P.C.U.

PG-13

Released Apr 29, 1994

1 hr. 19 min.

Comedy

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47%

17 Reviews

Tomatometer

75%

10,000+ Ratings

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Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence (Chris Young) visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz (Jeremy Piven) and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson (David Spade) and the school's steely president (Jessica Walter). With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.

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Slangin N

Still hilarious almost 30 years later. This is miles better than anything we are getting today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Jrod O

Such a great cast. I watch this at least once a year, and can quote every line.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/23

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Gareth W

As time goes on this imagined over exaggeration gradually becomes more and more representative of modern left wing activists. Rather amusing that yesterdays idea of comedy is todays reality.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Bradley S

Hilarious and more relevant now than when it was filmed!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Gary G

If you aren't sensitive and or too high minded, this movie is awesome. Wish it was streaming somewhere.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/23

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Ashley H

Great fun movie, Jon Favreau, Jeremy Piven equals Fun!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/18/23

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Hart Bochner

Director

Jeremy Piven

James 'Droz' Andrews

Chris Young

Tom Lawrence

Jon Favreau

Gutter

David Spade

Rand McPherson

Sarah Trigger

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Nell Minow

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Surprisingly funny.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 26, 2003

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

PCU is a fertile movie, filled with the beginnings of good ideas and promising scenes. But somehow everything seems truncated; there's not the kind of follow-through that takes a funny situation and builds on it until the laughs begin to pyramid.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Marc Savlov

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Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

It is a comedy that demonstrates that every op-ed about college kids going way, way too far, is based on very old ideas. (30th anniversary)

Rated: 3/5

Apr 26, 2024

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Defining what the film stands for is harder than defining what it stands against. It's anti-vegan, anti-feminist, anti-Black, anti-queer, and also-here's the overlooked part-pointedly anti-fascist.

Dec 9, 2021

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

Take Piven out of the equation and it'd be a whole lot uglier.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 25, 2006

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Synopsis

Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence (Chris Young) visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz (Jeremy Piven) and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson (David Spade) and the school's steely president (Jessica Walter). With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.

Director: Hart Bochner
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 29, 1994, Original
Release Date (DVD): Sep 2, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M
Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)