Confessions of a Sorority Girl Reviews

Roger Corman's original 1957 movie Sorority Girl was a surprisingly complex character study, masquerading as a teen-exploitation film. Uli Edel's 1993 remake plays it more for laughs for most of its length, manipulating the audience at various points (twice -- when the villain Sabrina seems as though she's ready to run over a dog and then a family), but generally shooting for a humorous, smirky tone to the action. The color is gorgeous, and it's interesting to see Jamie Luner's physique exploited fully while Alyssa Milano drabs herself down in an effort to focus on her acting rather than her form. It's all good fun, though the raunchiness of the R-rated material (relevant to just one or two scenes) may be off-putting to some. The presence of a lot of period music, coupled with the requisite scenes of fraternity/sorority life (including the obligatory toga party), will recall National Lampoon's Animal House without the overt zaniness, while the knowing, slightly campy portrayals recall Roger Corman's mid-'70s productions such as Eat My Dust and Death Race 2000.