Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland (2016)

Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland is a loud, shameless victory lap that understands exactly why fans fell for BMS in the first place: it’s a love letter to friendship, idiocy, and the kind of campus legend that only grows bigger the more outrageous it gets. The movie barrels forward on pure party-movie momentum, packing in nostalgic callbacks and fan-service with the confidence of a team running the same unstoppable play, and it’s genuinely entertaining in how committed it is to going bigger, brasher, and more absurd. If you’re on the fence, know this isn’t trying to be refined or realistic—it’s a crude, gleefully nonsensical send-off that plays like a reunion with your funniest, most irresponsible friends. If raunchy humor isn’t your thing, it’ll be a hard pass, but if you want a satisfying, no-apologies BMS encore, Thadland delivers.

Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland is trying to be a loud, no-apologies victory lap for fans of the show, built around one last legendary party and the gang’s familiar, anything-goes chaos. The problem is it often feels like a thin excuse to string together gross-out bits and shock jokes, with a plot that’s more “whatever gets us to the next scene” than an actual story. If you’re hoping for sharper satire, character growth, or even the show’s better-balanced mix of absurdity and heart, this can come off lazy and oddly empty. But if you already love BMS at its dumbest and just want to hang out with these characters for 90 minutes of escalating debauchery, it delivers exactly that.