Sex Drive (2008)

Director:

Sean Anders

Writers (WGA):

Sean Anders (screenplay) &
John Morris (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

17 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He's leaving virgin territory

Plot:

A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Amish | Friendship | High School | Virgin

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Josh Zuckerman	...	Ian
Amanda Crew	...	Felicia
Clark Duke	...	Lance
James Marsden	...	Rex
Seth Green	...	Ezekiel
Alice Greczyn	...	Mary
Katrina Bowden	...	Ms. Tasty
Charlie McDermott	...	Andy (as Charles McDermott)
Mark L. Young	...	Randy
Cole Petersen	...	Dylan
Dave Sheridan	...	Bobby Jo
Michael Cudlitz	...	Rick
Allison Weissman	...	Becca
Andrea Anders	...	Brandy
Kim Ostrenko	...	Ian's Stepmom

Also Known As:

Sexdrive (USA) (promotional title)
Untitled Teen Road Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, language, some drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.

Runtime:

109 min | 129 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44556) | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Finland:K-13 | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:11 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Chile:14 | Mexico:B15 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Belle Glade, Florida, USA

Company:

Summit Entertainment

Trivia:

Both Seth Green (Ezekiel) and Katrina Bowden (Ms. Tasty) have appeared in Fall Out Boy music videos before this film. Seth Green is in the funeral scene of in "It Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and Katrina Bowden was the mean girl dancing with Patrick Stump in "Dance Dance".

Goofs:

Continuity: After leaving the trailer and being chased through the corn by the jealous boyfriend the corn is green, later in the film a corn field is completely brown.

Quotes:

Rex: I wouldn't let you drive The Judge if it was parked on my Schnutz!

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Care

A simple enough diversion, but not very memorable

Sex Drive looked funny based on commercials I saw, and its early reviews were rather positive, but I was pretty disappointed. It was only marginally entertaining and came across like a really lame Superbad attempt at raunchy teen comedy. There are a few decent cameos (David Koechner is worth mentioning) but as a whole it falls flat, and it's so crude that its sweeter moments feel artificial. I could also go a full lifetime without seeing Clark Duke in a film ever again.

There is, however, one saving grace: James Marsden. Channeling all the clichéd "bad older brother" roles from '80s teen flicks (my first impression was Bill Paxton from Weird Science), Marsden's psychotically macho performance is deserving of a better film. The unrated cut of the film (which gives Marsden extended scenes of gay jokes) also deserves some credit — to separate it from typical cash-grab Director Cut DVDs, the filmmakers included random shots of porn stars against green scenes and integrated them into the film, just to make it truly different from the theatrical cut. Lots of penises and vaginas dropping out of nowhere. Funny in a gimmicky way, but it wears thin rather quickly, and is ultimately just a greater example of the film's sleazy edge.