Bad Neighbours 2
Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron and director Nicholas Stoller return in this sequel to the hilarious 2014 original. Here, the Radners have new neighbours - a sorority sisterhood of hyped up, drug taking, party-throwing college girls (led by Chloë Grace Moretz).
Now that Mac (Rogen) and Kelly (Byrne) have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they'd reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, the new sorority move in. To get rid of them, they enlist their besties (Ike Barinholtz and Carla Gallo) and the only person they know who may able to relate to young people: Teddy (Efron).
- Director:
- Nicholas Stoller ('Bad Neighbours', 'The Five-Year Engagement', 'Get Him to the Greek', 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall')
- Writer:
- Andrew Jay CohenEvan GoldbergBrendan O'BrienSeth RogenNicholas Stoller
- Cast:
- Seth RogenZac EfronRose ByrneDave FrancoChloë Grace MoretzSelena GomezLisa KudrowIke BarinholtzCarla Gallo
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksIn 2014’s surprisingly side-splitting Bad Neighbours, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne found parenthood at odds with the lifestyle of the frat house next door. Since then, a generation gap has emerged, one which even sees the couple’s former nemesis Zac Efron considered one of the ‘old people’ by the young sorority setting up shop on the property he once lorded over. That’s something that speaks to the swift cycles of college turnover, and allows the sequel to focus on the rights of young women to party hard - but safe from awful dudes.
Pretty funny for a sequel
I haven't seen Bad Neighbours, so wasn't expecting much. Turns out it was pretty good for a no brains required evening of laughs. Having seen #2, I even recorded Bad Neighbours when it played on TV recently. Zac is easy on the eye. Sorry, sexist I now. Watch it for a few laughs.
Awkward Funny 2
Bad Neighbours 2 So not the best film ever, but not the worst either. Kinda of like ’This is the End’, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’, ‘The House Bunny’, and ‘Frat House’. So funny in parts, but just no that funny, more awkward funny. Has the hot chikc form 'Kick Ass’ and the old guy from ‘Green Hornet’, plus an old Zac Efron. Ha ha. Genre : Comedy 2/5 : Sorry but...
Variety
pressHas a knowingly conflicted engagement with millennial-generation feminism that freshens its outlook even as it unevenly rejigs many of its predecessor's gags.
Total Film
pressExists mainly to hit comic g-spots: a mission often fulfilled, but sometimes so fumbled its under-dressed plot looks more exposed than Zac Efron’s pendulous ball-sack.
The Telegraph
pressLike most comedy sequels, it’s also content to dig out the same old punchbowl and dilute the dregs.
The Guardian
pressHas some decent material and amiable bad taste, heavily diluted with gallons of very ordinary sequel product: more of the same.
Little White Lies
pressA film that's alive with ideas - funny, refreshing, compassionate.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIn their awkward attempt to shoehorn these kids into the first pic's formula, Stoller and his writing collaborators care far less about creating believable characters than getting to the next laugh.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksIn 2014’s surprisingly side-splitting Bad Neighbours, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne found parenthood at odds with the lifestyle of the frat house next door. Since then, a generation gap has emerged, one which even sees the couple’s former nemesis Zac Efron considered one of the ‘old people’ by the young sorority setting up shop on the property he once lorded over. That’s something that speaks to the swift cycles of college turnover, and allows the sequel to focus on the rights of young women to party hard - but safe from awful dudes.
Variety
pressHas a knowingly conflicted engagement with millennial-generation feminism that freshens its outlook even as it unevenly rejigs many of its predecessor's gags.
Total Film
pressExists mainly to hit comic g-spots: a mission often fulfilled, but sometimes so fumbled its under-dressed plot looks more exposed than Zac Efron’s pendulous ball-sack.
The Telegraph
pressLike most comedy sequels, it’s also content to dig out the same old punchbowl and dilute the dregs.
The Guardian
pressHas some decent material and amiable bad taste, heavily diluted with gallons of very ordinary sequel product: more of the same.
Little White Lies
pressA film that's alive with ideas - funny, refreshing, compassionate.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIn their awkward attempt to shoehorn these kids into the first pic's formula, Stoller and his writing collaborators care far less about creating believable characters than getting to the next laugh.
Pretty funny for a sequel
I haven't seen Bad Neighbours, so wasn't expecting much. Turns out it was pretty good for a no brains required evening of laughs. Having seen #2, I even recorded Bad Neighbours when it played on TV recently. Zac is easy on the eye. Sorry, sexist I now. Watch it for a few laughs.
Awkward Funny 2
Bad Neighbours 2 So not the best film ever, but not the worst either. Kinda of like ’This is the End’, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’, ‘The House Bunny’, and ‘Frat House’. So funny in parts, but just no that funny, more awkward funny. Has the hot chikc form 'Kick Ass’ and the old guy from ‘Green Hornet’, plus an old Zac Efron. Ha ha. Genre : Comedy 2/5 : Sorry...
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