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Sorority Boys

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OK now first for the people who said women should find this movie offensive. I AM a woman and I am a mother. Now let me say as a mother and a female who finds the wet shirts part freaking hilarious. This movie ROCKED! I love it!! For the person who said cross dressing men was weird. WAKE UP! It's realistic.
For the person who said it focussed on the commercial woman and perfect movie. Did we watch the same movie. HELLO these guys saw it from a girls POV and hell even STATED at the end that they learned more in a week of being DOGS then they had 4 years in the KOK house. Real offensive there......NOT

"Sorority Boys" (2002)

Guys dressing like girls - ... The idea is so recycled that the idea of making yet another film about cross-dressers should be chucked out the window, threw in a bin and never released. Or should it? Sorority Boys is mostly recycled ideas, but it brings some new laughs to the premise. I actually enjoyed almost every minute of this crude little feast.

The jokes in this movie are what made me enjoy it so much. I didn't expect this movie to be so rude and crude. It turns out that Sorority Boys is more like American Pie or Not Another Teen Movie than I expected it to be! It has jokes about erections, topless girls, falling out of windows, falling out of boats, lesbians,...and everything that an audience loves to see. It's all very crude and half-hearted, but it's entertaining and has me rolling in the aisles. So what's the big deal if it's not original? You enjoy it!

I enjoyed the acting in the film as well. It would be hard to find 3 different actors other than Michael Rosenbaum, Barry Watson and Harland Williams. Rosenbaum in particular (who also stars in TV's Smallville) is quite engaging as a woman, which I feel strange saying. Williams is hilarious once again, he always seems to pop up in teen comedies! Watson is the least interesting of the "sorority boys" but he wasn't too bad. Apart from the three leads the girls were also quite funny but their personalities were a little disappointing. The script copied way too much from Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo when it came to the DOG girls.

The movie also has a good script. It's not an award winner by any means, but if your sick of the Beautiful Mind's, the Monster's Balls and the Iris', then your tear ducts can take a vacation with this silly but enormously funny screenplay. There are jokes across the board and I was laughing out loud at least every 10 minutes. The movie also has quite a good and surprising equivalence message. One other aspect of the script I really enjoyed was when the guy-girls started becoming like girls - realising they need new dresses, need new lipstick, the shops don't have their size and many other things. I think this concept might seem like a flop but the script was such a winner that the big-time studios just couldn't resist.

I can't think of much else to say about Sorority Boys, I think most aspects of the movie were very good and I think it's a movie meant purely for entertainment value and laughs and it worked very well on those levels. There's something for most people here, for the guys - you can enjoy all the topless girls and crude humour, girls - you'll like the fact that you can humiliate the characters on-screen, and grandparents - well, on second thought, you should stay away from this movie! For ages 12-35 though, this is a fun fare that you'll enjoy if you realise it's not meant to be taken too seriously!

Sorority Boys isn't going to win any Oscars in 2003, but I think it will win an audience's heart (and funny bone!).

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When I first saw this movie on the shelf at the local video store, I had quite a bit of trepidation. And yet, I rented it. Now I own the DVD, and I can't count the number of times I've seen it. No, it's not an original concept, and no, it's not Animal House. I don't think they're really trying to be another Animal House, though, even if they give quite a few nods to that movie.

What this movie is, is something light and comedic that you can sit back and enjoy. The comedy is crude at times but well done, from the play on relationships to a dildo fencing match.

As I said, you'll either love it or hate it. If you're the type of person who has to think about any movie you see, you should probably move on to a movie that takes itself more seriously, because this one does nothing of the sort. If you're looking for Animal House, try searching under "Animal House". Just a suggestion.

Beyond the mere comedy of the movie, they do actually have some messages hidden underneath, and we're not talking boxers or briefs. It's a common theme about gender perceptions, peer pressure and self-esteem. So maybe there's something to think about after all.

