Jake is fresh out of high school and has just arrived at college where he has a scholarship to play baseball. It is late August and a Thursday. Classes start Monday. What's a fellow to do? The baseball team - one of the nation's best - lives in off campus housing that isn't a dorm and isn't a fraternity. Jake finds that his team mates are a lively bunch who provide constant entertainment.
The movie goes nowhere. It was half over when I finally realized that there was no plot. This is the weekend before school starts and we follow how the baseball team tries to get drunk, high, or laid. They go to the local disco, the local country bar, they have a party in the baseball housing, they crash a party held by the drama club. Through it all, there are witty exchanges, philosophical blather, and just plain silliness. There is a lot of male bonding, complete with foolish bravado, idle boasting, and feats of great derring-do.
In the end, many parts made me smile or laugh but the lack of a story arc or any conflict to be overcome made it feel like an empty movie. It is like eating one M&M: sweet but unfulfilling. I liked it more than his last film, but that is a low bar.
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