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Director: Sean Anders
Movie review
From Time Out London
American cinema’s fascination with the mating habits of overprivileged white kids continues – financed, of course, by said teens’ fascination with themselves. Little has changed since the heyday of John Hughes: nerdy hero on a mission to get laid, red sports car, bespectacled BFF– check, check, check. There’s not the faintest whiff of originality anywhere near ‘Sex Drive’: the lead actors are uninvolving at best and the entire enterprise feels cooked up to satisfy intoxicated teenagers.Nonetheless, for the undemanding viewer this is a far more enjoyable experience than it has any right to be, thanks in large part to to a puerile but genuinely funny script, and scene-stealing turns from James Marsden as a frost-tipped homophobe and Seth Green as a sarcastic Amish mechanic.
Author: Tom Huddleston
Time Out London Issue 2003, 8 - 14 Jan, 2009
User reviews of this film
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- kat said...
- Posted on Mar 20 2009 14:34 One of the funniest films i have seen in a long long time. Had me laughing all the way through, will never win a oscar, but this is good entertainment....
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- amy said...
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Posted on Jan 30 2009 19:12
funny as hell!
must see!
anyone will like it! - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Sean Anders
Cast: Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Seth Green full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 109 mins
UK Release: Jan 9 2009
US Release: Oct 17 2008
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