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The Benchwarmers

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Benchwarmers
| image = Benchwarmers poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Dennis Dugan]]
| producer = [[Adam Sandler]] [[Jack Giarraputo]]
| writer = [[Allen Covert]] [[Nick Swardson]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rob Schneider]]
* [[David Spade]]
* [[Jon Heder]]
}}
| music = [[Waddy Wachtel]]
| cinematography = [[Thomas E. Ackerman]]
| editing = Peck Prior Sandy Solowitz
| studio = [[Columbia Pictures]] [[Revolution Studios]] [[Happy Madison Productions]]
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released = {{Film date|2006|04|07}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $33 million<ref name="bom"/>
| gross = $65 million<ref name="bom"/>
}}
'''''The Benchwarmers''''' is a 2006 American [[Sports film|sports]]-[[comedy film]] directed by [[Dennis Dugan]], written by [[Allen Covert]] and [[Nick Swardson]], and produced by [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Jack Giarraputo]]. The film stars [[Rob Schneider]], [[David Spade]], [[Jon Heder]], [[Jon Lovitz]], [[Craig Kilborn]], [[Molly Sims]], and [[Tim Meadows]], with Swardson, [[Erinn Bartlett]], [[Amaury Nolasco]], [[Bill Romanowski]], [[Sean Salisbury]], Matt Weinberg, [[John Farley (actor)|John Farley]], [[Reggie Jackson]], and Joe Gnoffo in supporting roles. It tells the story of three nerds and a billionaire forming a titular baseball team to take on Little League teams.

Produced by Sandler's production company [[Happy Madison Productions]] in association with [[Revolution Studios]], ''The Benchwarmers'' was released in the United States on April 7, 2006, by [[Columbia Pictures]]. The film was met with negative reviews.

A [[direct-to-video]] sequel titled ''Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls'' was released in January 2019.

==Plot==
Gus Matthews, Richie Goodman, and Clark Reedy are adult "[[nerd]]s" who spent their childhoods wishing to play baseball, but never got the chance. One day, Gus and Clark witness an overweight, timid boy named Nelson Carmichael and his friends being bullied and kicked off a baseball diamond by a local [[Little League Baseball|little league]] team led by Troy and Kyle, and they chase the bullies away. When Gus and Clark go with Richie to the field to play a game, the bullies return and demand that they leave, but Gus challenges the bullies to play them for the field. Despite Richie and Clark's terrible ballplaying, the three win the game due to Gus' surprising capability. The three soon befriend Nelson's billionaire father Mel at [[Pizza Hut]], while having an altercation with Richie and Clark's childhood bully/Troy's uncle Jerry, when Gus defends Richie and Clark from Jerry's insults. Later, a man named Brad, another one of Clark and Richie's childhood bullies, challenges them to another game, but the three friends win again.

Later, Mel invites the trio over to his house for lunch, and tells them about his plan to hold a round-robin with all the little league teams in the state, plus their team. The winners will be given access to a new multimillion-dollar [[Ballpark|baseball park]] built by Mel. The three name themselves the Benchwarmers and join the tournament. The Benchwarmers win every single game, with Clark and Richie's skills gradually improving, and the team becomes popular among many nerds, children with poor athletic abilities, and the general public. As the tournament goes on, Jerry and his fellow little league coaches Brad, Karl, and Wayne start conspiring together planning to defeat the Benchwarmers. Richie's brother Howie, who suffers from [[agoraphobia]] and has not left the house for months, eventually joins the team, while Gus' wife, Liz, becomes angry that Gus keeps putting off her ovulating schedule since she wants to start a family.

At the [[Single-elimination tournament|semi-final]] game, the competing team's coach Wayne is down to the Benchwarmers by several runs. Desperate, he seeks the help of a 30-year-old [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] professional baseball player named Carlos to join his team to get back into the game. Despite Carlos clearly being an adult and having a falsified birth certificate that was written in green [[crayon]], Wayne bribes the home plate umpire to successfully get Carlos onto his team. The impact is immediate as Carlos's superb pitching and hitting get Wayne's team back in the game. However, the Benchwarmers quickly see that Carlos is a recovering [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]], and they give him as much alcohol as possible throughout the rest of the game. Gus manages to tie the game, and then Carlos stomps on his wrist, making his pitching difficult. After a bunt from Gus, the Benchwarmers run into their first instance of loading the bases, leading to Howie's first [[At bat|at-bat]] due to being the only Benchwarmer [[on-deck]]. Howie is hit by a pitch due to Carlos being intoxicated, which drives in the game-winning run for the Benchwarmers.

