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Sorority Boys: The dumb get dumber

Sorority Boys is a thought-provoking intelligent, film that expands the minds of anyone who sees it-just kidding.

Sorority Boys is actually a film that drains all intelligence from the mind after only the first 15 minutes.

The film is designed to inspire all those who fall below average.

This anything but pivotal turning point in film history stars Barry Watson, Harland Williams and Michael Rosenbaum.

Dave (Watson), Adam (Rosenbaum) and Doofer (Williams) are three fun-loving, party animals who belong to the fraternity Kappa Omega Kappa. Everything is going well for the guys until the evil president of the frat frames them for stealing money from the fund, kicks them out of the house and bans them from all future events.

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In need of a home until they can clear their names, the guys get the idea of pretending to be girls and joining a sorority.

Fully dressed and ready for a night on the town, they join the sorority Delta Omicron Gamma. Can you figure out the highbrow acronyms of the Greek factions? Dave, Adam and Doofer become Daisy, Adina and Roberta. The guys as girls, well-even their personalities suck.

Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis look better as girls in Some Like It Hot then these three goofballs ever could.

The rest of the film is of the guys trying to behave like girls. The transaction is not as easy as one may think.

Guys, would you be prepared to lend a maxi pad if the situation called for it? Truthfully the guys would have solved a lot of their problems if they had watched To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar over and over again. But then again, there would have been no point in the film, if there really is.

Oh yes there is a love story; Dave falls for one of the ugly sorority girls.

Watson has joined the ranks of 7th Heaven stars trying to shed their holy image to further their careers. His TV sister Jessica Biel tried to appear sexy in last summer’s flick Summer Catch, and failed just like Watson does in Sorority Boys. Watson needs to worry more about his acting ability then his image. He will always appear as the Reverend’s son, but maybe he can be good at it.

The always-crazy Williams combines his roles from Half Baked and Something About Mary to perfect the role of Doofer.

Honestly, he has some of the funniest parts in the film, but they still don’t live up to the role of the seven-minute abs gut wrenching jokes from Something About Mary. Rosenbaum does an okay job.

You can’t help but laugh when he finds that perfect outfit in his size.

What does one expect of a film of this caliber?

Besides the sexual jokes and the stereotypical situations-one expects it to be funny.

But sadly the previews highlighted the few comical parts of the film. The rest of the movie, unfortunately, is dead air, all direct from a script, whose idea clearly came from a full case of beer.

Crude sexual jokes can be funny if they are well-thought out and original. Movies with stupid plots can be funny i.e. Dumb and Dumber.

Movies whose previews make them look dumb sometimes are the complete opposite.

None of these apply to Sorority Boys. The movie is how it looks and is definitely a rental if that.

Grade: C

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