First, I’d like
to say this: if anyone tells you you won’t enjoy Old School, they’re
lying—because I did, and I know you will too. The movie features Vince Vaughn
and Will Ferrell at their best, and the script isn’t flaky or weak. It’s just a
bogus attempt to feel real, an attempt I applaud. Maybe it is my age talking, and
someone born much later will find this movie offensive, but it was to me very
funny.
I guess there
are some things you’re better off leaving to memory. In your head, they remain
something you worship. Way back in 2003, I loved Old School. Watching it
again made me wonder what made me rate it so highly back then. The movie did
have the jokes, I enjoyed the script, and Will Ferrell was funny back then, but
it wasn’t as great a comedy as I remembered.
I’ll admit, I
must’ve been naïve back then to think this was one of the funniest movies I’d
seen Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, or Luke Wilson in. That said, the movie is
still good enough to be rated a 6/10. It has cool scenes and brings out the
best in the actors.
For me, Old
School is about how three men facing midlife crises handle their lives to
avoid self-destruction.
One of the men is Bernard (Vince Vaughn), who feels trapped in his marriage but
won’t do anything to jeopardize his family. Another is Frank (Will Ferrell),
who just got married and can’t believe how much he has to compromise to stay
married. The last is Mitch (Luke Wilson), who catches an early flight home to
surprise his live-in girlfriend—only to find her involved with other people
(emphasis on the “people”).
Mitch gets an
apartment near a campus, and Bernard decides to turn it into a den where the
guys can escape their lives and be free. The whole idea and partying catch the
attention of the campus dean, who happens to be an old acquaintance the trio
ridiculed in high school. He decides to make things difficult for them, forcing
them to turn their den into a fraternity. Now, they have to defend its
existence and keep its members happy and fulfilled.
The movie was a
box office success, making more than three times its production cost. It almost
had a sequel, but we were saved from seeing it when Will Ferrell and Vince
Vaughn declined to be in it. Here’s an old movie I can say I saw and liked.
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