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Thomas’s friends Costa and J.B plan a party for him that they believe will be the best party anyone has ever been too. When they send out mass invites, people begin to start showing up bunches, leaving Thomas with a party that is getting out of control. When Thomas starts to realize he has lost control and starts to accept the idea of it being a “game changing” party everything changes, and the boys set out to make it the best night of their lives.
Project X is attempting to be The Hangover of college party movies, with over the top dramatics, and over exaggerated party scenes. This film takes the idea of an insane party and adds in all the extremes, which does make for good visuals. Project X is nothing but booze, boobs and horny teenagers. If that is your cup of tea then I suggest you check it out.
It does have its merits as a film, accurately depicting for the first half what a teenager looking to be accepted goes through. Every so called Geek or Nerd wants to be accepted by the hottest girl in school, and in this case Thomas almost had that. That part of the film is undeniably well written and well shot. It is the rest of the film that leaves a little to be desired. Some of things were way too over the top, like the flamethrower and the midget in the oven. All of that was just for the laughs, to get people to say something like “Holy Shit man, did you see what they did to that poor guy. Haha that’s so funny dude, imagine if we did that.” Cool, awesome job Project X, you succeeded in being the ultimate wet dream for those who never felt like they had any shoot at throwing a cool party.
Project X has some decent acting; the three leads try and bring amicable traits to their respective characters. Thomas and J.B are alright characters, but Costa was always just a little bit too much. His cocky, smart mouthed attitude to every single person just didn’t click with me. Thomas and J.B didn’t strike me as the type of people, on screen or not that would realistically hang out with someone as self-righteous and for lack of a better term “douchey” as Costa was.
Very much a film for people who enjoy the type of lifestyle displayed on the film. Yes, we have all been too a party, but this is not the type of thing most people would want to celebrate. I’m not entirely sure if the film was designed to be a comedy or a valuable lesson to be smart about how to party. There were some funny bits, but for me even seeing the destruction on film it didn’t overly strike me as something to be calling “badass” or “game changing”.
What Project X will end up being for too many people is the ultimate party film to define a generation that is known for throwing excessive extravagant parties, with too much booze, any kind of drug you could name, and enough scantily clad women too fill an entire house. Being a fan of film and the stories told through film, I guess I will never be able to say that Project X is anything but just another film I’ve seen. It could have been more, a valuable teaching tool, that shows the upbeat, insanely fun side of a party, but it could have also shown the dark dangerous repercussions of losing control of said party. Instead the writers of Project X decided to make the ending a positive one, which is a made for Hollywood type ending.
6/10
