alindsay-al
I had heard terrible things about this film and boy do I agree with them and I wish I had not bothered with this piece of garbage that is 21 & over. This film sees 3 high school buddies celebrating one of theirs 21st birthday the night before an important interview for him, the night goes crazy and it becomes a trip to get him home. Now the acting in this film is pretty terrible with 99% of the performances being terrible but clearly the one good actor in this film tries his best. Miles Teller the future Mr Fantastic is in this film and he tries his best with an awful script and he is easily the best part of the film and the only funny part. The problem with the story is that this film is seemingly just attempting funny scenes without the story being looked at all and it really hurts this film. The script as I said earlier is terrible with the dialogue being shocking and the situations being utterly absurd. The style is okay with the college thing being cool and I like the style of these films, however, it is so typical these days that you can't give much credit to it. Overall this film is shocking and not worth the 90 mins that you will spend watching it.
bowmanblue
'21 and Over' is about two lads who decide to take their friend out for a drink the night before he's due to attend a highly-important job interview. Naturally, things don't go as planned.But then that's the first problem - believability. I doubt anyone would actually agree to go out drinking with people who have a proved history of getting into trouble. Then there are the two 'lads' themselves - one of them is likable enough, whereas the other is a complete ******. He's one of the most unlikable characters you'll ever find... and we're expected to root and care about him for the duration of the film.Then there's the story itself. It tries to be outrageous, but comes across as just dull. There aren't that many 'laugh out loud' moments and there's a pointless love story woven into the plot.People are naturally likening it to an adolescent version of 'The Hangover' or 'American Pie.' However, despite being about going out and getting drunk, this is nothing like the (far superior) Hangover or as happy-go-lucky and enjoyable as American Pie. In 21 and Over there just isn't the same sense of tension. The three boys are 'stranded' in a busy town centre with working mobile phones - hardly the middle of the desert and any trouble they encounter is largely of their own making.Just stick to the Hangover or Pie if you want your fix of teen shenanigans or drinking troubles.
enigma-947-339467
Like other reviewers have said, this is just another shock comedy, like The Hangover, except that it's even more crude and sophomoric, and isn't really funny. It's a bad Hangover knock-off. Not sure how I made it to the end.I guess if you're a teen or twenty something, enjoy this type of trash in general, or, if you're not sick to death of seeing the male reproductive organ made to be a big joke like so many other R-Rated movies recently, then you'll feel right at home with this movie.They should have just called this movie, "21 & Over, and our dicks".I should add that if you like hearing the F-bomb dropped over and over and over again for no good reason, then see this movie. I swear, when it's needed, not every other word like one of the main characters in this movie.Personally, I'm sick to death of gratuitous penis jokes, penis comedy, making the penis "A" joke, instead of what it's really used for, you know, to create life. The vagina is "hands off" to the movie industry, but man, the penis has never been more popular, but in a bad way.Hey Hollywood, it's time to put it back in your pants.
Tss5078
21 & Over is the directorial debut from the writers of the Hangover trilogy, and it could have easily been called The Hangover Jr. It's Jeff Chang's 21st birthday and his High School friends show up to take him out. With a big interview in the morning, the boys are planning on taking it easy, but things don't quite turn out that way. I was expecting this film to be yet another chance to exploit the magic of the first Hangover film, but surprisingly it does not. The story has many similarities, but also a uniqueness about it. 21 & Over does manage to capture that amazing chemistry and magic that made the Hangover legendary. The whole time I was watching this film, I couldn't help but think, why didn't they put this kind of thought into the Hangover sequels? Don't get me wrong, I liked the sequels, but neither one of this is as good as this film was. Justin Chon, unfortunately only known from the Twilight series, stars in a role that was seemingly made for him. This guy was so freaking funny, that I had to be careful not to wet my pants, almost every time he opened his mouth. The other stand out is Project X's Miles Teller, and while he's much better looking than Alan, he does manage to capture that lovable extreme weirdness that Zack Galifinakis had. It's easy to look at 21 & Over and say it's going to be just like the Hangover, and you wouldn't be wrong. Parts of the film are eerily similar, but the youth factor and college atmosphere does give the film a life of it's own and trust me when I tell you, it was absolutely hysterical.