Overview
Lonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole "college thing" figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse - a legendary party fraternity - where he forges a strong connection with Maggie.
I watch a ton of independent movies made my inexperienced filmmakers. I can probably count on one hand the ones where I could not guess that the movie was made for peanuts or that the writers, actors, directors, etc were either raw or untalented. The biggest giveaway is usually the dialog – often the characters are given filler while trying to establish some sort of conflict or waiting for the next scene that will move the plot forward. In this movie there were no such giveaways. I was engrossed in the story from the opening scenes and enjoyed it throughout. At first I thought that the ending might not have fit after what happened a few scenes before it but I don’t think it was necessarily out of place. I personally found the discussions around growing up and surviving college to be interesting. It felt kind of superficial at first but it really ends up going to a deeper place as the story unfolds.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Shithouse
Movie title: Shithouse
Movie description: Lonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole "college thing" figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse - a legendary party fraternity - where he forges a strong connection with Maggie.
Date published: 2021-02-19
Director(s): Cooper Raiff
Actor(s): Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller, Olivia Welch, Abby Quinn, Joy Sunday, Ashley Padilla, Tre Hall, Alina Patra, Chinedu Unaka, Nick Saso, Wyatt Whipple, Juan Wood, Andrew Hales, Mallory Low, Adan Rocha, Natalie Rousseau, Teddy Padilla, Adam Foster Ballard, Tessa Hope Slovis, Mike Raiff
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
My Review
I watch a ton of independent movies made my inexperienced filmmakers. I can probably count on one hand the ones where I could not guess that the movie was made for peanuts or that the writers, actors, directors, etc were either raw or untalented. The biggest giveaway is usually the dialog – often the characters are given filler while trying to establish some sort of conflict or waiting for the next scene that will move the plot forward. In this movie there were no such giveaways. I was engrossed in the story from the opening scenes and enjoyed it throughout. At first I thought that the ending might not have fit after what happened a few scenes before it but I don’t think it was necessarily out of place. I personally found the discussions around growing up and surviving college to be interesting. It felt kind of superficial at first but it really ends up going to a deeper place as the story unfolds.
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My Review - 8/10
8/10