Going Greek (2001)

Director:

Justin Zackham

Writer (WGA):

Justin Zackham (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Sometimes the best memories can be hard to remember.

Plot:

Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus...

Plot Keywords:

Fraternity | Campus | Pledge | Scholarship | Beer

Cast

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)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, crude humor, drug and alcohol use.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Norway:11

Filming Locations:

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Little Fish Films

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

Sully: [about his virgin girlfriend] Either I'm terrifically well-endowed or she's terrifically not. The girl's so tight she makes Fort Knox look like a flea market.

Movie Connections:

References American Pie (1999)

Soundtrack:

KUNG FU SATURDAYS

If Robert Altman made a boys will be boys fraternity movie, this would be it.

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