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| Review by Caitlyn Thompson |
Produced by David Hoberman, Ryan Kavanaugh, Todd Lieberman
Written and Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Starring Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Sarah Wright
Oh dear me. Lots of man butts.
21 and Over is an over the top depiction of bros being bros on a 21st birthday.
Casey and Miller surprise Jeff Chang on his birthday ready to take him out for a wild night on his special day. It was ridiculous, unrealistic, occasionally funny, but overall tasteless and tiresome. The initial sober scenes spew as many clichés as possible about being young once and living life large. I got it after the fifth analogy. Next chapter is drinking in a bar, yay beer! A pretty girl enters, too many shots are taken, a dart ends up in a cheek and boom onto the montage of a drunken bar escapade. After a bunch of screaming, throwing IDs at bouncers, peeing off of a bar, and a really unnecessary slow motion shot of Jeff Chang puking, the movie’s plot reveals itself – Casey and Miller don’t know where Jeff Chang lives and his dad is coming to get him in several hours for “the most important medical school interview of his life.”
Shenanigans ensue.
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