I saw this movie last weekend because I was bored. I wasn't looking for great entertainment, so I wasn't too disappointed. (I was, however, the only one in the theater, so I can't describe the reaction of others in the audience.) This is a "Hangover" style type comedy, which also follows the same formula as many 80's youth films like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," although there's quite a gap in quality between the two. Basically, a cocky, but secretly caring friend decides to help a more introverted, repressed pal loosen up. There's even a one-dimensional evil dad here, and lots of car damage en route to learning life lessons about friendship, taking responsibility and following ones' dreams.
College-age Miller (Miles Teller) and Casey (Skylar Astin) coerce their pal Jeff Chang into hitting the bars to celebrate his 21st birthday. When Jeff has a little too much alcohol, the two are forced to figure out where Jeff lives in order to get him home in time for his interview to medical school arranged by his uptight dad the next day. On the way, they'll have run-ins with a buffalo, a pep rally, a horde of angry Latina sorority sisters, and a hostile cheerleader who happens to be the boyfriend of Casey's crush. Teller takes what could have been a thoroughly repellent character and manages to inject a little heart into it (watch for the few moments when he's caught off guard and shows actual hurt that he's disappointed his friends). The movie goes where "Ferris," didn't and actually lets you see the confrontation with the bad dad. Otherwise, it's pretty predictable, and even the gross-out gags aren't all that "shocking."
College-age Miller (Miles Teller) and Casey (Skylar Astin) coerce their pal Jeff Chang into hitting the bars to celebrate his 21st birthday. When Jeff has a little too much alcohol, the two are forced to figure out where Jeff lives in order to get him home in time for his interview to medical school arranged by his uptight dad the next day. On the way, they'll have run-ins with a buffalo, a pep rally, a horde of angry Latina sorority sisters, and a hostile cheerleader who happens to be the boyfriend of Casey's crush. Teller takes what could have been a thoroughly repellent character and manages to inject a little heart into it (watch for the few moments when he's caught off guard and shows actual hurt that he's disappointed his friends). The movie goes where "Ferris," didn't and actually lets you see the confrontation with the bad dad. Otherwise, it's pretty predictable, and even the gross-out gags aren't all that "shocking."