Not only is it uproariously funny and almost breathtakingly dirty, it is better written than it needs to be on a character level, delivering completely on its premise.
91
The PlaylistDrew Taylor
The PlaylistDrew Taylor
Neighbors is one of the funniest, most visually inventive studio comedies in recent memory.
Very funny at the outset and escalating steadily for most of its brisk running time, the film represents a big win for neophyte screenwriters Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O'Brien.
80
Time Out LondonAshley Clark
Time Out LondonAshley Clark
After a shaky start, Bad Neighbours blossoms, with inspired visual gags in excellent poor taste.
80
Total FilmMatt Glasby
Total FilmMatt Glasby
A heated, hysterical battle between Apatow smarts and Animal House smirks. Subtlety takes a hazing, but humour emerges with honours.
Lewder, weirder, louder, leaner, meaner and more winningly stupid than anything its director Nicholas Stoller and star Seth Rogen have ever been involved with before, frat comedy Neighbors boasts an almost oppressive volume of outrageous gags.