College (2008)

Director:

Deb Hagan

Writers (WGA):

Dan Callahan (written by) &
Adam Ellison (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Best. Weekend. Ever.

Plot:

A wild weekend is in store for three high school seniors who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | College | Break Up | Computer | Frat Party

Cast

Drake Bell	...	Kevin Brewer
Andrew Caldwell	...	Carter Scott
Andree Moss	...	Ashley
Carolyn Moss	...	Riley
Wendy Talley	...	Kevin's Mom
Kevin Covais	...	Morris Hooper
Alona Tal	...	Gina
Ryan Pinkston	...	Fletcher
Brandi Coleman	...	College Girl #1
Jessica Heap	...	College Girl #2
Finch Nissen	...	Sweaty Guy
Camille Mana	...	Heather
Haley Bennett	...	Kendall
Nathalie Walker	...	Amy
Nick Zano	...	Teague

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, nudity, language, drug and alcohol abuse.

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #43899) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Mexico:C | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Element Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the frat boys are sniping people with paintball guns, their paintball guns do not have hoppers, which hold the paintballs. While paintball guns can still hold up to 3 shots in the load chamber without a hoppper, they are unable to fire multiple shots in semi-auto as portrayed in the movie without reloading or using a hopper.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

Soundtrack:

Low Steppin'

Try's so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter...

If you go into college expecting the bare minimum of a movie and taking it for what it is (a mildly entertaining cliché filled coming of age comedy) you will still not enjoy yourself. The reason is simple, it tries too hard to be funny. It's most easily compared to that annoying guy at work who stands at the water cooler making immature mom jokes or an annoying teacher at school who desperately wants to impress the students. The script surprisingly isn't bad but this movie rips off of Superbad so much with the character of Fogel in relation to this movies Morris you could call it plagiarism. The ever so ridiculously cliché character that brings sympathy and laughs from the audience because of how naive he is always being so sexually insecure and inexperienced is just so old. The only actor who deserves any sort of a nod is Drake Bell for his mediocre acting and decent carrying of his co actors (Andrew Caldwell and Kevin Covais.) It's sad watching this movie really because the actors so desperately want to be funny (except Drake Bell) so that they can get recognition and be cast into an Apatow film. They have a chance really with the script and extremely humorous atmosphere filled with jocks and egotistical lunatics both male and female. They're acting coaches and idiotic attitudes hurt them here as they failed to make a humorous movie. You average group of teenagers may enjoy this, which is not a bad thing but if you go into this movie looking for a cohesive story line and enjoyable plot then go watch Tropic Thunder where the actors actually succeed in some of these categories.