I usually don't like these sophomoric movies that have thin plots and not much substance (American Pie, Scary Movie, Van Wilder, etc) but I found this one funny! The three main characters played their parts so well, and were very funny. This is one movie I can watch again and again and still laugh. Give it a try, it might surprise you.

first of all for all you stiffs who hate this movie it's a classic and it's here to stay. i loved every momemt of this movie. i saw it in theatres with my very good lady friend and we both laughed out loud plenty enough times. it is funnier than allot of movies but it still can't beat animal house.

Your enjoyment of "Sorority Boys" ultimately depends on how much disbelief you're willing to suspend as you watch three college guys parading around in women's clothing, pretending to belong to a female sorority. It's essentially a one-gimmick movie, a raunchy comedy replete with a simple plot and various gross-outs, but the real surprise turns out to be the number of genuine belly laughs it supplies.

The movie introduces us to college fraternity members Dave (Barry Watson), Doofer (Harland Williams), and Adam (Michael Rosenbaum), three all-around average Joes always on the lookout for a good time. When they are blamed for the misplacement of a large sum of money, the three are kicked out of their sorority, and must search for a place to live.

Believing that the president of their fraternity is to blame for the stolen money, they don wigs and apparel in an attempt to infiltrate the house and find evidence of wrongdoing. They are kicked out, fortunately landing right in the front lawn of an all-female fraternity composed of less-than-striking girls who welcome the new arrivals without hesitation. From here, it's pretty much paint-by-numbers, as Daisy (Dave), Roberta (Doofer), and Adina (Adam), make new friends and begin to see a different side of life.

There are a number of ways the movie steps wrong. The gags are run-of-the-mill, ranging from T&A shots of busty college girls, to a slingshot that catapults multi-colored artificial phalluses through the windows of the all-girl sorority house, all of which threaten to drag the movie down to the depths of such a film as "Slackers." There is a romantic angle supplied, where Dave develops a bond with the feminist president of the sorority; of course, she is falling for him thinking he is a female, adding a cloyed bisexual subplot to the movie.

Those mishaps aside, the movie's cross-dressing gimmick is refreshingly funny and provides a great amount of laughs and hearty chuckles. Seeing actors Watson, Williams and Rosenbaum throw themselves into the roles without hesitation adds to the enjoyment of seeing them do everything from tripping in high heels to cleaning a bathroom sink drain clogged with hair, at which point Williams exclaims, "It's like a wookie, man!" You may not buy into the fact that everyone is dumb enough to be duped by the trio of unlikely sorority sisters, but that only stops one from having fun with what can only be described as a guilty pleasure.

The '02 film `Sorority Boys' is a raunchy but extremely funny film within the ever popular genre first made popular by films like the '78 classic `Animal House' with a touch of 'The Longest Yard' for good measure.

This teenage "coming of age" movie makes use of all the expected components of life on a college campus; all-night parties, lots of beer and grass, hot and loose young women and a storyline sprinkled with just enough hints of a redeeming subplot to make the audience feel like they're watching something meaningful.

Add to the mix three frat guys dressed up like girls who receive a rude awakening when they experience how the "other half" live and you've got `Sorority Boys' in a nutshell.

My Rating: I'm embarrassed to admit it but yes, I enjoyed the movie; -3 ½ Stars-.

Well, I first heard about this film while searching for a smallville season boxset and clicked on the link to films Michael Rosenbaum had starred in and thought it looked funny. (Also I am curoius as to why Rosenbaum seems to like dressing up as women as I recently discovered he also wore women's clothes in Sweet November! I think he must have a fetish! LOL) So when I was at my local DVD rental shop I decided to see if it was worth a look... well it was! I was literally rolling about the floor laughing my head off! In short it's about 3 guys who get kicked out of their house and the only way to get back in is to join the D.O.G house by dressing as women. For ones who say it's sexist it isn't! I actually found that it taught a lesson to males out there to be much nicer to women and respect them but this film does it in a funny way which is good! I especially thought Michael Rosenbaum was very convincing as a women and infact found it hard to take him seriously as Lex when I next watched Smallville. Sure this film is full of crude male jokes but that's what makes this film so hilarious, I loved every minute of this fun, silly comedy that will have tears rolling down your cheeks! The fact that the boys realise they have been soo cruel and nasty to these poor 'ugly' girls is a good lesson for such males that take that attitude of 'judging a book by it's cover.' The boys then change their attitudes when they are subjected to the same torture as these girls and basically they see how it feels to be treated like that and don't like it, so they decide to start over and treat them with respect! It's a must see for Smallville fans who like Michael Rosenbaum as it is simply ridiculously funny. For those who like a good comedy or a good laugh it is a must have!!

