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Review by Susan Granger
1½ stars out of 4
Tantalizing title, eh? Intriguing enough to get me into the cineplex,
hoping that this might be more than a moronic comedy. Wrong! Of course, the
target demographic audience is 18-30 year-olds - but even they weren't wildly
amused with the sophomoric attempts at humor. The plot revolves around three
Kappa Omicron Kappa (K.O.K.) brothers - Barry Watson, Michael Rosebaum and
Harland Williams - who are unjustly accused of stealing the fraternity's
"KOKtail Cruise" money and evicted. No police report is filed, however, nor is
there an investigation. That would be too sensible. But the party-hearty studs
know there's a video tape that will exonerate them stashed away in their
fraternity - if only they can get in and find it. So the dimwits dress up as
women and are invited by a myopic sorority president (Melissa Sagemiller) -
without rushing or pledging - to live at the Delta Omicron Gamma (D.O.G) house
whose feminist members are dismissed as ugly losers. Along with sex jokes and
drug jokes, the humor pivots on cross-dressing dilemmas: stuffing bras,
teetering in high heels and applying cosmetics. "Simpsons" TV comedy
writer-turned-director Wally Wolodarsky accentuates negative stereotypes and
shows remarkably little insight into human nature, utilizing a bumbling script
by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge. The guys-in-drag are never even remotely
credible or convincing as gals. The original title was "Dog Catcher," taken from
a boorish K.O.K. game that begins when someone shouts, "Dog catcher," throws a
net over a D.O.G. member and dumps her outside. And can you guess that busty,
braless coeds in translucent T-shirts will get sprayed with cold water? On the
Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Sorority Boys" is a callous, coarse, crude 4.
"Tootsie" and "Some Like It Hot," it's not.
Copyright © 2002 Susan Granger
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