Product: Sorority Boys (2002)
Rating: 4.0
A guilty pleasure.
Your enjoyment of "Sorority Boys" ultimately depends on how much disbelief you're willing to suspend as you watch three college guys parading around in women's clothing, pretending to belong to a female sorority. It's essentially a one-gimmick movie, a raunchy comedy replete with a simple plot and various gross-outs, but the real surprise turns out to be the number of genuine belly laughs it supplies.The movie introduces us to college fraternity members Dave (Barry Watson), Doofer (Harland Williams), and Adam (Michael Rosenbaum), three all-around average Joes always on the lookout for a good time. When they are blamed for the misplacement of a large sum of money, the three are kicked out of their sorority, and must search for a place to live.Believing that the president of their fraternity is to blame for the stolen money, they don wigs and apparel in an attempt to infiltrate the house and find evidence of wrongdoing. They are kicked out, fortunately landing right in the front lawn of an all-female fraternity composed of less-than-striking girls who welcome the new arrivals without hesitation. From here, it's pretty much paint-by-numbers, as Daisy (Dave), Roberta (Doofer), and Adina (Adam), make new friends and begin to see a different side of life.There are a number of ways the movie steps wrong. The gags are run-of-the-mill, ranging from T&A; shots of busty college girls, to a slingshot that catapults multi-colored artificial phalluses through the windows of the all-girl sorority house, all of which threaten to drag the movie down to the depths of such a film as "Slackers." There is a romantic angle supplied, where Dave develops a bond with the feminist president of the sorority; of course, she is falling for him thinking he is a female, adding a cloyed bisexual subplot to the movie.Those mishaps aside, the movie's cross-dressing gimmick is refreshingly funny and provides a great amount of laughs and hearty chuckles. Seeing actors Watson, Williams and Rosenbaum throw themselves into the roles without hesitation adds to the enjoyment of seeing them do everything from tripping in high heels to cleaning a bathroom sink drain clogged with hair, at which point Williams exclaims, "It's like a wookie, man!" You may not buy into the fact that everyone is dumb enough to be duped by the trio of unlikely sorority sisters, but that only stops one from having fun with what can only be described as a guilty pleasure.