Product: Sorority Boys (2002)
Rating: 3.0
Nothing new, but fun for an afternoon
Ok, Sorority Boys isn't going to be studied by film students probably ever. Sure, the film isn't exactly original in the story or what it's trying to say. Still, it's a funny movie, if you don't expect greatness.The only real thing to do is to talk about the people in the movie. It's been said by others that Heather Matarazzo shouldn't be cast as an ugly girl, which is highly true. As a matter of fact, none of the girls in the D.O.G. house would ever be considered ugly. Still, the actresses, in the main speaking roles, manage to make the most that they can and can speak to anyone who has suffered the cruelty of being considered ugly. The less said of the fraternity brothers the better, though I must say that the voice of the president is really, really irritating. As for the the three main guys/girls, they're all likeable. Harland Williams is probably the least funny of the main three, but this probably stems from the fact that he has to play the guy who's been in college forever role and he's stuck with a really hideous wig. Barry Watson is probably the least likeable because he doesn't seem as fixated on women, especially women as objects. Still, he isn't the funniest person in the movie. That title has to go to Michael Rosenbaum. As Adam/Adina, Rosenbaum shows considerable comedic skills and personally is the one guy who manages to look fairly close to a girl.I do have one problem with the movie. I dislike the way that Women Studies courses are shown in the movie. They aren't just for women and they aren't sexist, like the one shown in the movie. As a matter of fact, the class undermines to some extent the positive women message.So, it isn't Citizen Kane. It is a good way to spend an afternoon or evening. It's guaranteed to get a few chuckles out of you.