The document provides a review and plot summary of the upcoming film "Neighbors", directed by Nicholas Stoller. The film stars Seth Rogen and Zack Efron and tells the story of a family who moves next to a fraternity house led by Efron's character. They initially get along but soon a prank war escalates between the two after the family is kept awake by loud parties. The reviewer criticizes the film for having a thin plot and one-dimensional characters whose actions become unrealistic as the pranks get more ridiculous. The script is also called out for relying too heavily on raunchy humor and slapstick gags over substance.

1. Neighbors Movie Review!
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According to a review written by Bill
Wine, the upcoming film Neighbors by
director Nicholas Stoller (of Get Him to
the Greek and Fun with Dick and
Jane), starring Seth Rogen and Zack
Efron, is just a little too similar to the
fraternity parties. The film seems as
though it could truly be an enduring
success—it’s loud, energetic, chaotic
and, most importantly, though it might
in actuality be a lot less fun than it
sounds.!
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Neighbors Movie Plot!
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The plot of Neighbors is rather simple: the film sets up a revenge scenario that continually
escalates until it goes beyond control. Battle commences between Teddy Sanders—played by
Zac Efron as the president of the Delta Psy Kappa fraternity, and a local family, the Radnors
who are played by Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne. The Radnors are the quiet family next door just
settling into the suburbs to raise their first child. The Radnors introduce themselves and
establish a disclaimer that their own party days are not so far in the past; they assure Sanders
they will not begrudge him his good time.!
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Neighbors Movie Tone!
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Their tone changes at the first all night party that results in no sleep for them or their infant. The
cops are called and war quickly starts and escalates steadily forward. From there, battles
continually erupt; no prank is too cruel or crude.!
While Wine says that a paper-thin plot is to be expected in this genre, that doesn’t mean the
characters must be as well. The actions and measures taken by the characters in the
increasingly ridiculous pranks leads the film to feel as if the characters are in some form of an
alternative universe, where characters serve to nothing other than fulfill tropes and generic
movie roles instead of portraying three dimensional, relatable human beings.!
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Neighbors Movie Script!
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The script, constructed by Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, is also an issue for Wine,
who declares it definitively raunchy, relying far too much on slapstick humor and gross-out gags
to be considered a feature. While these components may succeed in the likes of The Three
Stooges and Tom and Jerry, it isn’t fit the bill for a Hollywood Blockbuster. Instead, Wine
believes it will be most suited as background noise, residing on the television screens at
fraternity parties in a cruel sense of irony and sense of disappointment.