
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time.... (Full plot summary below)
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Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is vulgar, raunchy, ribald, and occasionally scatological. It is also the funniest comedy since Mel Brooks made "The Producers." |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Robert MartinRude, rough, tasteless, but often hilarious. |
| IGNR.L. ShafferMuch of the film's success is thanks to the delightfully enigmatic cast, and a sharp script that allows for the perfect balance of story and irreverent silliness. There's not a weak link in this cast. |
| EmpireColin KennedyFrom Elmer Bernstein's sweeping dramatic strings - perhaps the first counterpoint score in comedy - to the gleeful mixture of low-brow and lower-brow gags, Animal House is arguably the most influential comedy of our time. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldBelushi also controls a wicked array of conspiratorial expressions with the audience. His smoldering pouts, crazed gleams, elevating eyebrows and erotically-contended smiles generate gleeful rabble-rousing excitement. And he can seem irresistibly funny in repose or invest minor slapstick opportunities with a streak of genius. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenWhile the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinNational Lampoon's Animal House is by no means one long howl, but it's often very funny, with gags that are effective in a dependable, all-purpose way. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrWhile the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness. |
| TimeFrank RichAt its best it perfectly expresses the fears and loathings of kids who came of age in the late '60's; at its worst Animal House revels in abject silliness. The hilarious highs easily compensate for the puerile lows. |
| User ReviewcameronmorewoodThe cafeteria scene is perhaps the funniest sequence to ever be caught on film. |