Neighbors (2014)
First screened in June 2014
Director: Nicholas Stoller. Cast: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, James Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Roberts, Jerrod Carmichael, Halston Sage, Hannibal Buress, Lisa Kudrow, Brian Huskey, Jake Johnson. Screenplay: Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O'Brien. Twitter Capsule:
Reliably funny throughout. Surprisingly willing to see frat boys and new parents as two species of arrested adolescents.
VOR:③
No one's idea of a landmark, but not a throwaway, either. Savvy exam of two forms of masculine crises, without slighting Byrne.
