Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5633 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-06-10
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Amazon.com
When three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn) decide to form a fraternity, it's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes. But really, Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. Old School could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have a jovial energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. --Bret Fetzer

From The New Yorker
In the land of the February movie, the one-joke comedy is king. And this one has quite a joke: three thirtysomething men turn a house near a college campus into a "civilian fraternity." Luke Wilson plays the good-guy hero, and Vince Vaughn is the motormouthed instigator, but the movie belongs to Will Ferrell, the former "S.N.L." comic who goes gleefully berserk, running amok over the sets and the script (many of the best lines feel like eleventh-take improvisations). Todd Phillips, the writer-director who gave us "Road Trip," once again proves to be something of a savant at fusing the crude and the clever. Take, for example, the scene where Ferrell shoots himself in the neck with a tranquilizer dart, which ends up becoming a parody of "The Graduate." And, for fans and survivors of eighties pop music, the unusual variation the film's wedding singer puts on "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is alone worth the price of admission. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

At First I Hated It, But Then...
...I watched it a second time. And a third time. And I continue to watch it, and it seemingly becomes funnier each time.

It's easy to find fault with "Old School": Will Ferrel's character doesn't have a job, as far as I can tell. Mitch-a-pa-looza, a giant house party for Luke Wilson, occurs on a Friday night...yet both Luke Wilson and his high school hook-up are at work and school the next day as if it's a weekday. The homages to "Fight Club" border on rip-offs. And the list goes on.

However, it doesn't matter. Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughan, and Will Ferrel are a comedic dream team. The laughs never stop, so the plot inconsistencies and lack of originality will never really bother you (unless you let them). Check your brain at the door and watch "Old School."

Good Stuff
Some nice deleted scenes. Everyone knows this is a great movie. Perfect price for it and I loved the bonus materials.

Funny Flick
This movie is very funny! if you enjoy the like of Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn, then this movie is made for YOU!!