Neighbors (2014)

Neighbors (2014)

Neighbors (released as Bad Neighbours outside North America) is a 2014 American comedy film, directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by Andrew Cohen and Brendan O'Brien. The film stars Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, with Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Released on May 9, 2014, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $270 million worldwide against an $18 million budget.

A sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, is scheduled to be released on May 20, 2016.

Storyline

Kelly and Mac are settling down in a quiet neighborhood with their newborn child, until the frat brothers move into the house next door. Teddy is the President, and Pete is his right hand man, and they're quick to accept friendship when Kelly and Mac introduce themselves as the neighbors. Night after night, Mac asks Teddy to lower the fraternity's noise, even accepting the invitation to the party one evening. When Teddy goes back on his word to keep the partying down, Mac calls the police to deal with the problem. The police quickly blame Mac for their presence, and the war begins. As the family feuds with the frat brothers, things get hilariously dangerous and the fraternity ends up on thin ice with their college. After receiving their final warning and being placed on probation, Mac and Kelly pull a prank so ingenious that Teddy and Pete are forced to respond. All hell breaks loose, from Robert DeNiro parties to Christopher Mintz-Plasse having sex in the bushes, this comedy shows

Plot

Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) are a young couple with a newborn daughter, Stella. The restrictions of parenthood make it difficult for them to maintain their old lifestyle, which alienates them from their friends Jimmy Blevins (Ike Barinholtz) and his ex-wife, Paula (Carla Gallo). One day, the couple finds out that Delta Psi Beta, a fraternity known for their outrageous parties, has moved into an adjacent house. The fraternity's leaders, Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) and Pete Regazolli (Dave Franco), aspire to join Delta Psi's Hall of Fame by throwing a massive end-of-the-year party.

One night, the couple ask Teddy to keep the noise down. Teddy agrees on the condition that Mac and Kelly always call him instead of calling the police. To earn Mac and Kelly's favor, Teddy invites them to join the party, which the couple agree to. At the party, Kelly meets Teddy's girlfriend, Brooke Shy (Halston Sage), and Teddy shows Mac his bedroom, which includes a stash of fireworks and a breaker box that controls their power.

The following night, Mac is unable to get in touch with Teddy to ask him to keep it down. Kelly convinces Mac to call the police and report the party as an anonymous person, but Officer Watkins (Hannibal Buress) identifies them to Teddy. The following day, Delta Psi constantly hazes Mac and Kelly, resulting in Stella nearly eating an unused condom after garbage from their party trash is dumped all over their lawn. The couple goes to the college dean, Carol Gladstone (Lisa Kudrow), and learn that the school has a three strikes policy before they intervene with punishment; burning down their old house was Delta Psi's first strike.

After failing to force the fraternity to move by damaging their house, Kelly manipulates Pete and Brooke into having sex and Mac gets Teddy to catch them. Teddy and Pete fight, which ends with a barbecue grill being rolled into the path of a passing car and injuring a professor, giving Delta Psi their second strike and placing the fraternity on probation for the remainder of the year, effectively ending their party plans. To acquire evidence of Delta Psi's hazing, Kelly and Mac hire a pledge nicknamed Assjuice (Craig Roberts) to stand up to Teddy to record him threatening retaliation. When Teddy instead shows him kindness, he reveals that Mac and Kelly hired him and also damaged their house. Teddy begins playing violent pranks on the couple.

Mac and Kelly send Teddy a counterfeit letter from Gladstone enabling them to have parties again, and Teddy begins planning their end-of-the-year bash. Once the party is in full swing, the Radners call Watkins to complain about the noise. Teddy discovers the random strangers sent by Mac, Kelly and Jimmy. After finding a flyer about the party and determining the letter is counterfeit, he stops the party just as Watkins arrives. Jimmy throws himself from the balcony to distract Teddy, allowing Mac and Kelly to sneak into Teddy's bedroom and restart the party using the breaker box. Teddy catches them and fights Mac, while Kelly lights one of the fireworks and shoots it at Watkins's patrol car. Teddy takes the blame for the party and convinces Pete to take the others and flee. Gladstone shuts the house down and Mac and Kelly return home, adjusting to their new lives.

Four months later, Mac is at an outdoor shopping mall when he runs into Teddy, who is working as a shirtless greeter at Abercrombie & Fitch. The two greet each other warmly and Teddy tells Mac that he is attending night classes to complete his degree. Mac takes off his shirt and jokingly acts as a greeter with Teddy.

Mac and Kelly later take pictures of Stella dressed in various costumes for a calendar. They get a call from Jimmy and Paula, who are attending Burning Man and invite the couple to come, including Stella. Mac and Kelly decline, accepting their new roles as parents.

Cast

• Seth Rogen as Mac Radner
• Zac Efron as Teddy Sanders, Mac and Kelly's new neighbor and the president of Delta Psi
• Rose Byrne as Kelly Radner, Mac's wife
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Scoonie, a close friend of Teddy and Pete and a member of Delta Psi
• Dave Franco as Pete Regazolli, Teddy's best friend and the vice-president of Delta Psi
• Ike Barinholtz as Jimmy Blevins, Mac and Kelly's close friend
• Carla Gallo as Paula Faldt, Jimmy's wife
• Craig Roberts as Gerry, Assjuice
• Jerrod Carmichael as Garf, a close friend of Teddy and Pete and a member of Delta Psi
• Lisa Kudrow as Dean Carol Gladstone
• Hannibal Buress as Officer Watkins
• Halston Sage as Brooke Shy
• Ali Cobrin as Whitney
• Jason Mantzoukas as Dr. Theodorakis
• Elise and Zoey Vargas as Stella Radner, Mac and Kelly's recently born daughter
• Brian Huskey as Bill Wazowkowski, Mac's boss

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck, Keith Cashin, and Jake Johnson all have cameo appearances as past Delta Psi members.

User Review

I was laughing right away I'm from, it reminded me of the town where my sister was living in in in Massachusetts Its a college town...one of my older sisters who has a family with kid is living next door to these college folks. crazy activity out there just try to raise a family living next-door to the partiers but not wanting to move due to the landlord wanting to convert the, building into another off campus housing. I was acting as resident manager thought it was mad funny related to this movie thought I should pass out condoms to he young students, they felt I wasn't much older to tell them what to do! but I was anyways... they needed guidance! I got tripped out by this movie & thought Zac Efrons character, was acting like me! so I figured the guy next-door just carried on after I left though were not much older there has to be a leader&also my sister who is older needed to know that people our age are not gonna give up the party without a fight sports fun& fraternizing with the neighbors! the was hells funny a laugh all the way through... even the character Dave Franco played looked like a neighbor. he loves the bruins& drives a Saabb! that somebody painted Courtney loves me nothing to do with it! maybe Zac Efron has been on my friends list too long? either way Im working on a baseball movie I would like Zac Efron to act as a baseball player who he looks a lot alike. real MLB SF Giants. you should watch this movie if you like stoner comedies with heart! its raunchy but hilarious for a mature audience...