Sorority Boys

I’ve decided that I can’t write the review for this film, so I’ve given it to my cousin Frank to review instead. Anyway, he’s probably more suited to a comedy about college guys dressed as girls. Frank is 24, he plays footy for the local club, he’s a carpenter, and he drives a ute. I figure this is the target audience most likely to understand and enjoy cross-dressing college comedies. Take it away, Frank...

G’day everyone. Just wanna tell ya that this film is f*ckin' funny! I mean, there’s some funny shit in it. It’s got babes with great tits, a sword fight with dildos and a shower scene that’s a pisser.

You know, it's all about three guys that get thrown out of their college fraternity. The frat is called K.O.K. House. Get it? Pisser! So, because the other frat members think our three guys stole all their K.O.K.tail Cruise money, they throw them out of the fraternity. So the guys get dressed up as chicks, and man, they’re ugly looking chicks, I wouldn’t piss on ‘em if they were on fire, all so they can sneak back in and get a secret video recording of who really stole the money. So, it goes wrong, and they end up moving in with the D.O.G. Fraternity. You guessed it, D.O.G. is a chick fraternity for all the ugly chicks, so they fit right in, of course. D.O.G. House? Ugly chicks? Get it? Har! Another pisser.

So, while they hide out in D.O.G. House, they learn what it’s like to be an ugly chick (they worry that their arses are too big, learn about heavy flow maxi-pads and stuff, you know, that kind of thing), while trying to find another way to grab the video evidence and get back into their own frat house.

Forget what stupid fat turds like Roger Ebert and Glen Shazlick say, this film has something for everyone. If you like good looking chicsk, it has some babes. If you like chicks in wet t-shirts, it has some of that. If you like chicks in showers, it has one of that. If you like sword fights with dildos, it has one of those too. See, something for everyone! Ebert can kiss my arse.

I reckon, if you’re a guy, get this film. Even if you don’t like it, it will give you and your footy mates some ideas for your next end of season revue down at the club. Thanks, this has been grouse to do, and I hope Vince lets me do it again when Sorority Boys II comes out. See ya, mate!

Visually, starting with a good clean 1.85:1 print free from blemishes sets things off on the right foot. Intricate patterns on some clothing are rendered easily enough, but the picture still retains a softish look. Colours are nice, but with so many shots either at night or utilising dim interiors there’s not much room for it to blow your socks off with any real pizzazz. It gets a moment to stretch its legs during a football game, which presents the strongest colours of the film. There’s no real shadow detail, being rather limited in these areas at best. If you want to be picky and focus too much on the transfer rather than the film, sure, if you go looking for compression artefacts, you’ll find them easy enough (I’m not telling you where to look), but the average non-critical viewer will be more than satisfied with this picture.

Being your everyday average bawdy college comedy, the story is set to moments of slapstick and rowdy music, which this DVD handles with aplomb. However, it’s nothing so outlandish that it works all channels for a memorable sensory feast, pleasing though it is. The centre channel sits comfortably with the workload, staying clear amongst the noisier bits, such as the frat parties. The other channels are mainly called up for music support in the front and the odd bit of ambience or directional effect to good, but restrained, results from the rear.

The bonus material hardly amounts to the stuff of Limited Edition gift boxes, but then by this point I think we’ve seen enough of everyone and everything. What more can you really hope to learn about cross-dressing?

Boys Will Be Girls Featurette
This is very short (2:29) and just shows us the guys getting ready to be girls for the photo shoot which will be used for the poster.

Behind the Scenes – All the Angles
This is a multi-angle featurette in which you can look at the making of two scenes from the perspective of the director, makeup artist, stunt co-ordinator, assistant director or view the dailies. This section also contains short interviews with each person

There’s no trailer to be found on this DVD - odd, I thought. Sure, you can argue that stranger things have occurred, but it gives rise to some very interesting food for thought. Does this indicate something more sinister afoot in the industry? Hmm…

Well, Frank has given Sorority Boys the A-OK up for stupid, harmless fun with plenty of sexually confused laughs, but then Frank also thinks that firing rabbits out of a homemade catapult is fun.

I don’t disagree with him (about the film, not the catapult) in that it is often a good cack considering how lame it could have been. The standard proviso applies here though: leave your brain in the toilet and you’ll enjoy the film.

DVD-wise, it’s a good looking and sounding product, but then that was inevitable, really. It doesn’t push the envelope in either respect, but also doesn’t need to, and holds up to scrutiny well.