After that victory, Brad and Karl find evidence during their [[poker]] game buddy, Steven, that Gus was a bully as a child from their poker buddy Steven. He tells them Gus was known for using [[Verbal abuse|name calling]] instead of [[Physical abuse|physical intimidation]], and that he had bullied one boy named Marcus so severely that he had to be sent to a [[Psychiatric hospital|mental institution]]. Manipulating this situation, Jerry and Steven expose Gus' secret to the public with help from Steven's old principal, causing Gus to be ostracized by the team, leading him to quit. Liz finds out about his involvement and asks if that was why he kept postponing their attempt to start a family. Gus expresses fear that his kids would suffer bullying growing up, and this would be a form of [[karma]] punishing him. Liz encourages him to apologize to Marcus, and Gus later sincerely apologizes to him just before the final game. On the day of the big game against Jerry's baseball team at Mel's newly-built stadium, Marcus publicly forgives Gus, and Gus re-joins the team, announcing that Marcus is the Benchwarmers' new third-base coach.

In the final game, Gus, Clark, and Richie let a team consisting of Nelson and other non-athletic children play, to give them a chance to compete. In the final inning, the Benchwarmers are losing, but Jerry's team sees that the Benchwarmers are having fun playing the game anyway. Realizing the true spirit of the game and the fact that Jerry is taking it too far, Troy and Kyle decide to throw the shut-out and let Nelson hit the ball, giving him the one point. The Benchwarmers storm the field, celebrating the fact that they were not [[Shutout|shut out]], and a furious Jerry is humiliated when he is left hanging by his underwear on a fence after getting a wedgie by Gus, Richie, Clark, Howie and Mel.

The entire Benchwarmers team, along with the kids from Jerry's team, Marcus, Brad's speedo friend, and even Carlos and Wayne, celebrate at Pizza Hut. Richie and Clark get girlfriends, Howie informs Wayne that he's overcome his [[heliophobia]] (though is still afraid of the moon), and Gus announces that he is going to become a father.

==Cast==
* [[Rob Schneider]] as Gus Matthews, a nerd and reformed childhood bully who works as a groundskeeper and 1/3 of the Benchwarmers.
* [[David Spade]] as Richie Goodman, a nerd and video rental store worker at Video Spot and 1/3 of the Benchwarmers.
* [[Jon Heder]] as Clark Reedy, a mentally handicapped nerd and paperboy and 1/3 of the Benchwarmers.
* [[Jon Lovitz]] as Mel Carmichael, a former nerd billionaire who funds the Benchwarmers.
* [[Craig Kilborn]] as Jerry McDowell, a mean-spirited little league coach and proprietor of Jerry's Lumber that bullied Richie and Clark as a kid.
* [[Molly Sims]] as Liz Matthews, the wife of Gus.
* [[Tim Meadows]] as Wayne, a little league coach and proprietor of Wayne's Hardware who is one of Jerry's friends.
* [[Nick Swardson]] as Howie Goodman, Richie's [[Agoraphobia|agoraphobic]] and [[Heliophobia|heliophobic]] brother.
* [[Erinn Bartlett]] as Sarah, the salad girl at Pizza Hut who Richie falls for.
* [[Amaury Nolasco]] as Carlos, a Dominican man whom Jerry recruits to Wayne's little league team.
* [[Bill Romanowski]] as Karl, a little league coach and proprietor of Karl's Auto Body who is one of Jerry's friends.
* [[Sean Salisbury]] as Brad, a little league coach and proprietor of a sporting goods store who picks on Richie and Clark.
* Matt Weinberg as Kyle Wilson, a member of Jerry's little league team.
* [[John Farley (actor)|John Farley]] as an unnamed swimmer boy in a speedo who is associated with Brad
* [[Reggie Jackson]] as himself, a baseball player and an old friend of Mel who helps train Gus, Richie, and Clark.
* Joe Gnoffo as Marcus Ellwood, a man with [[dwarfism]] who Gus used to pick on when they were boys.
* [[Patrick Schwarzenegger]] as Jock Kid Game #3
* [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]] as O'Malley, a poker friend of Brad and Karl.
* [[Terry Crews]] as Steven, a poker friend of Brad and Karl who wears a wig.
* Max Prado as Nelson Carmichael, Mel's 12-year-old son who helps out with the Benchwarmers after they saved him from a little league team.
* Jillian Henry as Gretchen Peterson, a friend of Nelson and one of the child commentators for the Benchwarmers' baseball games.
* Garrett Julian as Mitchell, a friend of Nelson and one of the child commentators for the Benchwarmers' baseball games.
* Alex Warrick as Sammy Sprinkler, a spit-talking boy who helps out the Benchwarmers as a [[statistician]].

