History YMMV / Neighbors2014

* ContestedSequel: The opinions of the sequel have ranged from EvenBetterSequel to good but not as good to {{Sequelitis}}.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Whether or not ''Neighbors 2'' lives up to its predecessor is debated. Even though the film got decent reviews, something that's not normally expected for sequels of comedy films, some wrote it off as simply a [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks redo of the first film]], presenting very little changes and making it seem unnecessary.

* HandWave: Marijuana goes from seemingly illegal to seemingly legal several times in both movies. Mac finds it "hard to buy weed", has a "dealer", and has to hide bongs, but both Delta Psi and Kappa Nu are able to purchase massive quantities of weed and openly distribute it. Kappa Nu [[spoiler: rather blatantly sells weed in baggies at a school event]] and Delta Psi [[spoiler: fills metal barrels with weed and lights them to "hotbox" a whole house at a huge party. When a cop shows up, he doesn't investigate the weed-themed party with weed-shaped lights and probably a very powerful smell of weed, and even jokes with a frat member about how he knows the dude is high]].

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jimmy putting a Hebrew taunt in the school seal of the counterfeit lifting-of-probation letter as a "calling card", tipping Teddy off to the fact that it was a fake and they're still on probation. [[LampshadeHanging Everyone else calls him out on doing this before they actually won.]]
** After Kappa Nu [[spoiler: robs Mac and Kelly's house and sprays graffiti on the walls]], Mac refuses to call the police because [[spoiler: they had previously all of stolen Kappa Nu's weed]]. Unless they still had [[spoiler: the weed]] in the house, which is doubtful, there would have been no evidence for the cops to find, not to mention that Kappa Nu would have to admit to having bought [[spoiler: a huge quantity of weed]] in the first place.
*** It would have made more sense to reference the first movie and say that the cops told Mac and Kelly to "never call them again" after the Radners had called in the noise complaint on Teddy.
** Kappa Nu insisting on partying for 30 days to avoid a break up, despite the fact that it's still possible to form a sorority even after such time has passed.

** Mac getting vomited on during sex with Kelly? Not funny. Kelly whining that she might be pregnant and Mac telling her that he already climaxed from the vomit? Hilarious.

* CriticalResearchFailure: One of the topics tackled in the sequel is how traditional sororities are forbidden from throwing their own parties and must attend fraternity parties. The film takes the stance that this is an example of the traditional male hierarchy oppressing women, but the truth is that this is a ''self-imposed policy'' by sororities themselves through the National Panhellenic Conference (the national sorority governing body) primarily because no-party policies make them cheaper to insure.

** Despite the film being pitched as Rogen vs. Efron, most critical reviews -- even the negative ones -- heaped the most praise on Creator/RoseByrne's Kelly, who doesn't get stuck with a WomenAreWiser role and gets a lot of laughs going from button-downed house-wife to scheming partner-in-crime with Mac. Plus, she does a hilarious {{Keet}} impression of Creator/AnneHathaway.