This is not a date movie. Anyone who sees Ben Stiller in a comedy of relationship errors and thinks, ahh, I'll bring my girlfriend, should prepare for some can of worms to pop open. You should recognize something of yourself or your partners in these characters. From the man who wrote and directed the unapologetic In The Company of Men, Neil LaBute, comes another brutal slice of the unfortunate side of life. None of the characters ever refer to each other by name, which I didn't actually notice myself, it was pointed out to me - but it's the type of detail that contributes to the intimate web of tension among these six people.
Neighbors is graphic without showing anything, incredible yet credible.
It's a testament to the actors in the movie that the whole thing doesn't come off as some heinous angsty anti-fantasy, but instead is totally engaging and morbidly fascinating. One speech, shot in one take, late in the film, is just amazing, and the actor in question sells it unreservedly. Just trust me on this. Please feel free to forward but just credit the reviewer in the text.