What is Old School about?
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Old School (2003)
Three friends open a raunchy fraternity, recapturing glory days in a brisk, crowd-pleasing, campy romp.
Feel-good, with big broad humor. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Old School parents guide
It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Cast and crew
Directed byTodd Phillips
StarringLuke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven, Ellen Pompeo, Craig Kilborn
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