Review of 21 & Over (2013) by Eric I — 09 Feb 2014

Cool that "Hangover" scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore both penned and directed "21 And Over", the first for the writing duo. If shit wasn't put together so damn well, it'd be easier to call a spade a sexist, racist, been-there-done-that-and wait, we're really going here again? Even after what just-- Seriously?

I repeat -- it WOULD be. "21 And Over" is not a bad movie, but it's a tame and often unfunny one. Which isn't to say that's glaringly noticeable as "21" rants and raves its story of two high school pals attending different colleges -- frat-y Miller (Miles Teller) and book-y Casey ("Pitch Perfect's" Skylar Astin) -- who meet up for the 21st birthday of friend Jeff Chang (Justin Chon) that ends up a night of drunken nakedness and other such debauchery enough young white person privilege could conceivably get one into.

Say what you will about "The Hangover" and last year's "Hangover" director Todd Phillips-produced "Project X" -- they GO there, be it the manic mayhem of teenage apocalypse dreams of the latter or -- and to far greater success -- the still-excellent adventure of the morning after of the former. Or, know what, forget all that -- humor is completely subjective. Rarely is anything universally acknowledged as "funny". Will "21 And Over" please the audience it's going for? Eh. Probably. But it's nothing to blow up your phone. And looking over box office receipts, ain't no one going to return the favor.