I am not native to American culture, but I’ve watched enough media to be familiar with it. Fraternities and sororities have always picked my interest. As far as I know it is a way for people to find friend groups and also save up on housing during their college years. But they are often portrayed as a sort of cult with its hierarchy, hell weeks and rituals. I often see that in movies frat houses are introduced as the opposite side, where the main characters are good ol nerds and are standing against a popular crowd of frat people. It might come from the American custom of cheering for the underdog, however judging from this movie it wasn’t always like that.

I have never heard of this film and decided to watch it only because Steve Harrington in Stranger Things refers to it as one of his favourite movies. And well, I’m a simp for him. Recently I’ve watched a handful of old movies, specifically Dirty Dancing and Grease, for the first time. Frankly, I really enjoy the aesthetic of these days. At times they might be quite misogynistic, but overall there is something about them.

There were a lot of jokes I audibly laughed at and the characters were likable. The most memorable being John Blutarsky played by John Belushi. The actor is a very talented comedian and his performance here was outstanding. He is a troublemaker, alcoholic and crude, but his scenes were the funniest to me. Another character that stood out to me was the Professor. Just the overall nonchalance of his personality was really interesting to watch. But he also reminded me of Catcher in the Rye’s teacher, who invited Holden to his house and the rest is history. They are both adults who offer comfort, yet act off in one way or another.

I enjoyed the film. The humor was just to my liking. The finale was really interesting to me with how the hooligans turn out to be successful people of power and the more pristine ones face a much sadder fate. But possibly it was just another gag.