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This is a found footage movie loosely based on a viral video of an unrepentant Australian teenager who threw a party so large that it destroyed most of his neighborhood.  The video is directly parodied at the end of the film, but the story is otherwise an original creation.  Three high school friends (a loudmouth, a weirdo, and a bland lead) throw a birthday party whilst the parents are out of town.  There is a pointless through plot about the lead either making a move on his long time female friend or on some random popular slutty chick, but otherwise the movie is almost plotless.  The film just alternates between slow motion party footage montages set to house music and random quick gags.  Most of the jokes are pretty lame, but at least there's no contrived pathos or pseudo-heartwarming 'gee I learned a lesson" ending.  Just pure stupid crap.

It comes as a bit of a relief that the kids don't face some sort of friendship crisis.  I kept expecting some kind of 'you never cared about me, only about yourself!' speech that precipitated a group breakup only to be followed shortly after be some sort of hilarious/heartwarming redemption.  Not here.  The kids are friends, even though they are jerks to each other, and that's about where they end up when the dust settles.

The party throwing trio does actually face numerous repercussions for their catastrophic good time that you might think the movie would ignore.  Charges are filed, lawyers are hired, bank accounts are emptied, families move into motels and so ons.  But the characters don't really care.  They threw one really awesome party that gets their name known not just school wide but nation wide.

I might be the wrong age for this movie; too young to be offended and too old to be entertained.

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~ Two twelve year old security guards who take their jobs way too seriously are easily the best parts of the movie.

~ Many of the actors use their real names for some reason.

~ SPOILER The party house is heavily damaged as the night rolls on, but the neighborhood is eventually destroyed deus ex machina by a flamethrower-wielding drug dealer with a vendetta against the party boys.  I was kinda hoping the party itself would have become more destructive but oh well.