'''Cameos''':
* Danny McCarthy as Troy, the nephew of Jerry who is a member of his uncle's little league team.
* Jackie Sandler as a Video Stop customer who gives Richie a negative comment about the video she rented
* Jared Sandler as an autograph kid
* [[Rachel Hunter]] as a hot mother who becomes Clark Reedy's first kiss
* Rob Moore as Poker Guy #3, an unnamed fellow poker player of Brad, Karl, O'Malley, and Steven.
* [[Blake Clark]] as an umpire who Wayne bribes to allow Carlos play for his team
* [[Dennis Dugan]] as Coach Bellows, a little league coach operating in Brookdale.
* Charles Dugan as Marty, the elderly boss of Richie at Video Stop.
* [[Jonathan Loughran]] as Brad's assistant coach
* [[Ron Masak]] as the principal of a Brookdale school who helps Steven reveal Gus' past on the news
* [[Mary Jo Catlett]] as Mrs. Ellwood, the mother of Marcus.
* [[Lochlyn Munro]] as Ultimate Home Remodel Host
* [[Matt Willig]] as a jock guy who watches the baseball game between the Benchwarmers and Jerry's Lumber
* [[Cleo King]] as Lady Customer
* Bob Sexton as Karl's assistant coach
* Tom Silardi as Candia Coach
* Michael Moore as Candia Assistant Coach
* J.J. Darwish as a goth kid who watches the baseball game between the Benchwarmers and Jerry's Lumber
* [[Elle King|Ellie Schneider]] as Carol, the girlfriend of a goth kid who watches the baseball game between the Benchwarmers and Jerry's Lumber.
* Gabriel Pimental as a little man that is befriended by a jock guy during the baseball game between the Benchwarmers and Jerry's Lumber
* [[Jon Moscot]] (uncredited)<ref name="pepperdinesports.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/moscot_jon00.html|title=Jon Moscot Bio|publisher=Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site|access-date=2015-06-06|archive-date=2015-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905132301/http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/moscot_jon00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Voices===
* [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] as Number 7, Mel's robot servant.
* [[James Earl Jones]] as a [[Darth Vader]] Gatekeeper System that is positioned outside of Mel's house.
* [[William Daniels]] as [[KITT]] (uncredited)

==Production==
''The Benchwarmers'' was shot at various locations in [[California]], mostly in [[Agoura Hills]], in Chumash Park and at a [[Pizza Hut]]. Other locations were [[Chino Hills, California|Chino Hills]]; [[Chino, California|Chino]]; [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]; [[Glendale, California|Glendale]]; Watson Drug Store{{spaced ndash}} Chapman Avenue, [[Orange, California|Orange]]; [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]]; [[Westwood, Los Angeles]] and on Mulholland Hwy, [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] (Mel's house). In an interview on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' in 2006, [[David Spade]] stated that [[Artie Lange]] was originally cast in the role of Clark, which was then offered to [[Jon Heder]] (of ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' fame).

