Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn
Defining moment: See below: the wedding singer scene.
If you’re looking for the best comedy film of recent years, it might not be ‘Old School’: the film has bags of charm, cracking one-liners, memorable supporting characters (‘You’re my boy, Blue!’) and pitch-perfect performances from its three zeitgeist-grabbing leads as the ageing college buddies who move back on to campus in an effort to revitalise their fading youths, but it’s not quite ‘Rushmore’ or ‘Superbad’. But if you’re looking for the biggest single laugh of the decade – the spit-out-your-popcorn, drop-your-coke, didn’t-see-it-coming zinger to end ’em all – this movie’s wedding scene takes some beating. Its fabulously earnest, foul-mouthed version of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ performed by regular frat-pack cameo artist Dan Finnerty in a wide-collared concierge outfit, is a powerfully strong contender. Tom Huddleston
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