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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
David M. Evans
Writer (WGA):
David H. Steinberg (written by)
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Release Date:
4 November 2005 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
They couldn't rent it, so they made it themselves.
Plot:
Three high school guys attempt to make a porno movie. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
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User Comments:
Quite entertaining more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Erik von Detten ... Deacon (as Erik Von Detten)

Tony Denman ... Fred
Daniel Farber ... Matt

Sarah-Jane Potts ... Ashley (as Sarah Jane Potts)

Amy Smart ... Naomi

Tom Arnold ... Mr. Lewis

Dey Young ... Mrs. Lewis

Riley Smith ... Jake

Vince Vieluf ... Tom Cooperman

Samm Levine ... Roger

Cameron Richardson ... Rachael Unger
Horatio Sanz ... Vic Ramalot
Anders Hedman ... Max (K)

Eddie Driscoll ... Mike

Brooke Dillman ... Biology / Health Teacher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Almost legal - Echte Jungs machen's selbst (Germany)
National Lampoon's Barely Legal (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drinking, involving teens.
Runtime:
USA:90 min | Argentina:91 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:MA | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:16 | USA:R (No. 39394) | Singapore:R21 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | UK:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vic Ramalot is based on the real life porn actor Ron Jeremy. more
Quotes:
Biology: The male deposits his seed, and moves on. Probably to a younger, more desirable female. One who doesn't have any issues, whatever that means. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Pulp Fiction (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Welcome To The Suburbs more

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14 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Quite entertaining, 6 March 2006
6/10
Author: Polaris_DiB from United States

Gross-out comedy.

Have you seen American Pie? Of course you have, everyone has. Have you seen National Lampoon's other stuff? Of course you have, everyone has. Have you seen Animal House? Of course--wait... wait... I caught a large portion of it on the television but I haven't seen all of it. Well that's okay, I got the point.

Did you like those films? Well, whichever way you answer the above question will determine what your enjoyment of this film will be like. I myself don't really think those films are THAT BAD, they're just not THAT GOOD. That wonderfully politically correct way of saying that this film was pure fluff but I laughed anyway.

Well I didn't necessarily laugh, but it was amusing. I think if it weren't for the fact that the father figure tries to pull a Eugene Levy, the stupid high school bully is trying to be a Stifler, and sometimes the characters seem to do things that not only don't fit with their character in the film, but don't match anything that happens in real life, this would be a pretty good movie.

Even despite those details (which are actually minor in the way they were presented), the film does its job and does it right. The overall structure is clichéd, but mostly the tone isn't. Scenes like the porno actress having dinner with the family when the girlfriend walks in, or the fact that said girlfriend isn't what he's looking for in the first place, stuff like that is enough to relax and enjoy the film if you're willing to not worry too much about wasting your time.

I would have to say that, if anything, the whole competitor storyline and all that Scarface stuff really got to me the most, considering I find the Scarface dream to be an utterly banal and hideous allusion for everyone to always make, and the competitor was just kind of stupid overall.

--PolarisDiB

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