Strap your Chili Ring into a ’69 GTO and hang on!
I don’t know if you are mature enough to handle this film. I don’t know if I will ever be the same, there were things in this film that I only heard of on the Internet – and never dared click on the link. Director Sean Anders could have put a “guranteed to gross you out” disclaimer on Sex Drive without worrying about an army of lawyers claiming fraud. At one point in the film this old fart in front of me kept threatening to leave if it got any more disgusting; his resolve surprised me.
This was definitely a character driven script, but character comedy always translates well, excluding in North Korea and Ohio maybe, but every other culture could watch this movie on mute and still get quite a few laughs. True comedy is bad things happening to other people, and if you combine that with gross things, you get a comedic cornucopia of character driven insanity.
This is the classic tale of a teen trying to get some tail, Ian (Josh Zuckerman) tests his personal limits as he treks across this great nation searching for his teen sex-pot – his “sure thing”. He is joined by his trusty crew, his BFF Felicia (Amanda Crew) and his Mercutio, Lance (Clark Duke) as they each teach him what it is to be a man in their own special ways. Ian is tested mile for mile as he struggles with the curves and U-turns thrown at him by his desire to “become a man”.
I really loved this movie, it had everything I wanted, and a few things I wish I never witnessed in my sheltered life. I always try to be fair and respect the director’s intent and the genre when I review a film. So, for example, a horror movie that is really scary, even though it won’t impact the social fabric or change mores, I rate it based on the genre, as a horror movie, how did it fare? So, in that respect, this was a five star comedy. Seth Green and James Marsden are over the top. Green plays an ultra sarcastic Amish guy with a penchant for horseless buggy repair and Marsden plays ultra-jock, evil big-brother Rex who learns more about himself through his brother’s journey.
This film has the whole enchilada (or donut) folks, I went into it not expecting much and it really blew me away! If you have a weak bladder, wear a depends, because you won’t want to miss a second of this flick!
