Eric Keppler (Jason Sudeikis) and his friends from high school days continue to have outrageous parties at his family vacation home in the Hamptons. He is shocked when his father (Don Johnson) decides to sell the house. His slacker friend Mike (Tyler Labine) suggests getting everyone to have a Labor Day Orgy. Sue (Michelle Borth) has a secret crush on Eric. Adam (Nick Kroll) is a workaholic. Laura (Lindsay Sloane) has no confidence. Doug (Martin Starr) wishes to be a rocker instead of his regular life and has girlfriend Willow (Angela Sarafyan). Alison (Lake Bell) is a psychologist with a douchy boyfriend. Kate (Lucy Punch) and Glenn (Will Forte) are newlyweds and nobody wants them to join in the orgy. Eric falls for Kelly (Leslie Bibb),the real estate agent selling the house.
I love almost every actor in this movie. I didn't really find much of it all that funny with the exception of the Punch-Forte pairing. At first, I couldn't figure out if they're actually playing twenty somethings. They act so childishly that it does take a good while before I got comfortable with them as older slackers with jobs. It's a functional comedy and then they get to the orgy.
When the group gets into an argument, I was hoping that it gets interesting. It could have dived into their relationship dysfunctions. Instead, they dive into the orgy. It has some minor laughs at the expense of better exploration of their friendships. Overall, this is not terribly funny and despite the orgy, this is not terribly edgy either.
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
Comedy / Romance
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
Comedy / Romance
Plot summary
Eric (Sudeikis) is a thirty-something party animal famous among his close circle of friends for his lavish summer theme parties at his father's swanky Hamptons pad. But when members of the crew start settling down, and Eric's dad announces plans to sell the beach house, Eric decides it's time for one last bash to go out with a proverbial bang - a good old-fashioned orgy.
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THE LAMEST GENERATION
Eric (Jason Sudeikis) lives in his dad's summer home. He loves to throw parties for his circle of friends. He opts for his last party of the summer to throw an orgy. The gang which is at first reluctant is goaded into it because their generation missed out on the sex because of AIDS. They are "the lamest generation."
Meanwhile the house is on the market and Eric has suddenly developed feeling for the realtor (Leslie Bibb) which did nothing for the story.
The humor was hit and miss, but usually near the mark. There were some great scenes such as when the newlyweds are upset they weren't invited to the perv inner circle. I thought the orgy itself was anti-climatic as the writers needed to have a sex scene, but didn't know how to write one without much sex and still be funny.
A me-too sex comedy, slightly above par.
F-bombs, sex, nudity male and female (Dee Dee Rescher, Jon Stafford, Angela Sarafyan of "Twilight")
A great comedy for an adult audience...
Alright, well "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" is basically all that you would want from a teen comedy, except that it has been spiced up and has a more mature content. Same recipe as a teen comedy, except it is meant for an adult audience. And it worked out so well. Especially because "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" was more than just your average comedy. It is also a heartfelt movie about friendships and accepting one another for your unique personalities and coming to terms with yourself and life.
I was genuinely surprised by the depth of this movie, because I had initially just thought it to be yet another comedy that comes out of Hollywood by the dozens every month. And I am glad that I did sit down to watch it, because it really was a great movie.
And what made this movie so great, aside from the nice story, was of course the cast. They had really put together some nice actors and actresses for this movie, and the on-screen chemistry between then was working so well. The one who carried the movie, in my opinion, was Tyler Labine (playing Mike),he was hilarious and also had the most outrageous character. However, each and every one in the movie really did good jobs with their characters and in portraying them.
If you like comedies that have a more solid foundation and story to it, you definitely want to check out "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy".