Ah, Hollywood’s obsession with old vs new.

In one particular scene, a cop shows up at a frat party. Party seemingly over, he decides to chat a little bit with one of the attendees. The policeman finds out the kid’s name is Garfield. “Like the cat?” he asks and the student laughs. The cop proceeds jokingly “I hate Mondays! I love lasagnas.” At this point the youngster keeps laughing because it’s obvious the cop’s making a joke but he doesn’t get it. It’s past him. Too old of a reference.

Neighbors brings in yet again the notion that being a grown-up is boring and college life is awesome. Yes, Seth Rogen, we can it, you smoke weed and you’re so cool for admitting that. Haven’t we had enough movies about “bro culture”?

The poster says “from the guys that brought you This is the End.” And in some ways, Neighbors is the exactly same movie; tons of dick jokes and one very carefully placed rape joke.

Zac Efron is also shirtless for the better part of the movie because duh. And one of the main reasons both movies differ is because Neighbors actually has a female main character, played by the delightful Rose Byrne. She plays basically the same character as Rogen; young parents who, tired of acting cool to the new frat house next door, have had just enough.

The movie does have some hilarious jokes. The most memorable ones are the ones with increased shock value (the first one, the fireworks, the breastfeeding), which I don’t particularly find appealing.

Your average summer comedy.