The plot of Sorority Boys can best be summed up as: Animal House meets Revenge Of The Nerds meets Tootsie, plus lashings of American Pie thrown in for good measure.

In an unnamed university campus somewhere in America, there is a fraternity called Kappa Omicron Kappa ("KOK" - yes, we all get the joke) filled with rejects from Animal House. They hold wild parties where they invite the beautiful girls from the Tri Pi sorority. Any girl caught sleeping with stud jock Adam (Michael Rosenbaum) gets to do the Walk Of Shame the next day where she gets jeered by frat brothers lining up on the corridor outside Adam's room and her photograph taken for posterity. Ugly girls are not allowed, and there are special teams of "dog catchers" to roust them out.

Needless to say, all is not well. Adam and his roommates Dave (Barry Watson) - the "smart" one - and Doofer (Harland Williams) - the big and dumb one - are accused of pilfering the frat funds and are expelled from KOK by the snivelling president Spence (Brad Beyer) - who has a weird voice and pompadour hairstyle to give us a hint that he's going to be the bad guy.

The boys are in trouble, for if they don't belong in the fraternity, then they won't be able to attend the annual Cocktail Cruise where they get to mingle with ex-frat members (in most cases their parents) who have graduated and have since become industry power figures. And if they don't attend the cruise they won't have the opportunity to secure plum jobs using the Old Boys Network and they may be doomed to live lives of obscurity and poverty!

In desperation, they dress up as girls to sneak back into the fraternity in order to retrieve a video tape which may hold crucial evidence that demonstrates their innocence and identify the real culprit who have stolen the money. Needless to say, they get nabbed by the dog catchers and deposited in front of the Delta Omicron Gamma sorority ("DOG" - yawn).

DOG contains the female equivalents of nerds and geeks - ugly girls, big girls, girls with loud annoying voices, ethnic girls, ... The president of DOG, Leah (Melissa Sagemiller), takes pity on them and invites them to pledge with the sorority. At first they refuse, but then when they found out they get free lodging and food ...

The rest of the film are full of jokes involving the guys trying to act as women and survive on campus, bonding with the girls in the sorority, discovering their feminine sides, and finding out that life is not so easy if you are a DOG. All the degrading things they did to DOGs are now being done to them, especially when a young KOK takes a fancy to "Adina" (Adam) and we know that eventually Adam will have to experience the Walk of Shame!

I liked the premise of the boys discovering their female sides and what life is like for the other sex, and the film certainly had a lot of opportunity to explore some interesting issues. But no, the filmmakers have decided to go for the lowest common denominator and exploited just about every cliché in the genre. In the end, we get something that is tedious and disappointing rather than something original and witty.

What would have made the film really interesting is if at least one of the boys discovers that he prefers living as a woman (preferably all three), and then the rest of the film could explore how this affects their relationships with each other and the other characters. We certainly come tantalisingly close - one of the boys is on the verge of entering into a lesbian relationship, another has the opportunity to experience a relationship with a man, and the third discovers the the joys of sisterhood bonding. But just as things become interesting, the film backs down and we're all back in Kansas. Oh well ...

The first time I watched this movie I laughed so hard I was crying. It has the funniest parts. If you liked Old School, Van Wilder, or Scary Movie 1 & 2, then this movie is definitely for you.