
PCU
Taste attributes: comedyteenfastlightsimpleglossyenclosedcoming of age
"Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke."
Boxlist takeSimple and breezy: a fast comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like escapism over depth.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 88 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson and the school's steely president. With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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- How we score
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