Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play Mac and Kelly Radner, loved-up young parents to newborn daughter Stella. After a night when they legitimately contemplate taking Stella to a rave only to collapse in exhaustion from the effort it takes to pack up materials to take a baby out anywhere, they start to realize that their lives really have changed. Then a frat moves in next door. Led by the charismatic, oft-shirtless Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron), at first it looks like the frat won't be a problem. Teddy seems keen to mollify the neighbors and Mac and Kelly are fooled into thinking they could be the "cool young couple" that smokes weed with the college kids at reasonable hours and then gets them to keep quiet at night so their baby can sleep. Of course, things don't work out that way.
The frat soon launches a series of loud, raucous parties that make life a living hell for the Radners, and after they call the police for a noise complaint, things quickly spiral out of control. It's the "adults" versus the college kids and things get hilariously ugly as the retaliations escalate. And the whole time, neither Mac nor Kelly can be the smart one. They are equally clueless about how to deal with this situation and it is wonderful to watch them fumble through the situation, trying to act like sensible parents instead of the irresponsible college kids they were just a few years ago.
Neighbors is a clever, well-acted comedy that has laughs, gross-out moments of "ohmigoodness did they really do that?" and warmth. It's a fun, breezy movie that should assuage the fears of any young parent. If you feel like you don't know what you're doing, just watch Neighbors. You'll be glad to find that you're not quite as ridiculous as this couple.
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