Review of 21 & Over

I can probably give you over 21 reasons why the comedy "21 & Over" is a grotesque, unauthentic movie that you should stay away from. But that would mean this would have to be an extended movie review which would increase the chances of not being read thoroughly by you. The film stars Miles Teller as Miller, a slacker-type college dropout who most probably spent too much of his Miller time partying and not concentrating on his studies. Skylar Astin co-stars as Casey, Miller's preppy high school best buddy who reunites with Miller so they could take out their other high school compadre Jeff Chang (played by Justin Chon) for a liquorish, hard-partying night on the town to celebrate his liquor legalization into the world; in other words to celebrate his 21st birthday. So as Wang Chang, I mean Chung sings about, they want for "everybody to have fun tonight". Jeff Chang (as Miller and Casey call him, instead of the good ol' calling someone by their first name) is in a predicament because the next morning he is scheduled for a very important interview for a pre-med medical employment position set up by his imposing, pressuring dad Dr. Chang. When the night on the town becomes a wild partying romp which causes Jeff Chang to be heavily liquored up, it is up to Miller & Casey to take him back home before Dr. Chang finds out about his son's fiesta time. The big predicament is that Miller & Casey are not aware of Jeff Chang's address so they go on this wild goose chase to locate a gorgeous sorority female friend of Chang named Nicole in order to obtain his address, and also Casey has his own personal reasons to chase down the hottie Nicole. Are you still with me? Anyways, Jon Lucas & Scott Moore who both wrote and directed (it really took two people to develop this crap) "21 & Over" have developed an unoriginal, lame movie which has the same formulaic features as most of the teen partying movies in the past. So just because it's "21 and Over" it does not mean it gives it a legalization credence. While he was handed a farcical screenplay, I must say what saved this film from ultimate disaster was the fast-talking charismatic performance of Miles Teller. However, I cannot say the same for the robotic acting effort of Skylar Astin as Casey, and the over-the-top work of Justin Chon as Jeff Chang (try to say that 20 times without stuttering). Even though it was healthy for the eyes to look at, Sarah Wright's performance as Nicole was lifeless and stereotypical in this type of genre. Lucas & Moore's screenplay was so awful that I think someone 12 & Under could have written up a better scribe of "21 & Over". Teller's performance is the sole reason I would even consider a marginal recommendation of this movie, but even that is not enough to card you at the door to enter the silly world of "21 & Over". *** Average