‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’ Movie Review: Sequel Surprisingly Offers Rare Self-Awareness And Parenting Lessons

After two years, the sequel of "Neighbors" is released featuring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zack Efron. Movie reviews for the sequel surprisingly include parenting lessons and self-awareness.

Self-Aware Sequel

A movie review done by David Sims of The Atlantic describes the movie as something that is anchored on a sense of self-awareness that most masculine comedy films lack. It takes jabs on the insecurities of millennials particularly the male scenes. gender without coming off as tacky or forced.

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The first "Neighbors" released in 2014 mostly tackled the Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly's (Rose Byrne) anxiety over getting old and not being relevant after the coming of their first child. Meanwhile, "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" is more about Teddy's (Zac Efron) deeper fear: the death of traditional masculinity.

More so, Teddy finds himself at a crossroads when his roommate and best friend Pete (Dave Franco) is about to get hitched to his boyfriend (John Early). Teddy stopped being a model at Abercrombie & Fitch. Overall, the sequel was described as goofy, light on plot but heavy on silliness.

Parenting Lessons

Meanwhile, Magie Lange of GQ said labeled the sequel as one of the rare ones that turned out to be great. The conflict comes when a new set of a sorority, founded by Shelby (Chloe Grace Moretz) occupy the home next door. In protest of the Greek system, which doesn't allow sorority groups to openly have parties in their houses, Shelby teams up with Teddy to create their own party.

NPR provided a rare insight on the whole fraternity thing to protect your kids when they get to college. In real life, the National Panhellenic Conference prohibits U.S. sorority chapters from consuming alcohol in their own houses. In turn, the girls' plan to rent the house, which was occupied by Ted's fraternity before, for partying purposes may lower chances of campus rape if applied in the real setting.

However, this could mean disaster to Mac and Kelly who has a little kid and one coming on the way. They are trying to put up their house for sale and so they need to keep the commotions next door to a minimum until they close the sale.

Now the couple sees the undisciplined girls and imagines their own daughters to be like them later on. So what are you going to do? "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" opened in theaters on May 20.