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] ''The Benchwarmers'' scored 13% based on 71 reviews, with the site's consensus reading, "A gross-out comedy that is more sophomoric than funny, ''The Benchwarmers'' goes down swinging."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Benchwarmers Review|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/benchwarmers/|url-status=live|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=7 April 2006|access-date=31 August 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815031924/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/benchwarmers}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 25 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Benchwarmers|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-benchwarmers|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=2021-08-31|archive-date=2021-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027141510/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-benchwarmers|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=Find CinemaScore |format=Type "Benchwarmers, The" in the search box |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Manohla Dargis of [[The New York Times]] wrote: "The Benchwarmers is the sort of trash that Hollywood does really well" and noted it was only in theaters to raise awareness for the home-rental market. Dargis concludes by quoting Schneider, who called it "a master's thesis on the form of a quintessential Adam Sandler comedy."<ref name="Dargis">{{cite web |date=April 8, 2006 |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |author-link=Manohla Dargis |title='The Benchwarmers': 3 Amigos of Baseball in a Yuk-fest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/movies/the-benchwarmers-3-amigos-of-baseball-in-a-yukfest.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618120045/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/movies/the-benchwarmers-3-amigos-of-baseball-in-a-yukfest.html |archive-date=2017-06-18 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Owen Gleiberman of [[Entertainment Weekly]] gave it a positive review: "This morphing of "[[The Bad News Bears]]" and a "[[Three Stooges]]" episode parades its dumbness with such zip that it almost passes for clever."<ref name="Gleiberman">{{cite magazine |author1=Owen Gleiberman |author1-link=Owen Gleiberman |title=The Benchwarmers |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/04/12/benchwarmers-2/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=2006-04-12}}</ref>

Bob Smithouser of [[PluggedIn Online|Plugged In]] wrote: "The three-man squad known as "The Benchwarmers" becomes a source of hope for nerds everywhere who appreciate being represented."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Benchwarmers |url=https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/benchwarmers/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Plugged In |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516163337/https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/benchwarmers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Box office===
The film was a box office success. In its opening weekend, it grossed $19.6 million, ranking second at the North American box office behind ''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]''. The film finished with $59,843,754 domestically and $5,113,537 in other markets, totaling $64,957,291 worldwide.<ref name="bom">{{cite web |title = The Benchwarmers (2006) |url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=benchwarmers.htm |publisher = [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date = December 2, 2009 |archive-date = September 9, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150909031508/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=benchwarmers.htm |url-status = live }}</ref> The film held the record for the highest opening weekend gross for a baseball genre film,<ref>{{cite web |author=John Young |title='Lion King 3D' defends crown with $22.1 million |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/26/showbiz/movies/lion-king-box-office-ew/index.html |website=EW.com |date=26 September 2011 |publisher=CNN |quote=If the estimate holds, that'll represent the best opening ever for a baseball film |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-date=3 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903130924/https://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/26/showbiz/movies/lion-king-box-office-ew/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 22, 2011 |author=Ray Subers |title=Forecast: Odds Favor 'Moneyball' |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed729547780/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |quote=just a little bit lower than the best opening ever for a baseball movie, which belongs to the 2006 comedy The Benchwarmers |access-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917030157/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed729547780/ |url-status=live }}</ref> until 2013 when it was surpassed by the [[Jackie Robinson]] film ''[[42 (film)|42]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 14, 2013 |last=Smith |first=Grady |title=Box office report: '42' knocks it out of the park with $27.3 million; 'Oblivion' huge overseas |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/04/14/box-office-report-42/ |access-date=April 14, 2013 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref>

===Award nominations===
[[2006 Teen Choice Awards]]:
* [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Comedy|Choice Movie - Comedy]]
* [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy|Choice Movie Actor – Comedy]] (Jon Heder)
* [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble|Choice Movie Rumble]] (Jon Heder vs. Karl's Auto Body)
* Choice Movie Chemistry (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder)

[[2006 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]:
* Worst On-Screen Hairstyle (David Spade)

[[27th Golden Raspberry Awards|2007 Razzie Awards]]:
* Worst Actor (Rob Schneider)

[[30th Golden Raspberry Awards|2010 Razzie Awards]]:
* Worst Actor of the Decade (Rob Schneider)

===Home media===
The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD on July 25, 2006 by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]].

