First off, let me say that AMC is the biggest ripoff of all time. Ten dollars for a movie, go to Cinemark. But I digress, this review isn’t about the theatre it’s about Project X. In the vein of other found footage movies like Paranormal Activity, Project X is the story of three friends who try to throw the ultimate party to change the game and make themselves popular.

On Thomas’s (Thomas Mann) birthday his parents go on a short vacation to celebrate their anniver- sary. His parents don’t worry about leaving their son alone because they sadly think that he is a loser. His parents leave and Thomas’ s friend, Costa (Oliver Cooper), makes it his goal to invite as many people as he can. He buys an ad on Craigslist and makes an announcement at school; he doesn’t care that Thomas said only 50 people could come.

By the time the party is supposed to start no one is there except the crew: Thomas, Costa, JB, Kirby, and Dax, the cameraman. But, at about 9:30 people come, lots of people come. People showed up and it gets crazy. The DJ was playing some tight music, and there were so many beautiful girls, and some illegal things. But, then the neighbor comes and security, two 12-year-old kids, taze the man. It is all good, but then the cops come. They get off smooth and the party continues. This is the greatest party of all time. Thomas becomes a legend and stands on his roof as he asks Costa,”Is this big enough to be cool?” Then jumps off onto the bouncy house. Then everything goes wrong and a dude shows up with a flamethrower and things go badly.

The movie is funny. But, the characters and the plot are predictable. During the party the director tries to move the plot along, but with the sterotypical high school characters and predictable narrative it doesn’t work. The found footage angle was cool. Project X is not as funny as Superbad, but the party is tight.