A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

So I had wanted to see this back when I heard about it coming out, mainly because of Jason Sudeikis, Lake Bell, Martin Starr, and Will Forte. Those are four super funny people; and if they're in it, the movie has to be funny as well right? The movie was given a limited release of one week in about 140 theaters and made only $200,000. I'm assuming the name scared most people away.

The movie is about a young thirty-something guy, Jason Sudeikis, who is still friends with a group from high school and they party at his dad's house in the Hamptons. His dad, Don Johnson, decides to put the market up for sale and so the group of friends decide to have the ultimate final party before the house is sold, and naturally they decide to have an orgy.

The plot supposedly was based on some party the writers went to in the Hollywood Hills where an orgy broke out and they thought how weird it was. The premise was original and had tons of potential, it was just such a shame that it wasn't very funny. It was almost as if it was trying too hard to be that really funny movie while still looking effortless. Most of the characters were well written, distinguishable, and unique it was just the humor that fell short.

I loved the costumes the characters wore in their themed parties. The soundtrack was also great and it lead me to learn of this great little band called Telekinesis and their song, 'Gotta Get it Right Now'. Listen to it; it's so fun.

Even though the movie was rather blah, the actors did a good job. Lake Bell was probably the funniest as she didn't really need anyone to play off of. I guess that sometimes you can put a bunch of funny people together but it just doesn't mesh well. It's hard to explain, I guess, because they were good and somewhat funny on their own, just as a whole the movie kinda drug along.

I was pretty disappointed, mostly because I had such high hopes for the movie. It just drug along with the plot instead of delivering much humor. Obviously, there's a lot of R rated elements in the movie although I don't remember there being much nudity, if any. "This is the worst orgy ever".