==Sequel==
In July 2018, Revolution Studios and [[Universal 1440 Entertainment]] announced a direct-to-DVD sequel titled ''Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls''. The film was released on January 29, 2019, with [[Jon Lovitz]] reprising his role as Mel Carmichael.<ref>{{cite press release |date=July 19, 2018 |title=From Universal 1440 Entertainment And Revolution Studios: Benchwarmers 2 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/from-universal-1440-entertainment-and-revolution-studios-benchwarmers-2-300683451.html |location=Universal City, California |publisher=[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] |access-date=December 17, 2018 |via=[[PR Newswire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls (2019) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8750122/fullcredits |access-date=2023-05-15 |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515233019/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8750122/fullcredits |url-status=live }}</ref> The rest of the cast consists of [[Chris Klein (actor)|Chris Klein]], [[Chelsey Reist]], [[Lochlyn Munro]], and Garfield Wilson.

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of baseball films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0437863|The Benchwarmers}}
* {{mojo title|benchwarmers|The Benchwarmers}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061217175035/http://www.moviehole.net/interviews/20060411_interview_david_spade.html David Spade interview for ''The Benchwarmers'']

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College (2008 film)

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{{Short description|American comedy film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = College
| image = Collegeposter08.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Deb Hagan
| producer = {{plainlist|Malcolm Petal
* Julie Dangel
}}
| writer = {{plainlist|
* Dan Callahan
* Adam Ellison
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Drake Bell]]
* [[Kevin Covais]]
* [[Andrew Caldwell (actor)|Andrew Caldwell]]
* [[Haley Bennett]]
* [[Ryan Pinkston]]
}}
| music = [[Transcenders]]
| cinematography = Dan Stoloff
| editing = David Codron
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]]
| distributor = [[MGM Distribution Co.]]
| released = {{Film date|2008|08|29|ref1=<ref name="comingsoon">[https://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=17087 ''College''], ComingSoon.net Film Database.</ref>}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $7 million
| gross = $6.2 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=college.htm|title=College (2008)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref>
}}

'''''College''''' is a 2008 American [[comedy film]] starring [[Drake Bell]], [[Andrew Caldwell (actor)|Andrew Caldwell]], and [[Kevin Covais]] and directed by first-time director Deb Hagan. The story follows three high school seniors, who spend the weekend visiting Fieldmont University for freshman orientation, and get involved in various antics.

It was released on August 29, 2008, by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]]. The film was universally panned by critics and grossed $6 million worldwide against its $7 million budget.

==Plot==
After Kevin, a high school senior, is dumped by his girlfriend Gina for being too boring, he does not want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fieldmont University, which they had planned to attend together. However, Kevin's best friends Carter and Morris convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her, having been told by their friend Fletcher about a weekend visiting his brother at college in which he got laid by three college chicks at once despite learning the cons of his stay. This convinces Kevin to go to Fieldmont for the freshmen orientation to prove to his ex-girlfriend that he can be fun instead of boring.

Once they are there, instead of residing in a college dormitory with a roommate carrying a massive fetish for animal porn, the rowdiest fraternity on campus currently on probation, a place where Carter's cousin was a brother at, pretends to recruit them as pledges in return for granting them access to the college party scene. Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague, Bearcat, and Cooper, the guys meet sorority girls Kendall, Heather, and Amy, and sparks fly. But once Teague feels threatened by Kevin's new relationship with Kendall, who once dated Teague, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation to a greater level and make their lives miserable and start bullying them out of their college. They even steal their parents credit cards and max them out, while hiring [[Verne Troyer]] to make an appearance.

Morris winds up getting drunk to the point where he encounters Dean Chandler on the road and puke on his car windshield, potentially causing his scholarship to diminish. Knowing it was their parents money that funded the frat party, Kevin and Carter demanded some booze, but were further humiliated when Teague revealed the 3 boys to be high school students. The fraternity then kidnapped the boys and took them to a secluded farm where they tied them up and left them with the farm animals. The guys manage to escape and there's a rift between the trio as they go their separate ways. They later decide to fight back and get payback for ruining their weekend as well as any chance of attending Fieldmont.

