A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
What makes Bad Neighbours particularly winning is that it's naughty and nice in near equal measure. This is a film that delivers all the big bad laughs you'd expect but it's sprinkled with surprising sweetness.
A few big laughs but weakly drawn characters mean a film that is enjoyable enough in the moment but then quickly forgotten.
It’s a fun idea and there are several laugh-out-loud-moments, most early on before neighbourly relations disintegrate into outright warfare.
What makes Bad Neighbours so enjoyable in spite of its bottom-feeding instincts and contradictions is its cheerfulness. Even at its grimmest, the film retains a sunny disposition.
Much like a college education wasted in favour of partying, it's fun while it lasts but gives you nothing at all to think about.
It is silly and mindless, sloppy and hysterical. Ridiculous fun in parts but don’t expect it to linger long in the memory.
In its current state, Neighbors is filthy, nasty and a bit too sloppy. But it'll scrub up lovely.
A recurrent slapstick sight gag about stolen airbags would be funnier if all of its punchlines hadn't already been blown by the trailer.
A heated, hysterical battle between Apatow smarts and Animal House smirks. Subtlety takes a hazing, but humour emerges with honours.
Heart and laughs in the right place.
As you might expect, the neighbourhood wars spiral preposterously, but the result is often funnier than it needs to be.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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