21 & Over, directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, is an American comedy 2013 film that is recently being featured as a popular comedy on Netflix.
The movie is about two friends Casey and Miller who are high school pals and are now over 21 and want to take their friend Jeff Chang out for his 21st birthday. Jeff does not want to go out because he has an important medical school interview. However, with some convincing, Jeff accepts the offer.
Unsurprisingly, Jeff drinks too much at the bar and becomes incoherent. Casey and Miller need to take him home, but they can’t remember where he lives. Ridiculous mayhem unfolds in the midst of trying to find Jeff’s address. Throughout the comedic scenes, Jeff becomes conscious and the trio find their way back to Jeff’s house.
By the end of the film, Jeff reveals to his father that he no longer wants to attend med school. His father does not take it well, but Casey and Miller admire Jeff for standing up to his father. The film fastowards three months and the three amigos are at a music festival.
Prior to the festival, we learn that Miller has come out of his laziness and is applying to colleges while Casey is now dating Nicole, a girl he met at a bar the night Jeff got obliterated. As for Jeff, he has no plan to attend med school but is still in college. Jeff has yet another wild night at the music festival and stumbles in late to his college class the next day. Jeff discovers that his professor is a red headed man they saw repeatedly dancing in the street the previous night. The film cuts to black and the credits roll.
The movie received 28 percent on rotten tomatoes, and rightly so. The movie, while has its comedic moments, is forgettable and bland. It touches upon the meaning of friendship, but that is really the only thing that can be taken away from this film. There is really no depth to this film and there is not much that can be taken away from it.
This film is comparable to the movie Project X, with the only difference being that a plot exists in 21 & Over. I think some 21 and unders would be the only ones to find this movie enjoyable. All in all, this movie is not worth watching and does not deserve to be one of the popular comedic films of the week on Netflix.
The film currently has 3.8 out of 5 stars on Netflix.
Jackie Kuczinski is a rising Junior at the College of New Jersey. Jackie is a duel Communications and Psychology major with specializations in radio, television, and film and social psychology. Jackie has many hobbies encompassing acting, singing, and theatre. In her spare time, she enjoys writing and watching movies, and what better way to combine the two with Smash Cut. You can catch Jackie acting and singing in plays and musicals sponsored by TCNJ's Musical Theatre club (TMT). Jackie is ecstatic to be reviewing movies this summer and thinks this will be a positive and rewarding experience.