A Good Old Fashioned Orgy - Movie review

Cast: Jason Sudeikis ,Leslie Bibb , Lake Bell, Nick Kroll

Director:Alex Gregory

Rating: 4/5

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. Every summer weekend, Eric and his 30-something friends get away from their hectic/boring New York City schedule and move out of city to visit Eric's dad native place as an outing for their relaxation. 

Here they like to explore short period with full fun and hard party times. Eric and his father plans to do few diffrent and special things  for their last hoorah over Labor Day weekend. He feels there is no alternative to an orgy on this occasion ? Alex Gregory andPeter Huyck, first-time directors and feature film writers (they’ve both been nominated for five primetime Emmy’s) manage to take the antiquated concept and give it comedic roots while staying true to the idea of friendship.

The main character is Eric, played by Jason Sudeikis, but what I enjoyed was how it felt more just like an ensemble. No one character outshines the others, each has their own storyline and they all flow very well together. Jason Sudeikis has been working his way up to a lead role and he carries this film with ease and superb timing. His last two major roles in Hall Pass and Horrible Bossesreally highlighted his charm and wit, and here it’s no different. Tyler Labine (in the current Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming Tucker and Dale VS Evil) is well cast as a (perhaps) dim-witted yet thoughtful Mike who plans the party with Eric. Other notable cast members include some of my favorites:Martin Starr (NBC’s Freaks & Geeks, Showtime’s Party Down), Will Forte (MacGruber, SNL) andLucy Punch (Bad Teacher).

The one character I couldn’t quite warm up to was Kelly, played by Leslie Bibb (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). I loved her in Talladega, but in this, she really came off terribly. At first I thought it was her, but the more I think about it, it was that I didn’t like her character at all. I think the writers were trying to make their relationship progressive, but it really didn’t work for me. I felt like the other characters had a better story arc then Eric and Kelly.

The film is funny, entertaining and has some definite R-Rated scenes. It’s never boring and all the subplots carry any slowness to keep it going. I very much enjoyed it but I can see how audiences would be split on it because of their level of perceived believability.

Author: Shaan