Plot
After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask for help from their former enemy, Teddy.
Release Year: 2016
Rating: 6.4/10 (3,107 voted)
Critic's Score: 50/100
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne
Storyline
Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) are ready to make the final move into adulthood. But just as they thought they have reclaimed the neighborhood, they learn that their new neighbors are even more out of control than the last. To evict them, they're need help from their ex neighbor (Zac Efron).
Writers: Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O'Brien
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz -
Shelby
Zac Efron -
Teddy Sanders
Rose Byrne -
Kelly Radner
Selena Gomez -
Madison
Seth Rogen -
Mac Radner
Kiersey Clemons -
Beth
Dave Franco -
Pete
Lisa Kudrow -
Dean Carol Gladstone
Ike Barinholtz -
Jimmy
Christopher Mintz-Plasse -
Scoonie
Carla Gallo -
Paula
Abbi Jacobson -
Kelsey Grammer -
Shelby's Dad
Ciara Bravo -
Sorority Girl
Hannibal Buress -
Officer Watkins
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Rating: 3/10
Picking up the story a couple of years after the events in the first
movie, Mac and Kelly are trying to impress potential house buyers.
However this clashes with the plans of a new partying sorority who move
in next door. And that's more or less the entirety of the plot. Things
follow quite plainly along the same beaten track as the first movie,
the same sorts of jokes and set pieces, all presented in the same style
and manner. Consistent, or unimaginative?
There are two differences though. Firstly, although for the first half
of the movie Rogen and Byrne are locking horns with Efron, we know from
the trailers that they end up working together. It was actually a nice
change of pace to see Efron and Rogen's good chemistry, almost
believably becoming friends.
Secondly, the more interesting element is that the sorority are trying
to bring equality to college girls, who according to law, are not
allowed to host parties. But this doesn't make it a feminist piece. It
feels like the equality argument was shoe-horned into the script so
they can keep making sexist jokes with a guiltless conscience.
On the subject of jokes, they are few and far between. The screening I
was in, the audience was mostly silent (in spite of the hilarious
opening vomit-face moment). The script needed winding tighter - some
great jokes were made, and then the they continued for another three or
four lines, which ruined the moment. Sharper editing could've made for
sharper comedy.
Although Rogen and Byrne are enjoyable screen presences, they do
themselves no favours in this dry and dull comedy. Of course it's funny
in places, but not in comparison to its funnier predecessor.
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