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PCU (1994)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 11/20

PCU
11/20: National Lampoon's Animal House that PCU is not.

High school dropouts and graduates alike with absolutely no chance of attending an university think this is what college life must be like. Well, sure...I've had my share of parties and bizarre situations, but they're nowhere near the level of PCU.

Despite what anyone believes, the sorority/fraternity life isn't all that, increasing one's chances of being an alcoholic and arrested for hazing, unlawful pranks, sexual assault, rape, and/or drug dealing. I always think of these houses as crime dens emblazoned with big Greek letters.

Approximately 20% to 35% of university students will graduate and use the degree for its intended purpose: jobs, graduate school, or career advancement. The rest will either drop out early and make excuses of why college wasn't for them, die from either alcohol poisoning or a freak accident, stay stuck taking classes forever, or be chronically underemployed.

Well, I've tried to stay open-minded while watching PCU. It's just not a good movie. The story makes no sense on a lot of levels. In reality, the amount of extreme extracurricular activity as shown is only done by a small subset of the student population. If I were Tom Lawrence, I would run away and find a real university.

Equipped with a gregarious face, Jeremy Piven doesn't have what it takes to be an engaging actor. Jon Favreau continues to embarass himself by being a loudmouth, brain-dead nitwit. By the way, the thesis about catching a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie on television any time of the day? Why not save the colossal waste of time by leafing through TV Guide? Then again, its academic relevance is uh...?

All in all, neither funny nor hip, PCU should be tied to a weighed anchor before being dropped to the bottom of the deepest ocean.