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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 9, 2006 11:19:54 GMT -5
This sophomoric attempt at recapturing the coming-of-age magic of such films as Porky's and The Last American Virgin is obvious in its intent. Nonetheless, it is still a very funny movie with tons of bathroom humor, slapstick, and terrific lines delivered amid the story of four Michigan teens trying to lose their virginity before Prom.
Sometimes daring, sometimes racy, never conservative, this film is definitely not for the weak of stomach. It received mixed reviews, but everyone I ever talked to said it was the funniest movie they saw last year.
The awkwardness, the angst, the frustration and embarassment of being a teenager-these are all depicted here. Anyone who survived the high-school experience should appreciate the situations these four young men find themselves in.
There were times when this film seemed full of cliches from other movies of this genre. There were times when the humor seemed innovative and edgy, not to mention gross. But this stands to reason in an age where movies of this type seem to knock themselves out trying to out-gross all the others. Witness the box-office appeal of the Farrelli brother comedies (Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There's Something About Mary). But there's one thing that this film has that other coming-of-age comedies do not: a message that life is what you make it, and that living from experience to experience, no matter how rough the journey, is well worth the trip.
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