7.0
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
John Belushi
John 'Bluto' Blutarski
Karen Allen
Katy
Tom Hulce
Larry 'Pinto' Kroger
Stephen Furst
Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman
Mark Metcalf
Doug Neidermeyer
Mary Louise Weller
Mandy Pepperidge
Martha Smith
Barbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
John Vernon
Dean Vernon Wormer
James Daughton
Greg Marmalard
Kevin Bacon
Chip Diller
Tim Matheson
Eric 'Otter' Stratton
Verna Bloom
Marion Wormer
Cesare Danova
Mayor Carmine DePasto
Peter Riegert
Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein
James Widdoes
Robert Hoover
Bruce McGill
Daniel Simpson Day
DeWayne Jessie
Otis Day
Sarah Holcomb
Clorette DePasto
Lisa Baur
Shelly
Donald Sutherland
Dave Jennings
Douglas Kenney
Stork
Chris Miller
Hardbar
Bruce Bonnheim
B.B.
Joshua Daniel
Mothball
Sunny Johnson
Otter's Co-Ed
Stacy Grooman
Sissy
Eliza Roberts
Brunella
Aseneth Jurgenson
Beth
Katherine Denning
Noreen
Raymone Robinson
Mean Dude
Robert Elliott
Meaner Dude
Reginald Farmer
Meanest Dude
Jebidiah R. Dumas
Gigantic Dude
Priscilla Lauris
Dean's Secretary
Rick Eby
Omega
John Freeman
Man On Street
Sean McCartin
Lucky Boy
Helen Vick
Sorority Girl
Rick Greenough
Mongol
Stephen Bishop
Charming Guy with Guitar
John Landis
Cafeteria Dishwasher
Director
John Landis
Writer
Harold Ramis
Writer
Douglas Kenney
Writer
Chris Miller
January 22, 2024
2
**Dated and not very appealing to the current public.**
There are comedies that are well-made, elegant, interesting, and there are comedies that are of no interest and will only have some kind of additional appeal to those who saw them when they were young or at the time when they were successful. I think this film fits into the second group: everything takes place on a university campus where the rector tries, with the help of a group of students, to come up with a plan to extinguish a student republic famous for its large number of problems and the poor academic performance. Of course, the students of this republic fueled by beer and madness will find a way to respond in kind.
This is a film especially aimed at rebellious teenagers that came out at a time when being rebellious was fashionable. The world was in the aftermath of the Sexual Revolution and struggling with the first problems arising from drug and alcohol abuse that had spread at the beginning of the decade, but there were still those trying to keep this revolutionary flame burning. Today, almost fifty years later, with almost all of these actors experiencing the pain of old age, it is a film that is forgotten and seems completely distant from our current realities. A dated, aged film of no particular interest.
For me, the most positive and interesting point that this film had was the inspired and good-humored participation of Donald Sutherland, an actor who is currently a veteran and has a wealth of work and awards to present. Seeing him here seems strange, considering who he is today, but he seems to simply be having fun and enjoying the pleasure of doing what he loves most. I can't say that the rest of the actors did a bad job. I honestly think that they all did very well, within what was asked of them. They simply cannot perform miracles.