Sorority Boys
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| Directed by | Wallace Wolodarsky |
| Written by | Joe Jarvis Greg Coolidge |
| Produced by | Larry Brezner Walter Hamada Michael Fottrell |
| Starring | Barry Watson Michael Rosenbaum Harland Williams |
| Cinematography | Michael D. O'Shea |
| Edited by | Richard Halsey |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $12,517,488 |
Sorority Boys is a 2002 comedy film directed by Wallace Wolodarsky, about a group of college guys who dress up as women to prove their innocence for a crime they didn't commit.
Plot
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The story starts out with the regular lives of three friends - Dave (Barry Watson), Adam (Michael Rosenbaum), and Doofer (Harland Williams) - who are head Social Committee in a frat house called KOK (Kappa Omicron Kappa). The KOK are known for throwing heavy parties and socially discriminating the members of the sorority DOG (Delta Omicron Gamma) who regularly protest the actions of the KOK. The three are then falsely accused of stealing money from the fraternity, which goes towards the end of the year 'KOK-tail Cruise' at the end of the semester, which guarantees them a spot at a very high paying company no matter how low their IQ is. Dave and his friends are kicked out of the house as a result.
The three realize that the proof they need to prove their innocence is on a video tape still in the KOK house. In order to infiltrate the house, the three follow Doofer's plan of dressing up as women (however unattractive) to get inside. They are however unsuccessful as someone else has moved into their room, one that develops a crush on Adina (aka Adam). Then they are thrown out of the house when they are mistaken for being members of 'DOG'.
Thrown onto the DOG's doorstep, they are immediately accepted by the group for being 'plus-sized' girls. Since there is free room and board to those who pledge for the first semester at DOG, they decide to pledge to hide out for a while. While the boys deal with the hardships of being women, they are subjugated to all kinds of abuse from a fellow sorority, the 'Tri-Pis' (Pi Pi Pi). They also have to figure out a way of getting the tape back.
While Adina (aka Adam) tries to seduce a fellow KOK brother Jimmy to get the tape, Daisy (aka Dave) is falling for the DOG president Leah. Daisy (a.k.a. Dave) and Leah meet on the first night when Daisy gets up in the middle of the night to take a shower thinking he/she will be alone and he can shower as a man. His/her relationship gets in the way of Adam/Adina's attempt to get the tape back. The DOG's end up on the KOK - Tail Cruise after they win the powder puff football game against the tri pi's which includes a ticket on the ship. While on the ship Dave/Daisy needs to get out of his/her dress so he can meet with John Claus and get a job in his company. While he/she is going to get out of his/her dress, he/she walks by Leah and Leah asks Daisy to dance with her.
During their dance, Leah tells Daisy that she knows it is hard for Daisy to accept a lesbian relationship and she says it is hard for her too, but she is willing to commit if Daisy is. They start kissing and then Daisy tells Leah that she has decided to move back to Minnesota. The movie reaches its climax when the guys' true identity are revealed to the KOKs and DOGs, before they reveal that they were indeed innocent of stealing the money and the perpetrator (the KOK president) is punished. The DOGs finally get revenge on the Tri-Pi's as well as the boys getting reinstated into the KOK. Dave makes things up with Leah as Dave and not Daisy, and the KOK try to make themselves better men. Adam is instated as president, and many of the KOK guys are now dating the DOG girls.
Cast
- Barry Watson as Dave/Daisy
- Michael Rosenbaum as Adam/Adina
- Harland Williams as Doofer/Roberta
- Melissa Sagemiller as Leah
- Tony Denman as Jimmy
- Brad Beyer as Spence
- Kathryn Stockwood as Patty
- Heather Matarazzo as Katie
- Yvonne Sciò as Frederique
- Kerri Higuchi as Susie
- Omar Benson Miller as Big Johnson
- Mike Beaver as Big Fat Frat
- Peter Scolari as Louis
- Bree Turner as Tiffany
- Stephen Furst as The Alum
- Brian Posehn as Haggard Alum
Reception
Sorority Boys currently holds a 13% 'Fresh' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus "A sloppy fratboy movie, Sorority Boys offers up a parade of gross-out gags and sex jokes, while insulting and ogling women."[1]
Based on a $12 million budget, the film grossed a worldwide total of $12,517,488.[2]