Product Review

Old School (BD)

Three men relive their carefree college years by killing off as many bra in cells as possible in this over-the-top comedy. Mitch (Luk e Wilson) r eturns home from a less-than-pleasant business trip one evening to disco ver his wife, Heidi (Juliette Lewis), involved in a ménage à trois with two blindfolded strangers. Feeling less than welcome at home after this , Mitch rents a house near the campus of a nearby college; two of Mitch' s old college buddies, Beanie (Vince Vaughn) and Frank (Will Ferrell), s top by to cheer him up. Th ey soon become regular guests at Mitch's plac e, despite the fact that Frank only recently wed Marissa (Perrey Reeves) , while Beanie and his wife, Lara (Leah Remini), are busy with two kids. Beanie decides to throw a housewarming party for Mitch, and since Beani e s ells audio equipment for a living, he's able to trick out the big ba sh with a massive PA system and an appearance by Snoop Dogg. Mit ch soon finds he's the not-entirely-willing proprietor of the school's leading party spot, which raises the ire of Pritchard (Jeremy Piven), a dean at the college who was the target of Mitch, Frank, and Beanie's abuse when they were all students. Pritchard arrange s to have Mitch's neighborhoo d zoned into a student housing district, but Beanie and Frank respond by forming a fraternity and makin g Mitch's home their headquarters. Mitch , however, is not enthusiastic about the idea, especially as he's trying to impress Nicole ( Ellen Pompeo), a beautiful divorcee who is less tha n enchanted with Frank and Beanie's "party hearty" lifestyle. Old School director Todd Phillips knows more than a bit about the seamy side of f raternity life as director of the infamous unreleased documentary Frat House.