National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003)

Directors:

David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand

Writers:

Patrick Casey (writer)
Worm Miller (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Russia)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

It all started three days before Christmas break with a prostitute and a large, French sausage...

Plot:

Set during a crazy afternoon in the lives of a dozen college students at a co-ed dorm that starts with the arrival of two very different women with the same name of Dominique.

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Virginity | Mistaken Identity | Christmas | Lesbian Kiss

Cast

Tatyana Ali	...	Claire
Boti Bliss	...	Dominique the Hooker
Gable Carr	...	Rachel
Patrick Cavanaugh	...	Pete
James DeBello	...	Cliff Richards
Marieh Delfino	...	Gerri Farber
Tony Denman	...	Newmar
Danielle Fishel	...	Marla
Courtney Gains	...	Lorenzo the Black Hand
Gregory Hinton	...	Ted
Edwin Hodge	...	Tony
Paul H. Kim	...	Wang (as Paul Hansen Kim)
Katie Lohmann	...	Dream Girl
Jennifer Lyons	...	Lynne
Marie Noelle Marquis	...	Dominique the Student

Also Known As:

Dorm Day Crazy (USA) (working title)
Dorm Daze (USA) (short title)
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA

Company:

National Lampoon Productions

Trivia:

During the campus orientation, Pete asks if anyone knows what famous campus building Eugene O'Neill died in. O'Neill did in fact die in a campus building: room 401 of Shelton Hall, a dormitory in Boston University (which had been a hotel at the time of Eugene's death).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Claire opens up Adrienne's letter in Tony's room, she uses both hands. In the very next shot, a close-up of the letter, she's holding in only in her right hand.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Transylmania (2009)

Soundtrack:

Sexucated

A pleasant surprise

I watched this on Netflix's online service, initially as a time-killer. I had expected to turn it off after 10 minutes. Thankfully, I didn't.

It turned out to be a fast-paced comedy of errors even more complex than What's Up Doc?. Let's see... There's two gossipy girls who keep getting everything wrong, mis-delivered love letters, a hooker mistaken for an exchange student (and vice-versa), two identical handbags, one of which contains a big wad of cash and a planned armored car robbery.

With all that happening, yeah, it's hard to follow all the plot convolutions, but that's what makes it funny initially and eventually hilarious.

The young cast performs energetically, which is all this kind of movie really requires.

Not highly recommended, but a pleasant way to kill an hour and a half.