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Freshman Orientation

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Freshman Orientation reviews
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4.7 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 9 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Ryan Shiraki

Directed by: Ryan Shiraki

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 31, 2007

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use

Starring Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo, John Goodman, and Rachel Dratch

A typical Midwestern 18-year-old freshman at a large state university, who is eager to delve into the college party life, instead discovers that school is not the beer-driven sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl of his dreams (a gorgeous but reluctant sorority girl), he decides to adopt a gay identity in order to insinuate himself in her life. This casual charade, however, quickly lands him in a morass of campus activism, gender warfare, fraternity hazes, sorority torture, "coming out" narratives, political martyrdom, and ultimately, a university-wide meltdown. (Regent Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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63

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Feels a bit like a missed opportunity. It's too bad the motion picture as a whole isn't as quirky and clever as its double-edged title.

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60

Variety Robert Koehler

With intermittently amusing glee, writer-director Ryan Shiraki's tyro film, Freshman Orientation, frolics through the political minefields of a typical college campus.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Crude and cheerfully sophomoric teen sex comedy.

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50

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

On one level, a stereotypical mash of Greek cruelty, queer poetry slams and rabid activist rhetoric. But beneath the tired crudeness and college-romp clichés, the movie is gently perceptive about the malleable nature of sexuality and the barriers we construct to hide our confusion.

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50

LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson

It isn’t particularly funny. Mocking lesbians for bad bongo-beating poetry, for instance, just ain’t fresh, interesting or even especially offensive.

50

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

An uneven coming-of-age comedy.

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38

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Freshman Orientation is not incompetently made. Nor is it badly acted. But there’s not a fresh idea in it, and everyone on screen seems to be in a different comedy.

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30

Chicago Reader Joshua Katzman

This schizoid college comedy veers between gross-out humor and earnest coming-of-age drama.

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25

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

First-time writer-director Ryan Shiraki's crude, gross comedy of campus sexual errors might push boundaries better were it not so painfully unfunny.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Frank P. gave it a9:
I thought it was really funny. Smart satire of teen movies.

Jim G. gave it a3:
Completely predictable, unoriginal, uninspired yawn meant to premised on the myth that straight white guys are the only "real" men or redeemable souls in this universe.

Daniel gave it a1:
I can't believe I went to see this piece of crap!

Jared C. gave it a6:
I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it.

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