Community College

USA 2009
produced by
Tommy Avallone for MMN Productions
directed by Tommy Avallone
starring Jordan McSorley, Jon Dean, Tim Dean, Tommy Avallone, Mike Hadfield, Brian Hagan, Scott Schwartz, Geno Bisconte, Robert Boileau, Matt Kawczynski, Jimmy Graham III, Chad Crenny, Albert DiGiacomo, Erica Mabry, Ryan Petrillo, Tommy Conwell, Amelia Neuberger, Nora Merlino, Kathryn Butler, Chris McDevitt, Tom Giordano, Jenelle McCalley, Keith Chambers, Justin Waller, Alex Haines, Michael Bower, Blue Meanie (= Brian Heffron), MC Lars (= Andrew Nielsen)
written by Tommy Avallone, music by Mike Pallante

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Community college is the ideal institution for Chino (Jordan McSorley), Rod (Jim Dean), Jonny 300 (Jon Dean) and Herby (Tommy Avallone) - basically because there's little pressure on them, nobody really expects them to succeed, and thus they can always find an excuse to skip class and go drinking. In their favourite bar, they somehow always manage to drink for free, but then the barman Smutty (Mike Hadfield) tells them his boss plans to close the joint. So the four friends and Smutty decide to make an effort to raise $10,000 to save and take over the place ... just to continue to drink for free. But initial efforts to raise the funds are ... well, less than successful - after all, who's buying some DIY lemonade from a bunch of college dudes when the elementary schooler (Erica Mabry) sells already pressed lemonade and is much cuter anyways?

So a severed head (Albert DiGiacomo) in a box tells them (!) the one way to raise the money is to finish college and receive monetary gifts from all sorts of relatives ... weirdly enough, that makes sense ... but can our quartet of losers do it? And if not, what's plan B? And how does a hypnotist (Michael Bower) and a self-proclaimed supervillain (Chad Crenny) fit into the story?

Community College is an at times hilarious comedy, and its basic concept, if a bit feeble, is at the same time quite lovable and honest. Add to this a few truly bizarre ideas (a talking severed head, a self-proclaimed supervillain, ...), and you've got yourself - well, unfortunately not a perfect film, basically because its narrative buildup and pacing are a bit off, and the main characters remain a bit too flat to come across as truly compelling.

That said though, a film about guys trying to get free drinks should best be consumed with (preferably free) drinks - which by pure definition makes it a perfect party movie, right? Right!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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