Home of Phobia (2004)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Ryan Shiraki

Writer (WGA):

Ryan Shiraki (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

How Far Would You Swing... To Get The Girl You Love?

Plot:

A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university eager to delve into the college party life...

Plot Keywords:

Sorority | Gay | Roommate | Student | Suicide

Cast

Sam Huntington	...	Clay Adams
Marla Sokoloff	...	Marjorie
Mike Erwin	...	Matt
Heather Matarazzo	...	Jessica
Kaitlin Doubleday	...	Amanda
Bryce Johnson	...	Tazwell
Jud Tylor	...	Serena
John Goodman	...	Rodney
Rachel Dratch	...	Very Drunk Chick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Abney	...	Malcome Wood
Dicky Barrett	...	Homophobic Cop
Jonathan Watts Bell	...	Bad Dancer
Palma Botterell	...	Alana
Skylar Duhe	...	Bessie Friend
Antonio Echeverria	...	Party Guy
Meagen Fay	...	Mrs. Paul
Shannon Floyd	...	Hippie Chick
Loren Kinsella	...	Really drunk chick
Rachel Klein	...	Midwestern Girl
Sherri Marina	...	Professor Jackson
Murphy Martin	...	Fraternity Member, and Student
Mark McLachlan	...	Cullen
Jeffrey Muller	...	Sherman Jessop
Michael Osborne	...	Artsy Dude
Mary Payne	...	Fern
Michael Salinas	...	Brennan
Ashley Sherman	...	Bessie

Also Known As:

Freshman Orientation (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Element Films

Movie Connections:

References American Beauty (1999)

funny nevertheless

i went expecting to see a really stupid teen comedy, and was a bit surprised, because it exceeded my expectations but in a good way. it really starts with all the clichés you can expect, but later develops into something really watchable and entertaining. after the first few minutes then i was ready to leave the cinema - i went to watch the movie at a free 'Advance Movie Screening' in Cinema Village and expected that it is a new movie, so after the first few minutes i thought 'why are they still making stupid movies like this? don't they think we had enough of this crap already'? but now that i see it was released in 2004, i'm kinda relieved :) so...after the first about 10 minutes, as the movie develops, i began to see some real story develop, with nice dialog, funny moments (even grossly funny, but hm...in a good way :)

actually - why am i writing such a long comment? 3 years after its release, there isn't a single comment on this movie here, and even at the free prescreening there were so few people....i actually intended to go see 'Lust, Caution', but apparently the interest there was huge...

but to get to my point - this is actually a good movie, you just need to give it a chance, and i believe you'd enjoy it

peace