Ian Lafferty is an eighteen-year-old virgin who is down on his luck and can’t seem to catch a break. Bullied by his older brother Rex (James Marsden) and shown up in the girl department by his 14-year-old younger brother, Ian just doesn’t know how to talk to girls except when it’s on the Internet. He decides to do something about it by bravely ‘borrowing’ his brothers pride and joy, A Vintage Pontiac GTO and along with his 2 friends Lance and Felicia he sets of on a drive cross country to meet Miss Tasty, a girl he’s been talking to on the internet for a while and finally lose his virginity before starting College. As you would expect things don’t go according to plan and they end up leaving a trail of mayhem along the way.
SEX DRIVE is a teen comedy in the same mould as AMERICAN PIE and ROAD TRIP so if your going to see it you have to accept that this is the type of humour your gonna get. For the first 20 minutes, indeed up until the time their Road Trip begins the movies roles along with a few chuckles here and there but as it gets into it’s stride the laughs start to pour out and we are treated to some genuine side splitting moments much in the same manner as SUPER BAD.
Ok, so maybe it’s a tad predictable but it’s a tried and tested formula and given the following of the afore mentioned movies then why not try to replicate that?
James Marsden and Seth’s Green performances as the Cock sure brother and sarcastic Amish farmer respectively, are brilliant and are hands down the reason I enjoyed the movie much more than I probablt should have.
In a year when there hasn’t been and abundance of great comedies SEX DRIVE holds it’s own. When your consider we’ve only had a handful of movies like TROPIC THUNDER, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS and the dark and intelligent Coen Brothers movie BURN AFTER READING then SEX DRIVE actually comes out fairly well.
Take a look at your DVD collection before deciding whether or not to see this. If you see movies like THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, AMERICAN PIE and SUPER BAD in there, then SEX DRIVE may just be up your street. It certainly kept me entertained.
Date: 18/01/2009
Rating: 4/5
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