“Neighbors 2” is not bad. In fact, it’s pretty good, though it feels like a much less momentous occasion than the first “Neighbors,” which came out two years ago to a surprising amount of success. Both films feature Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne with Zac Efron and Dave Franco as a pair of new parents and their frat brother neighbors, respectively.

The first movie saw the residents of the two houses getting into increasingly insane antics in order to convince the other to move. The second movie adds Chloe Grace Moretz into the mix as the head of a new sorority that moves into the house previously owned by Efron’s fraternity. Moretz and her sisters come in with beef for the current Greek system, and this is where "Neighbors 2" is kind of more interesting than its predecessor.

The whole reason that Moretz’s character starts her own sorority, dubbed Kappa Nu, is that she and her new college friends discover—in a fun scene featuring a cameo by Selena Gomez—that it is against sorority rules to have alcohol in sorority houses. This pretty blatant double standard spurs the trio, supplemented by Kiersey Clemons and Beanie Feldstein, to round up as many college women as they can and make a name for themselves.

It’s a compelling opposite narrative to Rogen and Byrne’s adventure of coming into parenthood, which especially lags in this movie from a dramatic standpoint. The best gags, however, do come out of their characters’ choice of toy for their daughter… (it’s a dildo).

And this imbalance is exactly where the movie doesn’t feel like it comes together. The feminist angle to the girls’ story is compelling, and it’s really refreshing to see a movie where the crazy, somewhat irresponsible party animals are all women instead of men. But the resolution is quite hackneyed and rushed, and makes the best thing the movie has going for it crumble.

Sure, there are some really great jokes all along the way. There is a fantastic heist scene in the middle of the movie at a tailgate that rivals anything from the first movie. Additionally, Zac Efron continues to be a talent in comedy as a dumb, but well meaning foil for Rogen and Byrne’s neurotic and high strung married couple. He also gets a cute side story of trying find validation as his fellow frat alums move on with their lives.

I would recommend seeing “Neighbors 2” at some point, but I can’t say that you need to run to the theater. The feminist talking points are strong, and make for some great subversive comedy, but it's wrapped in a somewhat messy movie.