Review of Neighbors

Neighbors (1981)
6/10
Had its moments, but the film seems almost meaningless.
18 July 2010
I thought this film had some good funny moments to it, it was kind of a nice turn to see John Belushi in the less crazy role than he was usually cast in. Instead, the role of the crazy guy is played by Dan Aykroyd who plays crazy rather well in this one. A bit to well, when I once saw part of this film as a child I thought that this movie was a horror film rather than a dark comedy. And dark it is, a bit to dark in places and a bit to uneven as this film goes here and there with no structured plot to speak of. The film feels very pointless, in fact as the end of the film sees a resolution that kind of makes little sense. The story is basic as a guy with a rather bland life has this bland existence interrupted by a set of crazed neighbors (hence the title). Not that they are that crazed, just a bit obnoxious and wild, not the type to go on a killing spree anyway. Dan's character is a bit like a much more crazy version of the brother-in-law he played in "The Great Outdoors", but less for the way he acted and more because they were both unwanted guests at the time. This film could have been a lot better had they worked on the script a bit more as I have said it at times feels like an assortment of random scenes. Thankfully, a good many of the scenes are a bit funny.
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