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Project X

Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown
Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh
Screenplay by: Matt Drake, and Michael Bacall

     Think this is the craziest, coolest party in the whole world?  Well, you might be right.
     When three friends are trying to plan a simple birthday party for their friend, not everything goes exactly according to plan.  First, a few more people show up than were called for.  The security team sucks, and a dude with a flame thrower burns down the neighborhood.  It's not a party; it's a complete riot.
     This film has absolutely no story at all.  All we see are the planning stages and execution of an insane party.  There's not much to it.
     The ridiculousness of the party only increases, and so does the intensity of it.  As more people show up, so does more alcohol and drugs.  This leads to more rowdy kids making more noise.  So now, the neighbors are getting annoyed and call the police.  And at first they do nothing to shut down the party going on in the backyard.  It goes from a party that I would want to attend to a party that I would want to do anything to stay away from.
      A word of advice to the guys reading this.  Don't take your girlfriends to this movie.  This is definitely a guys movie.  Most of the girls in the movie are depicted as being rather slutty, and there is a lot of nudity too.  It will probably give some people ideas for the next party they're going to host, or it will confirm why people like me  don't go to high school parties.
     There's not a whole lot I can say about this film other than it's flat out weird.  It feels kind of like we're watching a documentary about the party.  I would recommend either skipping this movie or waiting until it comes out on DVD instead of spending the money to see it in the theater.
      I give Project X a D+.

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