I like to follow careers of young actors and predict the paths they may take. It is mostly lots of fun and when I prove right, I derive pleasure form the fact which, to be honest, does not help much in my everyday life. Bad Neighbors is a comedy based on a simple story about new neighbors and gradual deterioration of their fragile relationship. A couple with a baby wakes up one morning only to find out that a fraternity is moving in to the house next door. We are conditioned by the American movies not to expect anything good from those ridiculous fraternities of theirs and this story does not fail to deliver in that respect. An exhausted housewife with a small baby and an office worker living a nine to five life have very little in common with rowdy students who mostly make parties and think of the noisy ways to dull the urges of their highly hormonal post teen lives. This is the corner stone of the story in this movie. Starting as a relationship based on mutual understanding and respect, the situation rapidly deteriorates into a war between incompatible neighbors. The means for achieving their respective goals become more and more dangerous and destructive. There are occasional scenes in this movie which may fall into the category of funny. Overall, there are not too many of them. Mostly, this movie serves as a promotional ad for young Zac Afron and his meticulously developed and groomed physique. In my opinion, he had nothing more to offer than that. One of the last scenes in the movie shows him as an Abercrombie & Fitch model working as a front door eye candy at one of their stores. If he continues to take parts that mostly rely on his good looks instead of his acting capabilities, I worry he may end up as a real A&F model. Do not get me wrong. I have nothing against those fine young men and women of A&F. They must have worked very hard to get where they are now. This movie is one of those that you watch when you want to relax and forget about the hardships of your everyday life. In that respect, it is a movie that delivers. I did enjoy watching it and I am not sorry I spent the time at the cinema. I leave it up to you to decide whether it is worthy of your time.
