Project X is about Thomas Cubb (Thomas Mann); a meek high schooler; and his friends Costa (Oliver Cooper); the one with an attitude issue; JB (Johnathan Daniel Brown); the awkward chubby one; and new friend Dax (Dax Flame); the creepy, silent one who will be filming the ensuing chaos; and what happens when Costa elbows Thomas into throwing a party. You see it's Thomas's 17th birthday, his parents are away and as the saying goes: When the parents are away the kids shall play. Costa invites what appears to be the whole school and MORE in an attempt to get himself and his friends into the popular circle. Needless to say the party quickly throbs into unseen heights and threatens to destroy the whole neighborhood.
Project X is indeed an insane film. I knew the film was going to be crazy, but I had not idea the heights it would reach. I was hoping it would blow my mind, and blow my mind it did, all across the fucking theater. For most of the running time the film has an awesome feel to it, but there are times where things do get a little bit scary, to the point where it starts to feel like you're watching the party apocalypse.
Project X is a found footage/faux-documentary film that actually kind of reminded me of Chronicle. Instead of using just the main camera (belonging to Dax), the film uses phones, news footage, dashboard cams etc. I'm not going to say it's the most creative idea (Chronicle did it first and better honestly), but it was the choice that made the most sense for the film. Eventually, it ceases to feel like a found footage film and like something....I don't know, else? It's pretty neat and another winner in the found footage/faux-documentary category.
Project X is a film that's plot is admittedly threadbare (There is also a sub-plot that is too minor to even mention that involves Thomas's attempts to woo his long time girly friend ), and there is SOME character development, but it's still not that much. Let's be honest with ourselves here, People who walk into Project X don't want a plot, or a story, or character development....they want to see the craziest party ever, they want to see kids making bad decisions and doing bad things. You want tits, you got em (and in DROVES, ), you want drugs, you got em.....you want a flamethrower, you got it! If you walked into Project X expecting a sophisticated art film then...dude, WHAT THE HELL, DID YOU SEE THE TRAILERS??!!
The three leads do have a special sort of chemistry that works here. They are believable as regular high school kids, and it's believable that they'd be friends. In the film it feels like they became friends not because they wanted to, but because they were kind of forced together. They're all outcasts and losers and it's that that unites them. It would make sense that the losers would band together.
The film does have quite a few awesome aspects to it. There is a pool where the only rule is girls have to be naked in order to swim (just top half, they keep their panties on). There are also two young sophomores that act as security for the party. At first glance they would appear to be too young to be really effective, but I gotta admit they were HARDCORE and were easily one of my favorite parts of the film.
Project X is more so aimed at the High School -College Aged crowd. Chance are that if you're in your 30's or above you won't enjoy the film. For Adults it's quite possibly their worst nightmare, for teens it's their dream come true.
Project X is a film about a youth revolt that is both exciting and frightening in all the right ways, and Project X succeeds at showing both the glamorous and not so glamorous parts of the party and thusly it really nails the atmopshere I've experienced at most parties. It's the most realistic but non-realistic party film I've seen (if that makes sense)
There's a certian thrill and charm at getting to watch as a large party descends into utter madness and chaos, if that's your kind of thing than Project X is most definitely for you. The film doesn't try to please everyone and that was one of the best choices Project X made. You're either going to love it or hate it, it's bound to be one of the more polarizing films in recent years. For myself, Project X has already made it into the top 10 of my favorite films of 2012.
My advice to anyone going to see Project X is this: Don't treat this Project as a film, treat it like an experience and I GUARANTEE YOU that you'll get more out of it. And if you can, DEFINITELY go to see it in a theater, it's much more rewarding that way.
So, ultimately while Project X is not for everyone, the people that it was made for are bound to eat it up and the film succeeds in ways most probably wouldn't have imagined. To take a quote from the film: "I didn't know you had it in you." Project X is a chaotic and fun-filled time at the movies, no alcohol required. I'll definitely be buying this baby on Blu-Ray.
4.5/5 Stars
There is also a neat part at the end where they spoof an actual (like, it really occurred) news interview. You can find the actual interview they were spoofing on youtube, and it's the interview that inspired the film. Pretty neat.
There is also a neat part at the end where they spoof an actual (like, it really occurred) news interview. You can find the actual interview they were spoofing on youtube, and it's the interview that inspired the film. Pretty neat.
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