Geoff Berkshire Metromix.com Nov 8, 2007 2/5

Admirably aiming to recreate the feelings of newfound freedom and self-discovery that college inspires, Freshman Orientation never finds a way to successfully execute its good intentions.

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Brandon Judell New York Theatre Wire Oct 20, 2007

You enter expecting something really stupid, and you wind up with something really clever . . . hysterical . . . wise.

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Joshua Katzman Chicago Reader Sep 28, 2007

John Goodman has a nice turn as a queen with a heart of gold.

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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Sep 28, 2007 1/4

...might push boundaries better were it not so painfully unfunny.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Sep 28, 2007 2/4

...goes way over the top for the Greeks vs. Gays climax.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Sep 28, 2007 4/5

A campus comedy with a dirty mouth, an innocent heart and a surprisingly wise mind, Freshman Orientation uses identity politics as a road to romance and emotional maturity. The naked breasts are a bonus.

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Frank Lovece Film Journal International Sep 27, 2007

The charms of this college gross-out comedy with a "message" are elusive.

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Sep 23, 2007 2/4

Consider my two-star rating an indication that the film's Gut-Buster-to-Forehead-Slapper ratio is relatively even.

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Bill Stamets Chicago Sun-Times Sep 21, 2007 1.5/4

This trivial film toys with the postmodern lifestyles.

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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Sep 20, 2007 1.5/4

Freshman Orientation is not incompetently made. Nor is it badly acted. But there's not a fresh idea in it, and everyone on screen seems to be in a different comedy.

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Don Willmott Filmcritic.com Sep 18, 2007 2/5

OK, it's official: I no longer care about 18 year olds.

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Chad Greene Boxoffice Magazine Sep 15, 2007 1/5

Theatres showing it will likely have as many conspicuously empty seats as the classrooms and barrooms in this picture, which was apparently shot on such a shoestring that they couldn't even get enough extras to fill a set.

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Timothy Knight Reel.com Sep 1, 2007 2/4

Freshman Orientation barely rates a passing grade.

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Aug 31, 2007 2.5/5

...too often feels more like a tapped-out keg than a provocative romp.

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Kam Williams DallasBlack.com Aug 31, 2007 2/4

A genderbending teensploit turning on a clever twist of the genre's trademark theme. For while most makeover movies feature a female making herself more attractive, this flick has a male deliberately doing the opposite.

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Brian Orndorf eFilmCritic.com Aug 31, 2007 D

Writer/director Ryan Shiraki certainly adds some youthful exuberance to his debut feature film, but it's all wasted on a tremendously misguided and exhaustively dim screenplay

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Dave White Movies.com Aug 31, 2007 D

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Luke Y. Thompson L.A. Weekly Aug 30, 2007

There are other things to like about writer-director Ryan Shiraki's college comedy, mainly that it feels more real than most... Just one problem: It isn't particularly funny.

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James Berardinelli ReelViews Aug 29, 2007 2.5/4

Freshman Orientation feels a bit like a missed opportunity. It's too bad the motion picture as a whole isn't as quirky and clever as its double-edged title.

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Dustin Putman TheFilmFile.com Aug 23, 2007 2.5/4

Blessedly shrewd where it counts and deserves notice. The lessons develop naturally and aren't jammed down the viewer's throat like the hypocritical sermonizing in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

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