any other kind? 鈥� moves in next door. Polite entreaties to 鈥渒eep it down鈥� soon turn into all-out warfare between the couple and the frat prez played by Zac Efron. It鈥檚 also a battle of the physiques: Rogen鈥檚 flabbiness versus Efron鈥檚 six pack. The film sides with Rogen. That鈥檚 populism for you. Grade: C (Rated R for pervasive language, strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use throughout.聽)
