Two Jews On Neighbors

Kelly (Rose Bryne) and Mac (Seth Rogen) have just bought a house in a quiet neighborhood and have a baby named, Stella, played by twins Elise and Zoey Vargas) BTW…who just might be the cutest babies on the planet. Even though they find it hard to have spontaneous sex, Mac and Kelly are enjoying their life as parents. They still, however, think of themselves as being young hip and spontaneous.

When a fraternity moves in next door, the couple worry about the wild parties that might occur, so they do what any responsible adult/neighbor would do…Bring over a joint and let the frat boys, led by their President, Teddy (Zac Effron) know that despite being slightly older, they’re still totally cool.

They also ask (after practicing this line several times) if the guys could just ‘keep it down’.

Teddy assures them that they will and if ever, his frat bros get to loud, please let him know, instead of calling the cops.

The couple promise and even spend a night partying with their frat neighbors. The next day, our hung over parents return home, satisfied that the frat house was so agreeable.

Wow, did they ever get that worng.

After spending several sleepless nights, due to the extremely loud music coming from the frat house, Mac and Kelly wind up breaking their promise and call the police.

Teddy is deeply hurt by the couple’s betrayal and does what any emotionally wounded college boy would do…He declares WAR on his neighbors.

Of course, where there’s war, there is retaliation and that’s exactly what Kelly and Mac do…Retaliate…Big time.

‘The Neighbors’ is not only laugh out loud funny but clever as well. The whole cast is excellent, but for me, the standout and the surprise was Rose Bryne. I had no idea that she could be so good at comedy.

Speaking of comedy, Zac Efron and Seth Rogen have some really hysterically funny scenes together, including a dance-off.

Dave Franco, as a fellow frat brother is also quite good, along with Brian Huskey and Lisa Kudrow in a cameo.

I gave ‘The Neighbors’ which opens Friday, May 9, 2014,four bagels out of five and if you want to spend two hours laughing, I highly recommend this film.

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Joan and John Schwartz

Joan and John Schwartz are ex New Yorkers, living in Los Angeles. They are married and see a lot of films. They usually disagree but always tell it like it is. John is most famous for creating the cult classic films Faces of Death. He has also written for various prime time series and has written movies for both Showtime and HBO. In the world of reality television John has produced, written and directed over 450 segments for various magazine shows He has also written and Executive Produced several Prime-Time Specials. Joan has appeared on the New York Stage on and off Broadway…and has been in several Los Angeles theater productions as well.. Joan has been in several low budget films and at present she is busy writing screenplays with her husband, John.

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