21 & Over

21 & Over Information

21 & Over is a 2013 American comedy film written by, and serves as the directorial debut of, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, and Sarah Wright.

Plot

The film follows straight-A student Jeff Chang as his two best friends, Casey and Miller, take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview; what was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, overindulgence, and utter debauchery.

Cast

Justin Chon as Jeff Chang
Skylar Astin as Casey
Miles Teller as Miller
Sarah Wright as Nicole
Francois Chau as Dr. Chang
Samantha Futerman as Sally Huang
Dustin Ybarra as PJ Bril
Daniel Booko as Julian
Jonathan Keltz as Randy

Production

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore had worked together previously as writers for The Hangover.

Filming

Principal photography was scheduled to begin on September 22, 2011, at the University of Washington, while shooting of additional scenes began in Shandong province's Linyi Municipal Region in October. The film was released on March, 1, 2013.

Chinese version

Chinese studios ordered several changes to the film before allowing it to be shown in China. The Chinese-American lead is changed to a Chinese student who briefly transfers to an American college. According to Jon Lucas, the Chinese version will be about "a boy who leaves China, gets corrupted by our wayward, Western partying ways and goes back to China a better person."

Reception

21 & Over has received mostly negative reviews from critics. As of March 2013, it holds a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 70 reviews with the consensus stating: "Though it strives to mimic The Hangover, 21 & Over is too predictable, too unabashedly profane, and too inconsistently funny to carry the torch." On Metacritic, the film holds a 34/100 rating, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

Relativity Media has been criticized by civil rights advocates for shooting part of the comedy 21 & Over in the city of Linyi, Shandong province, and choosing to ignore the area's bleak human rights records, notably the treatment suffered by activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng, who was being held under house arrest in a nearby village.

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