Saturday, March 31, 2018

Neighbors (2014)

This was a good, stupid Saturday night film.
Mac and Kelly (Seth Rogen and Rose Bryne) are a married couple with a baby but are struggling to adult. They hate that they have responsibilities that keep them indoors, even though they love their baby dearly and then, they get the neighbors from hell. Teddy (Zac Efron) and Peter (Dave Franco) are presidents of a fraternity and at first, they seem decent but after the noise continues, it turns into an all out war between the two. The worst is when the frat brothers rip out the air bags in Mac and Kelly's respective cars. But they can't deal with the noise and things finally come to a head when they get Mac's bozzo friend, Jimmy (Ike Barinholtz) involved who is stupid beyond reason and believes that having a baby with his ex-wife (Carla Gallo) will fix things between them.
In the end, Teddy protects Pete, who might actually have a bright future, considering he goes to class and everything and takes the heat for the final party and Mac and Kelly realize that they are too old for the non-stop partying and drinking. They have fun amongst themselves. They dress up their baby into male TV characters and make a Stella calendar.
Sure, it isn't much and there are way too many dick jokes and some disgusting scenes, but there are actually meaningful, deep scenes. The performances are decent and Kelly is a strong character who keeps up with veteran actor Seth Rogen beat for beat which cannot be easy. Efron and Franco are also solid and there are good supporting turns by Lisa Kudrow and Jerrod Carmichael. All-in-all, this was a decent film and one that can be watched again except for that scene where Mac breaks the breast pump. Grade: B

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