![]() ![]() This is the second dream scenario (the first being, according to Mac, a Taco Bell opening up next door).Īt work, Mac’s boss Bill (Brian Huskey) tells him he needs a file by the end of the day. When Mac leaves for work, he and Kelly see a biracial gay couple with an infant taking a tour of the house next door. Having a baby and owning a house doesn’t make them old, they declare. Their six-month-old daughter Stella (Elise and Zoey Vargas) won’t stop watching them, so they give up. But it'll scrub up lovely.Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) Radner try to have “spontaneous” sex in their dining room. In its current state, Neighbors is filthy, nasty and a bit too sloppy. His stoner schtick helps to take the edge off much of the film's crassness and gives it back some charm. But it's also an extremely funny comedy that pushes Rogen's instinctive good nature to the limit. It's like fucking Tony Soprano!") and too much focus on Scoonie's schlong. There are some lazy gags about post-natal sex ("she's got these huge tits, but she insists on wearing a wife-beater. The pacing is wobbly, the targets are too big. ![]() ![]() He's full of conflicted emotions about his place in the all-male society, unsure how the house's intensely homo-social hierarchy chimes with his need for independence. Submarine's Craig Roberts pops up in a charming little role as a wannabe frat member. They're a very likable couple, both as tempted by the hard partying lifestyle of Teddy and co as they are dismissive of it.Įfron is strangely blank for the alpha-male leader of a group of marauding teens, but his support – including Dave Franco as his big-brained lieutenant, Pete, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as "blessed" numbskull Scoonie – pick up the slack. Kelly is as conniving as Mac, equally keen to get one over the college kids by doing something moronic. Byrne's role is meatier than most comedies – even Apatow comedies – allow their female stars. Rogen and Byrne have great chemistry as the thirtysomethings anxious to do right by their daughter, look cool in front of the kids and still get invited to party like they used to. ![]()
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