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Film Review: ‘A Good Old Fashioned Orgy’ Can’t Get it Up
CHICAGO – Rarely have so many talented comedians been sucked into a more depressing morass of bad comic timing and worse writing than in the dreadful “A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy,” a movie with a bunch of people I like making a comedy I really, really hate. This movie knows nothing about friendship, sex, or, most importantly, comedy.
Rating: 1.0/5.0 |
The film opens with a dreadful “introduce the characters” montage in which we see all of them in moments of their daily life – this one’s a desk jockey, this one’s a musician, etc. – before they all scuttle off to the “White Trash Bash,” another theme party hosted by the likable Eric (Jason Sudeikis of “Horrible Bosses”) on the lavish New York estate that belongs to his distant dad (a brief cameo from Don Johnson). At the mullet-centric event, the audience meets Eric’s friends – lifelong buddy McCrudden (Tyler Labine of “Reaper”), uptight Alison (Lake Bell), unrequited love Sue (Michelle Borth), neurotic Adam (Nick Kroll of “The League”), insecure Laura (Lindsay Sloane). musician Duquez (Martin Starr), and his girlfriend Willow (Angela Sarafyan). There will be others on the periphery (Rhys Coiro, Will Forte, Lucy Punch, and a love interest role for Leslie Bibb), but these will be the core eight that will, well, get down and dirty.
After they learn that Eric’s dad wants to sell the property that has been party central for most of their maturity-stunted lives, the gang decides that it calls for one last bash. But what’s the ultimate theme for the ultimate party? How can they top themselves with something that will never be forgotten? After a discussion about the loose sexual morals of the next generation, they decide that what’s been missing from their core group is casual sex. It’s time for an orgy!
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Photo credit: Samuel Goldwyn