Neighbors

Name: Neighbors
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 9, 2014
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron

2014

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Movie Details & Credits

Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 9, 2014

Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron

Summary: A young couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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TheWrap - Inkoo Kang

May 8, 2014

What makes Neighbors exceptional, rather than merely great, is its successful attempt to reinvent the studio comedy. Read full review

Tampa Bay Times - Steve Persall

May 8, 2014

There's a subtle wisdom to this screenplay that complements its exceedingly bad taste, small lessons among the laughs. Read full review

Film.com - Jordan Hoffman

May 6, 2014

You’ll laugh if you’re young, you’ll laugh if you’re old. Read full review

Miami Herald - Rene Rodriguez

May 8, 2014

Efron makes you believe he’s capable of anything. Neighbors is rude, brazen and merrily offensive, and the movie mines the homoerotic undertones of fraternities to fine (if lowbrow) comic effect. But Efron, of all people, gives the film a curious edge. Read full review

The Dissolve - Genevieve Koski

May 6, 2014

While it’s occasionally distasteful, it’s an engaging hangout film from beginning to end, thanks to its game performances and smart direction. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service - Roger Moore

May 7, 2014

The fun is supposed to build from the elaborate plots the marrieds and the bros engage in to foil each other. Only, it doesn’t. Read full review

New York Daily News - Joe Neumaier

May 8, 2014

Neighbors stakes its claim in suburban-property cliches. Given the dull, stale results, maybe the end of the world was a better fit. Read full review

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Cilligan

May 11, 2014

Great laugh-out-loud comedy. Laughs all the way through. All of the cast are stellar. Rogen and Efron have great chemistry and the supporting cast of Dave Franco, Rose Byrne and newcomer Jerrod Carmichael really impress and help to offer more great laughs. 10/10

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niganate

May 31, 2014

My **** seth and zac definitely repped themselves well in this film! I was in a frat myself and this definitely reflected what i felt in my last year of frat!

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Mab_987

May 18, 2014

I'll admit right off the bat that the comedy isn't the best aspect of this movie. I was laughing consistently throughout but not much was absolutely hilarious. That being said, what really makes Neighbors work in my opinion is 1) the acting, which was all very well-done (including from ZacI'll admit right off the bat that the comedy isn't the best aspect of this movie. I was laughing consistently throughout but not much was absolutely hilarious. That being said, what really makes Neighbors work in my opinion is 1) the acting, which was all very well-done (including from Zac Efron) & had good comedic timing to it, 2) the story, which was engaging all the way through & made the wise choice to stay fairly short length-wise, and 3) the characters, who are all as likeable or unlikeable as the movie wants us to be at any given time, and both main characters go through a good amount of growth, solidified by an interesting ending moral. Overall definitely worth your time, as long as you lower your expectations a little in he laugh department to focus on other elements.

(For a long, more in-depth review, look up "Spin It Reviews" on YouTube. I'd appreciate it.)… Expand

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DuckNation

May 12, 2014

Neighbors is for sure a raunchy laugh out loud comedy, Its 90 minutes of crude humor but somewhere behind all the pot smoke the movies actually has a heart. Nicholas Stoller has made some decent films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Five-Year Engagement but Neighbors is his best movieNeighbors is for sure a raunchy laugh out loud comedy, Its 90 minutes of crude humor but somewhere behind all the pot smoke the movies actually has a heart. Nicholas Stoller has made some decent films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Five-Year Engagement but Neighbors is his best movie to date. There are a few extremely funny gags running throughout the film with your typical frat humor in between. The part that was a shock to me is that some scenes were lighthearted i guess its such a shock to me because you really never see that it this type of comedy. The cast is solid Seth Rogen is Seth Rogen i guess some would consider that a bad thing but i on the other hand do not. Zac Efron did a solid performance and i know for being an old Disney actor people seem to write him off but the guy can act also him and Dave Franco were an hilarious duo i wouldn't mind them two being in another movie together. Rose Byrne really caught me off guard with how funny she is i wasn't expecting to be laughing so hard with scenes where she is the focal point.

Overall i give it a 7.5 Neighbors kicks off the summer comedy slate with a bang, its for sure the most i laughed at the theaters this year so far, well actually im not so sure about that because The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was hilariously bad anyways Neighbors is well worth a watch.… Expand

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JOSHDILISI

Jun 2, 2014

Neighbors is a funny movie if you're a Seth Rogen fan, because most of his movies are based around his humor. Although, i'm not the biggest fan of Seth Rogan, the movie had its moments and i'll give it that. But it's not a movie i think i would be excited to watch again is all.

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adhamhany

Aug 31, 2014

This is way overrated. The sex jokes have been done countless times before. The plot is stupid. The acting is mostly bad. The only things that i enjoyed were the fight in the end, and - surprisingly - Zac Efron (it was good seeing him shed the Disney-kid persona and try something different).This is way overrated. The sex jokes have been done countless times before. The plot is stupid. The acting is mostly bad. The only things that i enjoyed were the fight in the end, and - surprisingly - Zac Efron (it was good seeing him shed the Disney-kid persona and try something different).

This Is The End was a very good movie that made me enthusiastic for Seth Rogen again. It was one of the reasons that made me check this one out. Unfortunately, I find myself greatly disappointed.… Expand

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inopinatus

May 10, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A parade of seen-it-before gross-out situations and dick jokes that are way, way too impressed with themselves. Mundane.… Expand

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