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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:5
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Sex Drive has some hilarious moments and is well made for a raunchy teen film, but will appeal to few beyond that demographic.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:09-01-2009
Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey,... [More]
Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Clark Duke
Director: Sean Anders
Okay, it doesn’t have an original bone in its body, but forgetting the awful title, Sex Drive has its share of snappy lines and decent gags. It’s also got Seth Green and James Marsden on cracking form, which should never be underestimated.
Top CriticLittle has changed since the heyday of John Hughes: nerdy hero on a mission to get laid, red sports car, bespectacled BFF– check, check, check.
Top CriticAlthough the Hughes tone in the first half slowly gives way to more predictable frattish comedy, alongside Superbad Sex Drive is one of the funniest American high school comedies in ages.
Top CriticIt’s crushingly generic stuff — a combination of gross-out gags and clammy sentiment — but Seth Green’s cameo as a sardonic Amish car mechanic has its moments.
Top CriticDuke has good scenes as Lance, but this is a rental, rather than a go-see.
Top CriticOccasionally sharp but never quite as smartly formed as it could be, this Sex Drive is only partly worth the trip.
Top CriticThe most notable thing about Sex Drive is that it reserves all its creativity for ways to revolt and ostensibly delight its target audience.
Top CriticThis movie doesn't contain 'offensive language'. The offensive language contains the movie.
Top CriticGiven the absence of any real freshness or inspired surprise here, it really should have been shorter, but at least the actors play those familiar characters with an energetic conviction.
Top CriticClumsily juggling gross-out gags, cartoonish physical humor and synthetic date-movie sentimentality, helmer Sean Anders offers a bumpy, boring journey in his strenuously unfunny road pic.
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