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Courtney Gains, Patrick Renna, Gregory Hinton, Tatyana Ali, Jennifer Lyons ... see more see more... , James DeBello , Chris Owen , Danielle Fishel , Boti Ann Bliss , Edwin Hodge , Tony Denman , Marieh Delfino , Marie-Noelle Marquis , Joshua "Worm" Miller , Cameron Richardson , Randy Spelling , Gable Carr , Patrick Cavanaugh , Paul H. Kim

The lowbrow side of higher education returns to the screen in this purposefully tasteless comedy brought to you by the folks at National Lampoon. It's a few days before Christmas vacation, and a mood ... read more read more...of giddy enthusiasm is in the air at a coed college dormitory. However, one of the students, a freshman, is despondent over his lack of success with the ladies during his first term at school. His older brother decides the lad needs to lose his virginity before he can make any real progress with his classmates, and hires a prostitute named Dominique (Boti Bliss) to give his brother some experience in the ways of physical love. However, it turns out that more than one Dominique is on her way to the dorm -- a French foreign-exchange student with the same name and almost no working knowledge of the English language (Marie Noelle Marquis) also shows up, and much confusion and comic hijinks ensue. Shot under the title Dorm Day Crazy, National Lampoon Presents: Dorm Daze was produced independently, but was later picked up by the National Lampoon organization, who in turn arranged a distribution deal for the picture. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand

Release Date: September 26, 2003

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DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004

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  • August 4, 2008
    National Lampoon's Dorm Daze had some familure sitcom actors and surprisenly they all played pretty good roles.
    The storyline was creative but far out.

    In a world where anything can happen, because reality is tossed out the window there is some good laughs, but lot's of was... read moreted potential. I feel the movie could of been a lot better in some ways, but I've seen worse.
  • April 18, 2010
    When you have a movie where everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, the movie just becomes wrong. Never before have I seen a plot line so tangled within itself and so desperately trying to tie all of the stories together in a humorous way that it completely destroys the film... read more. I have no idea how point A got to point B and I spent the entire time thinking that something was being resolved so I can finally turn off this god forsaken movie and go to sleep, then they completely twist the event to go on for another 15 minutes over and over again. Never before has a movie made me more frustrated than this one. I am forced to give them a half star since zero isn't an option.
  • February 2, 2012
    A movie so isolated with a pool of characters that reappear at random times; makes you wonder if they're the only kids on that college campus.

    National Lampoon used to excite me with "Animal House", "Vacation", and "Christmas Vacation", the decades of the 70s, 80s, and 90s were ... read morethe Golden Years; though with this monstrosity, those decades look more like the Platinum Era.
  • November 23, 2009
    Many C-list actors and actresses that we recognized...

    A few very hot chicks...

    Awful plot and many crazy, dumb twists...
  • November 22, 2009
    This movie tried very hard to have lots of plot lines and a crazy twist ending. However, the plots were stupid and terrible, the acting was laughable and for a movie like this, there was almost no T & A. Some funny moments but overall pretty bad.
  • August 3, 2008
    Awesome movie. Super funny. The whole story about the letters was great. It made things super complicated and really funny.
  • March 9, 2007
    Funny movie. Didnt expect much from it, but had good witty writing and a good plot twist at the end. Im not saying to go out and buy this but if you see it on the wal-mart reduced rack for 4.99, i suggest to pick it up.
  • April 6, 2006
    It actually had a decent story just not very good at showing it. The acting was top of the line but it was kind of funny and enjoyable I think.
  • March 25, 2006
    Some how there use to be a time when the National Lampoon was actualy funny.Now everything it tries to be it vehemently fails at. If I could give this movie less than one star I would.

Critic Reviews


Jeff Strickler
September 25, 2003
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Totally devoid of humor. Full Review

Oz
January 10, 2006
Oz, eFilmCritic.com

National Lampoon used to mean 'good comedy'. Now it's considered a warning. Full Review

David Nusair
August 11, 2004
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...it's hard not to wonder if directors David and Scott Hillenbrand were trying to shatter the record for most wacky misunderstandings in a single film. Full Review

Christopher Null
August 5, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

putting all the first-act plot holes aside, Dorm Daze is, well, still a really stupid film Full Review

Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
September 26, 2003
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

Once the whole thing begins to play out, the movie's inventiveness drags. Full Review

Dan Lybarger
September 24, 2003
Dan Lybarger, Kansas City Star

The longer the film runs, the more interesting a watchdial becomes. Full Review

Brian Orndorf
October 10, 2003
Brian Orndorf, Modamag.com

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