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Animal House
MCA/Universal Pictures

Animal House reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 82 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.3 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R

Starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, and Donald Sutherland

In 1962, the dean of Faber College plans to rid his campus of the delinquent Delta House fraternity.


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Harold Ramis
Douglas Kenney
Chris Miller
 
DIRECTED BY: John Landis  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 24, 1998 
Theatrical: July 28, 1978 
RUNNING TIME: 109 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

Also known as National Lampoon's Animal House. Won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Non-Musical Motion Picture.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie is vulgar, raunchy, ribald, and occasionally scatological. It is also the funniest comedy since Mel Brooks made "The Producers."
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88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Robert Martin
Animal House is the sort of film you hate yourself for laughing at. It is so gross and tasteless you feel you should be disgusted but it's hard to be offended by something that is so sidesplittingly funny. [05 Aug 1978]
88
TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
Rude, rough, tasteless, but often hilarious.
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80
Variety Staff (Not Credited)
Steady readers of the National Lampoon may find National Lampoon's Animal House a somewhat soft-pedalled, punches-pulled parody of college campus life circa 1962. However, there's enough bite and bawdiness to provide lots of smiles and several broad guffaws.
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80
The New York Times Janet Maslin
National Lampoon's Animal House is by no means one long howl, but it's often very funny, with gags that are effective in a dependable, all-purpose way.
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70
Time Frank Rich
At its best it perfectly expresses the fears and loathings of kids who came of age in the late '60's; at its worst Animal House revels in abject silliness. The hilarious highs easily compensate for the puerile lows.
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70
Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
While the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Charlie S. gave it a10:
This is the funniest movie EVER, period.

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