Video Capsule Review

Old School (2003)

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Credits

Release Date: Feb 21, 2003; Rated: R; Video Release Date: Jun 10, 2003; Genre: Comedy; With: Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson; Distributor: DreamWorks

By Josh Wolk

Josh Wolk

Josh Wolk is a senior writer at EW and the author of ''Cabin Pressure: One Man's Desparate Attempt to Recapture His Youth as a Camp Counselor''

The raunchy tale of three grown men regressing to their fraternity days -- the unrated version is raunchy-plus, with bonus seconds of bare breasts -- is a well-worn homage to old-school ''SNL''-alum comedies (complete with a ''Stripes''-ish topless K-Y wrestling match and countless ''Animal House'' allusions), and cast with actors who rehash their most practiced personas (Vince Vaughn: smugly manipulative; Will Ferrell: earnestly blank-eyed). In theaters, the spotty outrageousness was never quite as funny as you'd hoped, but when seen at home on your couch, its familiarity makes ''Old School'' just as funny as it needs to be.

Posted Jun 10, 2003

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