Amazon.com video review:
This is one of those movies that works for all the wrong
reasons--disgusting, lowbrow, base humor that we are all far too
sophisticated to find amusing. So, just don't tell anyone you still
think it's a riot to watch John Belushi as the brutish Bluto slurp
Jell-O or terrorize his less-aggressive fellow students. This crude
parody of college life in the '60s spawned many imitations, but none
could match the fresh-faced talent or bad taste of this huge box
office success. (Remember all those toga parties in the '80s?) The
first of the National Lampoon movies, this was originally released as
National Lampoon's Animal House. Keep an eye out for a very
young Kevin Bacon in his first credited screen
appearance. --Rochelle O'Gorman
