Genre:
Comedy
Directed by:
Nima Nourizadeh
Starring:
Kirby Bliss Blanton, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper, Alexis
Knapp, Thomas Mann, Miles Teller
Release date:
Fri 02, Mar 2012
Budget $12 million
Box office $100.9
million
Project X is a 2012 comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh
in his feature film debut, written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake based on a
story by Bacall, and produced by The Hangover director Todd Phillips. The plot
follows Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and J.B. (Jonathan Daniel
Brown), three friends who plan to gain popularity by throwing a party, a plan
which quickly escalates out of their control.
The title Project X was initially a placeholder for a final
title, but interest generated by the secretive title resulted in it being kept.
The film was cast through a nationwide open casting call to find people who
never acted before or who had limited acting experience. The majority of the
cast were sourced from this casting call, but a few with prior acting credits,
such as Mann, were accepted after multiple auditions. Filming took place on
sets entirely in Los Angeles, California over five weeks on a $12 million
budget. The film is presented as a home video from the perspective of an
attendee using a camera to document the night's events.
Project X was released in the United States, Canada and the
United Kingdom on March 2, 2012, and grossed over $100 million worldwide during
its theatrical run. The film received a mixed to negative critical response on
release. Criticism focused on the perceived misogyny, mean-spirit, and
"loathsome" behavior of the lead characters, and disregard for the
effects of drug use. Following release, incidents of large scale parties
referenced or blamed the film as an inspiration.
Plot
In Pasadena, high school students Costa and J.B. plan to
throw a party for their friend Thomas's birthday, aiming to increase their
popularity among their schoolmates. Thomas's parents go away for the weekend,
leaving him alone in the house, but warn him not to have too many people over,
and not to drive his father's Mercedes. Thomas is reluctant to have the party
at his house out of fear of his parents finding out, but Costa continues with
his plan. Costa hires AV-student Dax to chronicle the night's events.
Throughout the day, Costa and J.B. advertise the party through the school.
Thomas himself invites Alexis, the hottest girl at school, and his best friend
Kirby, who has a crush on Thomas.
Costa, Thomas, and J.B. go to buy marijuana from drug-dealer
T-Rick. While T-Rick gets the marijuana, Costa steals his lawn gnome to use as
a party mascot. As they leave, T-Rick discovers his gnome stolen and chases
after them but they escape in Thomas' mini-van. As night falls, the party's
start time passes but no one turns up and Thomas worries that the party will
fail. Suddenly, party-goers arrive en-masse and the party becomes an instant
hit. Thomas intends to limit the party to the backyard and pool house with the
house guarded by two child security guards, Everett and Tyler. However, more and
more people begin to arrive and the party moves beyond their control and into
the house. Thomas questions Costa on how he advertised the party, forcing him
to confess that he put out ads on Craigslist and on a local radio station,
worried that no one would attend.
As the party grows, T-Rick's gnome is smashed, revealing
that it contains a large amount of ecstasy tablets, which are quickly consumed
by the party goers. The police arrive, responding to a noise complaint, but the
party goers remain silent, convincing the officers that the party has already
ended. After the police leave and the party resumes, Thomas kisses Kirby and
reveals that he loves her. Alexis meanwhile flirts with Thomas throughout the
night and eventually seduces him. Kirby walks in on the pair as they are about
to have sex and leaves the party upset. The noise and chaos of the party, which
has now spilled out into the surrounding neighborhood, receives televised news
coverage with helicopters flying over the house. A dwarf guest drives Thomas'
dad's Mercedes into the pool after being put into an oven by other partygoers.
The police return in force but are overwhelmed and repelled
by the guests. They decide to let the party die naturally before moving in.
T-Rick arrives armed with a flamethrower in an attempt to reclaim his gnome. He
begins setting fire to the trees and cars in search of Costa, forcing the
guests to flee and the party to end. The police shoot his flamethrower pack and
it explodes. Thomas, Costa, J.B., and Dax flee with the other guests as Thomas'
house burns and the SWAT team moves in to retake the neighborhood. The
neighborhood is left aflame.
By morning, the friends return to their respective homes to
discover what punishment awaits them. After his parents return, Thomas's father
commends him for managing to throw the party because he thought he was a loser,
but he uses Thomas's college fund to pay for the damages. At school, Thomas,
Costa and J.B. are cheered by the students and Thomas reconciles romantically
with Kirby. In the epilogue, T-Rick is recovered alive following the explosion,
Thomas is convicted for disturbing the peace, contributing to the delinquency
of minors, and inciting a riot, and Costa and J.B. are acquitted; Costa because
of his expensive lawyer and J.B. because his parents convince the court that he
is mentally incapable and unfit to stand trial. Costa, however, is currently
waiting for the results of three paternity tests. Dax, meanwhile, is under
investigation for the disappearance of his parents. In an interview with
Jillian Reynolds, Costa promises his next party will be even better.
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References.
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