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www.filmcritic.com - : One of the tragically underappreciated films of the 1990s, this updating of the Animal House mentality brings us to a Twilight Zone world where political correctness has run rampant. The P.C. schtick is a little overdone -- which turned me and other critics off on its original release -- but it has since emerged as a cult classic thanks to its wild characters and a virtuoso performance by Jeremy Piven as head of the most notorious frat house on campus. David Spade is the perfect foil as the button-down freak at the rival fraternity. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : The rowdiest kids on campus prove they've got plenty of pluck but little imagination in ''PCU,'' a so-so caper in the spirit of ''National Lampoon's Animal House.'' Though 16 years have passed since John Belushi and the Delts bedeviled Dean Wormer, this film's scenario is nearly identical. Here, the incorrigible cutups bunk in a filthy old frat house, the Pit, and delight in pestering Dean Garcia-Thompson (Jessica Walter), high priestess of political correctness. more...
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