Movies

What Qualifies as a Frat Pack Movie?

To “strictly” qualify as a “Frat Pack” movie, it must have at least one Frat Pack member in a starring role, along with at least one more in a supporting role. This is why Anchorman counts (Frat Pack Star, three Frat Pack Support, one Frat Pack Cameo) but why The Cable Guy doesn’t (three Frat Packers, none starring). See the Frat Pack Movie Scorecard for details and connections.

More importantly, the movie must also share a certain comedic sense; we’re talking fast-paced farce here, not slow, wry observational comedy (sorry, The Royal Tenenbaums fans). The films usually include a male-bonding component even if set against a romantic angle such as in Wedding Crashers.

Looser and more inclusive definitions allow for high-quality movies such as The Forty Year-Old Virgin or Along Came Polly with a single Frat Pack star, several Frat Pack friends, and similar comedic sensibility and theme.

Frat Pack Classics

Films that star one or more Frat Pack stars, and also include the same kind of farce-style humor are the ones we refer to as Frat Pack “classics.”

• The 40 Year-Old Virgin
• Along Came Polly
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Blades of Glory
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• Envy
• Meet the Fockers
• Meet the Parents
• Night at the Museum
• Old School
• Starsky & Hutch
• Step Brothers
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
• Tropic Thunder
• Wedding Crashers
• Zoolander