Rotten
While the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Animal House
It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!
1978 · 1h 49m · R
Comedy
Directed by
John Landis
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Animal House
Overview
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Director and cast
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90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Lampoon people understand the darkest secret of an American college education: one of the noblest reasons to go is to spend four years studying sex.
Frank Rich, TIME Magazine
Fresh
There's enough bite and bawdiness to provide lots of smiles and several broad guffaws.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
National Lampoon's Animal House is by no means one long howl, but it's often very funny, with gags that are effective in a dependable, all-purpose way.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
The movie is vulgar, raunchy, ribald, and occasionally scatological. It is also the funniest comedy since Mel Brooks made The Producers.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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