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Justin Zackham (written by)
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Sometimes the best memories can be hard to remember.
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Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus... full summary | add synopsis
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Fraternity
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Campus
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Pledge
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Scholarship
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Beer
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(2 articles)
Rose Byrne Going Greek
(From CanMag. 14 April 2009, 10:32 PM, PDT)
Brad Pitt Going Greek for The Odyssey!
(From CanMag. 16 October 2008, 11:25 PM, PDT)
(From CanMag. 14 April 2009, 10:32 PM, PDT)
Brad Pitt Going Greek for The Odyssey!
(From CanMag. 16 October 2008, 11:25 PM, PDT)
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If Robert Altman made a boys will be boys fraternity movie, this would be it.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dylan Bruno | ... | Jake | |
| Laura Harris | ... | Paige Forrester | |
| Simon Rex | ... | Thompson | |
| Dublin James | ... | Gil | |
| Chris Owen | ... | Davis | |
| Steve Monroe | ... | Nick | |
| Susan Ward | ... | Wendy | |
| Oliver Hudson | ... | Ziegler | |
| Harvey Silver | ... | T.J. | |
| Todd Giebenhain | ... | Russ | |
| Corey Pearson | ... | Sully | |
| Charlie Talbert | ... | Dooly | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Bill | |
| Britain Spellings | ... | Rigby | |
| Branton Box | ... | Brad (as Branton Boxer) |
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Rated R for strong sexual content, language, crude humor, drug and alcohol use.
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USA:90 min
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Plot holes: The scavenger hunt's item that was assigned to Pledge Ziegler was to sleep with at least one girl of each sorority before hell week begins. But the last girl Wendy (Susan Ward) only agreed to do it with him after he was already pledged. The fraternity was supposed to de-pledge him when he arrived for hell week.
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References American Pie (1999)
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KUNG FU SATURDAYS
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Going Greek is a satisfying, ensemble meditation on the morals and mores of the modern fraternity house. More than the simpleminded 'gross out' comedy that the title suggests, Going Greek is an uncompromising and reverent look at a dying way of life. The suple direction, sly writing, and chemistry amongst the leading players elevates this sleeper above the typical fraternity formula movie. While 'Going Greek' cannot claim to be as artistically inventive as 'Animal House' (The Seventh Seal of frat movies), it is certainly above the fodder of films like 'PCU', 'Revenge of the Nerds 3: Nerds in Paradise', and 'Fraternity Vacation'. The "cookie" scene is easily on a comic par with classic scenes such as Chaplin eating his shoe in "Gold Rush", the 'hair gel' scene from "Something About Mary", Jack Lemmon kissing the man on the boat in "Some Like It Hot", and mama getting thrown into the trash compactor in "Dr. Detroit". The performances are universally excellent, but Corey Pearson as Sully harkens back to the golden age of cinema when men were men and women were women. Like a young Brando or Dudley Moore, Pearson carves through the screen with a brooding intensity and sly sense of humor. He is a star in the making. I caught a screening of this movie on VHS, and I can't wait for the final edit to be released in theatres. An enterprising distributer will find that this is a sleeper hit in the making.
Final Rating 7/10