
A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university, eager to delve into the college party life, discovers instead that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl of his dreams (a gorgeous but reluctant sorority girl), he decides to adopt a gay identity in order to insinuate himself in her life. This casual charade, however, quickly lands him in a morass of campus activism, gender warfare, f... (Full plot summary below)
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A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university, eager to delve into the college party life, discovers instead that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl of his dreams (a gorgeous but reluctant sorority girl), he decides to adopt a gay identity in order to insinuate himself in her life. This casual charade, however, quickly lands him in a morass of campus activism, gender warfare, fraternity hazes, sorority torture, "coming out" narratives, political martyrdom, and ultimately a university-wide meltdown.
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| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressI was honored and privileged to say that I saw a film at Sundance that actually captured the fun of pretending to be gay to win a sorority sister. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderThe film's abundant humor and sharp tongue give way to watery romantic-comedy conventions in the end. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfWriter/director Ryan Shiraki certainly adds some youthful exuberance to his debut feature film, but it's all wasted on a tremendously misguided and exhaustively dim screenplay |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanBlessedly shrewd where it counts and deserves notice. The lessons develop naturally and aren't jammed down the viewer's throat like the hypocritical sermonizing in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. |
| L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. ThompsonThere are other things to like about writer-director Ryan Shiraki's college comedy, mainly that it feels more real than most... Just one problem: It isn't particularly funny. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOn one level, a stereotypical mash of Greek cruelty, queer poetry slams and rabid activist rhetoric. But beneath the tired crudeness and college-romp clichés, the movie is gently perceptive about the malleable nature of sexuality and the barriers we construct to hide our confusion. |
| New York PostLou LumenickCrude and cheerfully sophomoric teen sex comedy. |
| Reel.comTimothy KnightFreshman Orientation barely rates a passing grade. |
| DallasBlack.comKam WilliamsA genderbending teensploit turning on a clever twist of the genre's trademark theme. For while most makeover movies feature a female making herself more attractive, this flick has a male deliberately doing the opposite. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFreshman Orientation is not incompetently made. Nor is it badly acted. But there’s not a fresh idea in it, and everyone on screen seems to be in a different comedy. |