Sorority Wars

The "On Demand" synopsis pretty well told it all. The questions weren't what was going to happen, only occasionally when. Lots of pretty people, although generally cardboard, even prettier campus housing/sorority houses. The hope is that this was all silly fiction, from the incredibly huge dorm rooms (two people in a room four times the size my daughter shared with three), to the silly trivia quiz, to the only course anybody seems to have gone to being art. To think that there could be people that actually pay $50K a year to have their children go to such an institution says things about our society I'd rather not address (gratuitous comment added to make the ten lines--this film isn't worth that many on its merits).

If you have nothing better to do, and you don't actually think about it, it isn't overly painful, but be warned, the banality oozes.

I rented this because of the actresses in this movie (and the plot appealed to me), and the resulting product surprised me. The daughter in the movie goes to college and agrees to pledge her mother's sorority. Unfortunately, the girls in this chapter turn out to be shallow snobs who care little about her, and she also checks out another one. After overhearing two sisters talking about "illegal stuff", she reports it, the sorority gets stripped of its upcoming formal, and she gets shunned by the campus population. Her best friend stays in the other sorority and becomes a "mean girl." She finally gets into the other sorority as a "late pledge," her mother is not too happy (as you can imagine), and an all-out war between the two sororities begins. I think this says something about our society and becoming our own person. I recommend it.

*** out of ****

Sorority Wars is one of those movies that will surprise you. Its a fun and entertaining story that takes you on the journey of a rushee caught between 2 feuding sororities. The character development of the main character is great, its easy to stand behind her as she goes through every moment. Great performances by the core cast, especially Lucy Hale and Faith Ford.

I found myself truly enjoying this movie and following the story every step of the way. Its not in the ranks of some of the great teen movies, but it stands on its own, and stands tall. The best way i can describe this is...its fun.

This film begins with a young college students named "Katie Parker" (Lucy Hale) and her best friend "Sara Snow" (Phoebe Strohl) endeavoring to determine which sorority to choose. Since her mother is a leading member of the Delta sorority, Katie is considered as a "legacy" and has an extremely good chance of being accepted to it. Sara, on the other hand, is not as fortunate and can only hope to be selected by it. Making things even more interesting is the fact that it is consider a coup if another sorority can lure a rival legacy over to them. To that effect, the Kappa sorority has expressed an interest in Katie as well. Recognizing this, the Delta sorority intentionally violates the rules in order to entice Katie join them--and that's when things go horribly wrong for both Katie and Sara. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an interesting made-for-television film which started off pretty well but began to lose some of its appeal at around the halfway mark due to some rather unrealistic scenarios from that point on-with the strained relationship between Katie and her mother "Lutie" (Courtney Thorne-Smith) being especially peculiar. But that's just my opinion. Be that as it may, while I certainly don't consider this to be a great film by any means, I suppose it still passed the time rather well, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

I have a soft spot for college movies involving fraternities or sorotities, especially when they get raunchy with parties, booze and wars among them. This movie incorporate a tiny bit of that but its very minimal.

Its more of a Mean Girls in college kinda movie, and even tough there is indeed a competition between the 2 houses, it didn't felt like the center stage at all. There is only 3 different events in the competition and they breeze trough pretty fast. I never felt any tension in the competition.

Movies is under 90 minutes and spend quite a while introducing us to the characters and following Lucy on her "scouting" of the sororities and such. So there is so few times to have the actual "war" in Sorority War.

When it comes to the characters a lot of their decisions and actions look a bit weird. Im not gonna spoil anything but the best friend and the mom especially, i don't think anyone would behave like this. I get that these movies are not meant to be realistic and i can suspend my disbelief over slapsticks, gags, and college sheninagans but these 2 "relations" and how they evolve felt off to me.

We also spend very very few times with any sorority sisters beside the "leader" of the Kappa, the best friend and the Delta "leader" wich is pretty much the main antagonist.

Overall i didn't find the same fun as in either the original Mean Girls (only one i saw so far), American Pie Beta House, Van Wilder 2 or The House Bunny.

But thats not to say i disliked the movie. I think it was alright. Good for a viewing. Since its a made for TV movie im fine giving it a bit of slack as well. I just finished it and taught "yeah well.. that was alright" but nothing more.