During the climax, Teague is not only in trouble with the cops, but his car is vandalized, Bearcat is superglued to a toilet, and Cooper is duct taped to a statue naked. Kevin later made amends Kendall. After Kevin sent Gina a video of him having fun at a party at Fieldmont, she asks him to get back together with her, but he refuses. Kevin tells his friends about a new college weekend they can visit; Morris is being punished by his parents for messing up his college scholarship, but he says he can sneak out. All three of them decide to go.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Drake Bell]] as Kevin Brewer
*[[Kevin Covais]] as Morris Hooper
*[[Andrew Caldwell (actor)|Andrew Caldwell]] as Carter Scott
*[[Haley Bennett]] as Kendall Hartley
*[[Nick Zano]] as Teague
*[[Gary Owen (comedian)|Gary Owen]] as Brian 'Bearcat' Miller
*[[Zach Cregger]] as Cooper Montague
*[[Camille Mana]] as Heather Gellar
*Nathalie Walker as Amy Steward
*[[Alona Tal]] as Gina Hedlund
*[[Ryan Pinkston]] as Fletcher
*Reggie Martinez as Goose
*[[Verne Troyer]] as himself
*Valentina Vaughn as herself ([[Penthouse (magazine)|''Penthouse'' Pet]])
*Heather Vandeven as herself (''Penthouse'' Pet)
*Andree Moss as Ashley
*Carolyn Moss as Riley
*Wallace Merck as Dean Chandler
*Wendy Talley as Kevin's Mom
*Brandi Coleman as College Girl #1
*[[Jessica Heap]] as College Girl #2
*Todd Voltz as Nitrous Guy
*Melissa Lingafelt as Junior Girl
*Brandy Blake as Girl #1
*Ava Santana as Girl #2
*[[Stephanie Honore]] as Gina’s Friend
*Josh Tenk as himself
*Tracy Mulholland as Mean Sorority Sister
}}

==Production==
Many of the scenes of the actors at university are filmed on the campus of [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and [[Grace King High School]] in [[Metairie]] in January 2007.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}

==Release==
===Reception===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=5|average=2.7|count=42|consensus=A pale imitation of the raunchy frat comedies of old, College aims low and misses.|ref=|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1191620-college/|title=College (2008)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104195005/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1191620-college|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|15|11|access-date=6 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/college|title=College|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717194416/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/college|archive-date=July 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gary Goldstein of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' criticized the "grab-bag script" for emphasizing vulgar humor and bad taste over "wit, charm and originality", calling it "a tedious, by-the-numbers raunch-fest that exists strictly because it can."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-01-et-college1-story.html|title=Derivative 'College' flunks comedy test|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 1, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2020|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307212809/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-01-et-college1-story.html|archive-date=March 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Marc Savlov of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' found the film "so persistently loud and annoying that it single-handedly makes the case for drugging yourself with a roofie, Nembutal, and GHB cocktail (add bitters to taste) prior to entering the theatre."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2008-09-05/664822/|title=College - Movie Review|last=Savlov|first=Marc|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|date=September 5, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229103310/https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2008-09-05/664822/|archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s [[Owen Gleiberman]] rated the movie with a "C−" grade, saying "Friendly yet toothless, ''College'' musters little energy even as anarchic-party-movie nostalgia."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/10/college/|title=College|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318154858/https://ew.com/article/2008/09/10/college/|archive-date=March 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Nathan Rabin]] of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave it a "D−" rating, saying "[I]t's a joyless misfire determined to deliver the time-tested staples of the college comedy in the most perfunctory, least satisfying manner imaginable."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.avclub.com/college-1798204789|title=College|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|magazine=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]|date=August 30, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804175247/https://film.avclub.com/college-1798204789|archive-date=August 4, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film was released on August 29, 2008, in 2,123 theaters. It made [[United States dollar|US$]]2.6 million over the [[Labor Day]] weekend. The film has grossed an estimated $4.7 million in the U.S. and Canada and $1.6 million in other territories for a total gross of $6.3 million worldwide.<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/COLEG.php|title=College (2008)|website=The Numbers|access-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was released on [[DVD]] on January 27, 2009. The DVD includes both the Theatrical and Unrated versions of the film as well as a Gag Reel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001LPWGF0|title=College (2008)|website=[[Amazon.com]]|date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=January 18, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0844671|title=College}}

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[[Category:Films about fraternities and sororities]]
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[[Category:Films shot in New Orleans]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]