Sunday, March 11, 2012

Movie Review: Project X

Clearly anybody that has been in high school understands the fun of parties. I'm also sure that most people have been to their fair share of great parties while in high school. Project X sets out to put on the best party ever and it pretty much does that.

Project X is all about excess. Excessive drinking, nudity, drugs, and destruction are all on display throughout and I loved every minute of it. The lunacy of the whole film makes it a pretty special spectacle to behold. Of course there's very little plot and it's about as realistic as a Transformers movie, but that's a big part of the fun of it. It's the best party that you'll never go to. While the events unfold, the laughs and the fun just keep coming.

I have to give a lot of credit to the cast and the filmmakers for this one. Director Nima Nourziadeh takes this group of unknown actors and makes them flourish in this very amateurish, yet interesting piece of filmmaking. This is without a doubt the best and most appropriate use for the found-footage style to date. Filming it in this fashion gave it authentic look and feel, so I commend the filmmakers for thinking outside the box and giving it a different style than other similar high school party movies. The cast also excels. A good majority of the cast are first-time actors and they all look like they have promising futures in Hollywood. While the other two leads (Thomas Mann and Jonathan Daniel Brown) are quite good in their own ways, but Oliver Cooper really steals the show as Costa. His character is a complete and total asshole, but he is the catalyst for the whole film and provides a lot of the film's soul and laughs.

Project X is just a damn good time. The laughs and entertainment value last throughout it's entire running time. Even though it's fictional, it puts pretty much every other party ever to shame. Project X is a hell of a ride and without a doubt, the most absurd party ever made.

4/5 Stars

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