Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Three frustrated college seniors chase outrageous Mardi Gras fantasies, only to turn their spring-break road trip into a parade of crude disasters.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- raunchy
- irreverent
- rowdy
- party night
- spring break
What critics said
Critics regarded the film as a recycled, poorly executed road-trip comedy with only occasional energy or charm.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The protagonists travel to Mardi Gras seeking alcohol, sexual spectacle, and increasingly extreme celebratory misbehavior.
Mike, Bump, and Scottie begin the trip frustrated by their lack of romantic and sexual success and chase fantasies of Mardi Gras excess.
The central premise sends three college friends on a trip to Mardi Gras, where successive schemes create increasingly absurd consequences.
The festival is the destination and supplies the costumes, open containers, crowds, and permissive party culture driving the protagonists' fantasies.
Films like Mardi Gras: Spring Break, and why
The Hangover
raunchy college comedy, male friendship, and escalating party antics
Road Trip
road-trip structure, crude humor, and adolescent fantasies colliding with chaotic consequences
American Pie 2
college-age protagonists, sexual humor, and an irreverent spring-break atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Phil Dornfeld
- Release Date
- 2011-09-23
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (202)
Cast
- Nicholas D'Agosto
- Josh Gad
- Bret Harrison
- Danneel Ackles
- Arielle Kebbel
- Carmen Electra
- Regina Hall
- Gary Grubbs
- Becky O'Donohue
- Jessie O'Donohue
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mardi Gras: Spring Break about?
- Three frustrated college seniors chase outrageous Mardi Gras fantasies, only to turn their spring-break road trip into a parade of crude disasters.
- What is Mardi Gras: Spring Break like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mardi Gras: Spring Break as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Mardi Gras: Spring Break violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Mardi Gras: Spring Break as mild.
- What did critics think of Mardi Gras: Spring Break?
- Critics regarded the film as a recycled, poorly executed road-trip comedy with only occasional energy or charm.
- Which films are like Mardi Gras: Spring Break?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hangover, Road Trip, and American Pie 2.
- How long is Mardi Gras: Spring Break?
- Mardi Gras: Spring Break runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mardi Gras: Spring Break?
- In United States, Mardi Gras: Spring Break streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
