The title “Old School” is a bit deceiving. Such a label would beused to describe music from the 70s and the small handful of yearsbefore and after that decade. The only real music in the moviecomes from Snoop Dogg, and he certainly isn’t old school.

But just as Will Ferrell makes movies that come out of nowhereand are surprisingly entertaining, so does “Old School.”

Mitch (Luke Wilson), Frank (Ferrell) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn)are a trio of thirtysomething buddies on the cusp of somelife-changing happenings.

Frank will be imprisoned in the confines of one home and onewoman for the rest of his life. Yes, he’s getting married.

Mitch walks in on his long-time girlfriend having amenage-a-trois with another couple, and he doesn’t take to it toowell.

Beanie, seeing his friends’ lives coming to a wall of boredomand sorrow, decides that his homebroken keyster will elevate hisand their lives to higher meaning by moving Mitch into an old frathouse.

A meeting with incidence forces the men to utilize the house ina manner serving the purpose of the local university. Beanie usesthe opportunity to turn it into Animal House 2K3: the firstundergrad and post-grad fraternity.

As described earlier, this film comes out of nowhere. But thetalents at hand are well utilized.

Ferrell is hilarious as “Frank the Tank,” particularly whengetting on stage butt-naked with Snoop and streaking down thestreet in the middle of the night.

Vaughn steals practically every scene with his improve and charmas the most tied-down member of the bunch. With wife and kids intow, he’s the most representative of the bunch as far as mid-lifecrises go.

There is one exception on cast, as Wilson is as try andliterally useless as ever. No surprises there, right?

The DVD, on the other hand, is a thorough hoot. A commentary isincluded with the three stars and director Todd Philips, and it’s ariot. Even Wilson is proven to have a looser side than the usual”stick up his poop hole” personality he exudes onscreen.

The deleted scenes are above average, fleshing out the film (ifyou can even call it that), proving that the film does have somegenuinely thoughtful moments.

There are two other entertaining featurettes which exploit thecomic skill behind the cast involved, but the promotionalcommericals and outtakes are more worthwhile and less timeconsuming. It goes down smooth and easy, much like the drinkingthat goes on in the movie (“Frank the tank, Frank the tank…”).

Popcorn started off with a nice bang in 2003 with this surprisecomedy hit. If you’re in college (and you most likely are if you’rereading this review), and you haven’t seen this movie, DO IT NOW!It’ll show you what insanities await your adult life when you’velong gone from the institution of higher learning. “Old School” ishigher entertainment…of a sort, hehe.