The greatest movie ever!

Charming and brutal

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Gun to my head, I don't think I can come up with a better frat movie than "Animal House"; at least none that hold up so well today. It's bledssed with a cast brimming with future stars, John Vernon in one of his best roles, and John Belushi's devilish mugging for the camera.The script doesn't pull any of its punches, even in its anarchic finale. The humor's as low-brow as it gets, wonderfully depraved, and it's just one laugh after another. I love this movie.8/10 Speaking of Belushi, he comes perilously close to stealing the whole thing; even with Tim Matheson and Peter Riegert in the mix.

This movie is probably my favorite film that has ever hit a single screen. The move takes place in the 60s and shows you what college would of been like, and if you were part of the Delta Frat house then you were probably having the best time of your life. Delta is the craziest ferturnity on the campus at Faber College, members of the college even the Dean is trying to do everything in their power to get Delta off campus but they find out after its all said and done that you don't mess with crazy college kids that are just trying to party and have a good time. Throughout the whole movie there is a good variety of music that is played, contains classic love and party songs. Before I watched this movie I was not interested in college one bit but now there is no doubt I will be like John Belushi.

Warning - if you have seen a TV broadcast of this film, chances are you have had many of the best scenes censored.As if the physical comedy isn't hilarious enough, this is by far the greatest ever interpretation of the childish, immature and ridiculous mentality and culture that was college fraternities. Some of this nonsense still remains but obviously this over the top romp defined the strange era and culture of the 60s. This film is merely about two young new college students who pledge a rowdy fraternity and, after a multitude of excess, decide to take revenge on the snooty wealthy fraternity and the university administration that wants to get rid of them.As the top review here states, this movie is often imitated and borrowed from but is never ever close to the original. This is because the talent level is so strong, the lines are general witty and the originality of being first stands out. It's fresh. For those who didn't like it, I doubt they'd like any movie of similar, childish and ridiculous nature. But the topic is what it is. So be forewarned that the language, lewdness and immaturity is what this movie is about. And if you have no patience for it, don't bother watching. It's not a documentary. You're not going to learn anything about history except peer a little into what life was like back then taken to some extremes, although less in some instances than you'd believe.Lines like "Assume the position" and "Thank you sir may I have another" are just two of numerous quotes that have become commonplace in contemporary American speech. Don't believe me? Search Google and you'll see many people ask the origin of these lines. It's a fun romp. Enjoy it for what it is. Oh... and the music is fantastic if you love the 60s...

I have no critiques about the story-telling techniques. The acting is realistic, angles are comfortable and fluent, music is light and uplifting, but some values preached by this film is serious unacceptable to the society.First of all, let's look at all the characters that prevail in this movie: the infamous fraternity Delta, in which of course there are no African Americans, Asians, homosexual members or others. So clearly diversity is not a theme of the film.What kind of people thrive in Delta? Low-graders, drunkards, trouble-makers, people who indulge themselves in excessive sex life and endless partying and a brotherhood that is based on breaking the law and causing extreme discomfort to everyone around them. And of course the handsome-looking chef of a prominent fraternity makes a farce out of himself by believing a vicious girl's lie and is convinced that his girlfriend is stolen from one of the Delta members, and his girlfriend miraculously fall for the retard Delta member. And the good-looking uniformed officer gets himself knocked down from a horse, and his horse dies of a heart attack.In this film, doing things without thinking about consequences is bravery, alcohol overdose and obscene sex fantasy are the beauty of youth, trespassing the rules of society equals to thinking outside the box and breaking the status quo, and the high-achievers are the ones to be defeated, the losers are the ones with glare of heroes. I respect freedom of speech, I really do, but I still think the director needs to kneel to the ground and apologize to whoever come to believe any core values expressed by this film after watching it. However, I am forced to comment on the comedy elements of this film. Many classic lines from this film will always resonate in my brain during my college life. If the crew didn't try to use film as a tool to justify their twisted values, this film might have a really high rating.