Dorm Daze - Un college di svitati

When I read the cover of the Brazilian DVD "Dorm Haze", I found a funny premise in the synopsis. A French student named Dominique comes to the Billingsley University in a exchange program and her host can not welcome her since he needs to work. So he asks a gay roommate to receive her in the university dorm. Meanwhile, another student hires a call girl named Dominique to force his roommate to lose his virginity against his will. There is a misunderstanding with the "Dominiques" and the dorm goes crazy.

Unfortunately the cast is unfunny and the gags are too silly and do not work. I saw this film expecting to laugh and I did not find it funny in any moment. The Fantasy Girl in the Extra is the best part of the DVD. Last but not the least, there are many fake reviews in IMDb promoting this terrible flick. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Nota 10 em Confusão" ("Grade A in Confusion")

The people from National Lampoon's should be ashamed to put there name on this piece of trash. out of the 10 National Lampoon's so far this one is the worse, and believe me there have been real bad one. John Belushi is probably turning in his grave, being assonated with this film. The National Lampoon's name has forever been tarnished.

I GIVE IT 1 out of 10, (and the 1 is just for the nudity)

MY PICKS FOR THE TOP NATIONAL LAMPOON'S MOVIES

1. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) John Belushi

2. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Chevy Chase

3. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) Chevy Chase

4.National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Chevy Chase

5. National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (1997) Chevy Chase

This is the first movie I have ever went to that I seriously considered walking out of. I had high expectations from this film. A group of college kids in a dorm by National Lampoon. I'm thinking Animal House and Van Wilder. Turns out it should be in the dog house. The movie is just not funny. The directors tried to throw in some gratuitous nudity to spice up the movie, but all it did was make you have a sense of pity. It was like the only reason to see this movie was the 3 combined seconds of nudity. While the idea behind the movie had potential, I would rather go to the dentist than sit through this again.

"Dorm Daze" is better than I expected. As anybody who has seen "Pledge This" can attest, the name National Lampoon in association with a college-referencing title is no indication of quality. But "Dorm Daze" never stoops to the disturbing gross out "comedy" of that movie, and nor - phew - does it star Paris Hilton.

The movie also only has one scene of nudity, in which an appallingly artificial looking woman bares her rubbery chest-missiles. I think this scene is only available in the "unrated" version, and thus that's a version that should be avoided.

So what does this movie have? It's actually kind of funny, for one. Most jokes don't land, but it was able to raise a smile or a chuckle from me on occasion, which puts it ahead of the majority of comedies. The cast is also above average, and keeps the movie afloat. I didn't care too much about the lightweight plot, which is a farce based entirely on a serious of misunderstandings, such as a prostitute and a foreign exchange student both named Dominique and hence confused with each other, and two gossip mavens who falsely assume one of their fellow students is being beaten by her boyfriend.

Of course these misunderstandings only develop and deepen as the movie goes on, whereas they would otherwise be discovered and dismissed, but the movie continually finds some vein of comic potential. It's not as bad as it could have been, though it feels extremely light weight, with little going on aside from the above.

I have watched a fair few 'National Lampoon' movies in my time and the one thing that is guaranteed is that there are no guarantees. Some are hilarious, others make you wonder who looked at the script and thought 'let's make this movie.' The plot, such as it is, is far better suited to a sketch show. There are some funny moments, but the whole thing is essentially one long joke. This is why it would be far better on the small screen; stretching a joke for 10 to 20 minutes is hard, 90 minutes is impossible. The performances from the cast, all of whom have very little to actually do, are all OK. But to be fair to them, no one is going to shine with such poor material. See this film if you have nothing to do one afternoon and you can see it for free, as it is mildly entertaining. If you actually buy it on DVD you will be sorely disappointed as it has very little re-watch potential.