Sex Drive (2008)

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

Director:

Sean Anders

Writers:

Sean Anders (screenplay), John Morris (screenplay)

Stars:

Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew

Cast

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

Storyline

Ian is a high school senior in suburban Chicago, plagued by being a virgin. Online he's inflated his resume, met Ms. Tasty, and agreed to drive to Knoxville where she promises sex. He steals his homophobic, macho brother's GTO, and, with his two best friends, Lance and Felicia, heads south. Every young woman who meets Lance, including Felicia, is attracted to him, as he practices his aptly learned "Pick-Up Artist" skills. Ian, on the other hand, is a decent guy who wouldn't mind if his friendship with Felicia became a romance. By the time they get to Knoxville, they have encountered a jealous boyfriend, a menacing hitchhiker, jail birds, carjackers, an Amish community, and Ian's better judgment.

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Plot Keywords:

removing panties in public place | anal sex | sex on couch | pubic hair | female pubic hair | 

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Taglines:

He's leaving virgin territory

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

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".

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Goofs

In the bathroom when Ian unknowingly reaches for toilet paper and touches what presumably is the genitals of the man in the adjacent stall, a light-pink prosthetic is clearly seen under the toilet paper.

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Quotes

Randy: So where's Felicia?
Andy: Fel-ate-cha. Yeah.
Ian: She's in...
Andy: Fe-lay-cha! You banging her?
Ian: We're just friends.
Randy: I'm uncircumcised.
Girl: Fuck off!
Randy: Wait, I thought you took her to prom?
Ian: Yeah, but it was a just-friends kinda thing.
Randy: You should bang her. We would.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

There is a mid-credits scene with Seth Green's Amish character saying goodbye to the band, The Fall Out Boys, after fixing their bus. He tries to guilt them into staying on a day to do some chores around the farm. They offer him CDs as compensation for his time and effort.

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Alternate Versions

In the unrated version, there is an intro to the movie by the director and some of the cast explaining the difference between their unrated version and other studios unrated versions. This version incorporates extra added scenes, especially full frontal nudity and some dialog changes - often with the film crew breaking the fourth wall.

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Connections

References Dateline NBC (1992)

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Soundtracks

West 26
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore) and Jason Gleed
Performed by Joelina Simonia
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment

User Reviews

I Am Still Laughing

In the suburb of Chicago, the eighteen year-old Ian (Josh Zuckerman) is a naive and virgin teenager that is mocked by his homophobic brother Rex (James Marsden) and his schoolmates; his best friends are Felicia (Amanda Crew) and the wolf Lance (Clark Duke). When Ian meets a girl called Tasty (Katrina Bowden) in Internet, he writes many lies about himself; when she invites him to drive to Knoxville, Tennessee, to have sex with her, Ian steals Rex's GTO Judge 1969 and travels with Lance and Felicia. When they have trouble on the road with the car, the Amish Ezekiel (Seth Green) offers to help them in his community. Lance meets the Amish Mary (Alice Greczyn) and they fall in love for each other. During their travel, Ian and Felicia discover that their feelings are more than friendship and that Tasty is not who she told she is.

I am still laughing with "Sex Drive" since this movie is one of the funniest comedies that I have recently seen. There are many gross jokes, beautiful tits and girls and enjoyable characters. The cynical Seth Green is simply hilarious in the role of a sympathetic Amish. The scene when Ian is on the stage watching the dancers backstage while a pregnant girl is telling her sad story is so funny that I needed to stop the movie just to laugh. The last scene with Amanda Crew in the end of the credits is also very funny, and I believe many people probably lost this joke. If you are intellectual, or if you do not like this type of movie, please do not spend your time to write bad reviews in IMDb. I can not understand how a viewer can be surprised with the content of a comedy that begins the way "Sex Drive" does. Amanda Crew, Katrina Bowden, Alice Greczyn and all the female cast are incredibly gorgeous. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Sex Drive"

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Teen Road Movie

Filming Locations:

Belle Glade, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,607,164, 19 October 2008

Gross USA:

$8,402,485

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,755,936

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Alloy Entertainment, Goldcrest Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min 129 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1