Reviewer Tom Charity : `` Project X '' loses more than it gains from the `` videography '' gambit . There 's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths ' rites of passage , he says . Beer will be chugged , tequila slammed , pills popped ( cherries too ) , furnishings trashed , cars crashed , there will be fire , SWAT teams and loud noise late into the night . The film also has a lot to say about how kids are being manipulated by adults and that they need their parents around them as much as possible.
Reviewer Tom Charity : `` Project X '' loses more than it gains from the `` videography '' gambit . There 's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths ' rites of passage , he says . The film also has a lot to say about how kids are being manipulated by adults and that they need their parents around them as much as possible.