Eric, the son of a wealthy man, seemingly has no real direction in his life. He lives in his father's family home in the Hamptons where most of his time is spent throwing elaborate theme parties where he gets plastered and makes a fool of himself. When Eric's dad decides to sell the house, Eric decides that he needs to throw the biggest send-off party imagineable in terms of fun and rememberance, deducing that a Good Old Fashioned Orgy fits the bill. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy is a comedy very much built from the early Adam Sandler mold. The main protagonist is a 30-something year old with absolutely no direction who in the end really doesn't learn all that much. The film follows pretty much all the standard tropes for this type of film with the love interest who is the complete oppositite to Eric, the best friend who secrely desires Eric, and the frat boy sidekick character. I will give A Good Old Fashioned Orgy some credit for being mildly unpredictable in terms of the outcome involving the two love interests but by and large it is a film that doesn't bring anything new to the table. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy sets itself up for failure so to speak in that a major chunk of the running time is spent talking up this Orgy climax to the point that one will almost certainly be let down at the end. Obviously the only reason to watch a film like this is for comedic intentions and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy is mildly entertaining, though definitely suffers from lulls of no comedic impact. It's a relatively talented comedic cast with Jason Sudeikis, Nick Kroll, Will Forte, and Tyler Labine all bringing some quality moments to the film. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy is a servicable comedy in which I never felt bored, just don't expect anything earth shattering in terms of comedic prowess. 6.25/10
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