It's endlessly quotable (“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son”), packed with excellent performances and unique characters, and blessed with a great score that mixes Elmer Bernstein’s orchestral maneuvers with catchy oldies.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 8, 2023

In its own half-flubbed way, it has a style. And you don’t go to a film like Animal House for cinema, you go for roughhousing disreputability; it makes you laugh by restoring you to the slobby infant in yourself.

| Sep 18, 2023

By the hilariously rampageous finale – despite individual moments routinely outshining the production as a whole – this picture clearly demonstrates its inspirational and influential qualities.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 22, 2022

There are some classic performances like Jim Belushi's Blutarsky and Tim Matheson's Eric Stratton.

| Apr 1, 2021

Animal House is my guilty pleasure.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

The film has swept through the American box office like a whirlwind, precipitating a rash of incipient college romps. One waits with trepidation: but at least the trailblazer has vitality and charm.

| Feb 7, 2020

Despite the comedic tone of some scenes, the result is below expectations and it never stops being a monotonous pastiche. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 7, 2019

It is occasionally funny, always zany, sometimes sophomoric, even freshmaneric, a 1970's view of the 60's from the long end of a telescope.

| Jul 9, 2019

Earns a diploma for tasteless low-budget comedy.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 22, 2019

You may not care to take up permanent spiritual residence at Animal House, but it's funny place to visit.

| Jul 31, 2015

The spirit of National Lampoon, as well as the voice of a generation...

| Sep 26, 2013

a nice piece of counterculture which takes place at a time when there wasn't much counterculture out there

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 5, 2013

Easily one of the best teen sex comedies of all time and quite possibly the best frat comedy ever made.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 29, 2012

John Belushi's raucous toga party isn't for young kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2010

A masterpiece in anarchy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2009

Growing old disgracefully, Animal House is every bit as good as you remember.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2009

Animal House is a self-congratulatory mess; but it's also spattered with terrific one-liners and sight gags, and it's the best showcase extant for John Belushi's subversive, attention-grabbing screen presence.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2009

Animal House brandit le titre de film culte avec honneur.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 20, 2008

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| Original Score: 10/10 | Jun 27, 2008

Arguably the most influential comedy of our time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2008