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Moral Rating: | Extremely Offensive—Avoid |
Moviemaking Quality: |
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Primary Audience: | Adults |
Genre: | Comedy |
Length: | 1 hr. 36 min. |
Year of Release: | 2014 |
USA Release: |
May 9, 2014 (wide—3,200+ theaters) DVD: September 23, 2014 |
Why should followers of Christ avoid crude, vulgar language?
Ephesians 4:29 says to “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
What are the likely consequences of continual vulgar sexual talk, lewdness, profanity and low thoughts—compared to focusing on goodness and righteousness?
illegal drug use
Featuring |
Zac Efron … Teddy Sanders Rose Byrne … Kelly Radner Dave Franco … Pete Seth Rogen … Mac Radner Christopher Mintz-Plasse … Scoonie Jake Johnson … Halston Sage … Brooke Lisa Kudrow … Carol Gladstone See all » |
Director | Nicholas Stoller — “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “Yes Man,” “Get Him to the Greek” |
Producer |
Good Universe Point Grey Pictures See all » |
Distributor |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of ‘Neighbors,’ a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby. ‘Neighbors’ is directed by Nick Stoller (‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ ‘Get Him to the Greek’).”
Sequel: “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” (2016)
Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Extreme / Sex/Nudity: Extreme
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The movie mainly consists of the two playing practical jokes on each other, trying to get the other to give up and move out. The parents spend a lot of time trying to fit in and party with college kids, there’s lots of drinking and drugs and meanwhile the baby is practically forgotten. At one point the husband and wife decide to have her seduce one of the frat brothers to turn him against one of the other frat brothers. The wife then proceeds to get this college student so drunk, that the two of them literally start committing adultery in front of a bunch of wild and crazy college kids, and with her husband standing there cheering her on… I thought that was disgusting. I got up and left the theater after that…
There are so many lewd acts in this movie, I lost track, there’s even one that sinks low enough to include their innocent child… and I watched less than half the movie. Take my advice and stay away from this movie IMHO… It has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3