Even if you never went to college in 1962, Animal House does manage to capture the nostalgia of that time period in slapstick fashion. It also features something common in comedies of the late sixties/seventies: the big wacky climax involving crashing vehicles and most of the cast, with the villains getting their just desserts.
I think almost everyone has seen this movie already but in a nutshell, ne’er-do-well Delta fraternity is facing shutdown due to various transgressions with excessive drinking and co-eds (and let’s face it, they probably deserve it). The movie tracks their battle against Dean Vernon Wormer (John Vernon) to stay open, and ends with the Delta House’s big revenge in a genuinely funny slapstick sequence reminiscent of It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Combine a ribald set of clownish characters with a classic soundtrack and the direction of John Landis, and you have a fun, turn-off-your-brain comedy experience.
