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Movie Review: Neighbors

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron in Neighbors
Neighbors © Universal Pictures

For a raunchy comedy involving frat guys, Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors is surprisingly deep. It has all the typical genre ingredients like sex, drugs, and genital humor, but there’s a smarter story beneath its beer-chugging, bong-ripping surface. That’s because the film actually taps into a universal human problem: growing up. To call it a coming-of-age movie though would cheapen its wit, since the fraternity brothers aren’t the only ones who learn responsibility. Neighbors proves that even adults still have room to grow, especially once they become parents.

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Evan Crean

Hello! My name is Evan Crean. By day I work for a marketing agency, but by night, I’m a film critic based in Boston, MA. Since 2009, I have written hundreds of movie reviews and celebrity interviews for Starpulse.com. I have also contributed pieces to NewEnglandFilm.com and to The Independent, as a writer and editor. I maintain an active Letterboxd account too. In addition to publishing short form work, I am a co-author of the book Your ’80s Movie Guide to Better Living, which is available on CreateSpace and Amazon. The book is the first in a series of lighthearted self-help books for film fans, which distills advice from ’80s movies on how to tackle many of life’s challenges. On top of writing, I co-host and edit the weekly film podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre with two other Boston film critics. I’m a founding member and the current treasurer for the Boston Online Film Critics Association as well. This site, Reel Recon.com, is a one-stop-shop where you can find links to all of my past and present work. Have any questions or comments after checking it out? Please feel free to email me (Evan Crean) at: ecrean AT reelrecon DOT COM .

3 thoughts on “Movie Review: Neighbors

  • I had a good time with this. Not something that really stuck with me, but while I was watching I enjoyed it.

  • Sounds like a lot of fun. I’m not an Efron fan but by the sounds of things he’s quite good in this.

    • I don’t normally like Efron either Dan, but yeah he is quite good. I’d like to see him try more comedy. Thanks for reading!

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