Bad Neighbours (May 2014) Official Australian release date: 8/5/14. Viewed: 3/5/14. Director: Nicholas Stoller Actors: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz Genre: Comedy Rating: MA Bad Neighbours is a really enjoyable and well-made comedy. Plenty of laughs throughout, with a great cast and decent ending. Rogen plays his usual loveable buffoon and Byrne is surprisingly good as his wife, as shes allowed to keep her Aussie accent, rather than doing a fake American one. But the way they act together, with their cute baby, is quite realistic and charming. The whole plot is really simple – a frat moves in, they dont like it, so a battle to get rid of them escalates. Theres an excellent support cast – Hannibal Buress as the cop (particularly the Garfield bit), Lisa Kudrow as the Dean & Jason Mantzoukas as the doctor all have some great lines. There’s some drawn-out fraternity/party scenes, but overall it’s well-paced, with constant jokes and funny moments throughout. Even the baby gets a few laughs, particularly during the calendar shoot! Efron & (the younger) Franco do a good job as the frat-boys, but it’s pretty predictable – except for some of the pranks (& fights) they pull, which have heaps of laughs. It’s probably not as good as Old School, but still better than some of Rogen’s recent comedies. Overall: Very fun Seth Rogen comedy. Gavs Rating: 4 stars.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 11:43:09 +0000
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