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May 19, 2016 · Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) Rated R for crude sexual content including brief graphic nudity, language throughout, drug use and teen partying. 91 minutes
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising may not be strictly necessary, but it still wrings a surprising amount of humor from a recycled premise with a distaff twist. Read Critics Reviews
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- Nicholas Stoller
- R
- Seth Rogen
With Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz. When their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity that lived there before, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down.
- (131K)
- Comedy
- Nicholas Stoller
- 2016-05-20
NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING opens a couple of years after the original, with Mac and Kelly Radner finding out they're expecting baby number two and putting their house on the market. All they have to do is wait out the 30-day escrow for the new owners to close.
- Nicholas Stoller
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Universal Pictures
- Get him to the Greek system.
- Verdict
By Terri Schwartz
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:08 pm
Posted: May 4, 2016 10:30 am
If Neighbors was looking to join the ranks of great frat-house comedies, then Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising aims to twist the film sub-genre on its head. The new comedy, again directed by Nick Stoller, both is funnier than its predecessor and offers a significant amount more depth in what it's aiming to do.
Neighbors 2 (Bad Neighbors 2 outside the US) picks up with Mac Radner (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) several years after the events of Neighbors, with the couple and their young daughter Stella ready to move out of their own home into a bigger place where they can expand their family.
Their plans hit a snag when they realize they can't sell their home until it makes it through escrow. (An ongoing and hilarious gag throughout the film is their lack of understanding what "escrow" is.) They just need to make it through 30 days without the buyers backing out -- which of course quickly proves to be more difficult than it seems.
Neighbors 2 takes what worked about the first film and turns it on its head, keeping the DNA that worked in Neighbors and adding in some timely social commentary and a healthy dash of self-awareness. What results is a comedy that's even better than its predecessor.
Neighbors 2 succeeds by being both funny in every scene and by recognizing both the comedic and dramatic value of a burgeoning new wave of young feminists... Full Review | Jan 6, 2021
May 4, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’. Zac Efron's faded fratboy lends unexpected poignancy to this raucous, unexpectedly of-the-moment comedy sequel. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of...
