OLD SCHOOL (2003). Women in these dumb comedies always fall into two categories: the super-sweet girl next door who's turned on by male antics, and the scolding, castrating figure. Old School briefly gives us a third type -- the girlfriend who when you come home early from a business trip you discover is into gangbanging (Juliette Lewis). But she's gone from the film after 10 minutes, and the rest of this frat-house farce is devoted to men behaving stupidly. Although the script by director Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong has its witty moments, like many real-life fraternity activities, it tries too hard to be cool or funny (wrestling in a pool of K-Y Jelly, anyone?). But the three stars, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn, often turn water into wine, or at least cheap keg beer, with their nonchalant portrayals of three 30-year-old friends who start a fraternity on their town's college campus. Vaughn is especially fun to watch, perhaps because he's revisiting his Swingers character. Craig Kilborn, Seann William Scott, and Jeremy Piven also appear. (90m)

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