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Sex Drive (2008)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:48

Rotten:58

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: Sex Drive has some hilarious moments and is well made for a raunchy teen film, but will appeal to few beyond that demographic.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, language, some drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $8,364,827

Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey,... Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey, filled with hilarious misadventures and raunchy escapades, teaches all three more than they expected about life and love. Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, Sex Drive follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime! Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) can’t seem to catch a break. He’s taunted by his cocksure older brother Rex (James Marsden), shown up in the romance department by his 14-year-old younger brother and humiliated by his job at a mall donut shop. But Ian’s biggest problem is that he’s about to start college as a virgin! Getting nowhere with the girl of his dreams and longtime “best friend” Felicia (Amanda Crew), Ian resorts to the Internet for dates. He soon hooks up with Ms. Tasty, a flaming hot blonde who can’t wait to get busy. The only catch: Ian has to drive 500 miles from Chicago to Knoxville to consummate the deal. Egged on by his devil-may-care pal Lance (Clark Duke), Ian risks life and limb by appropriating “The Judge,” Rex’s prized vintage Pontiac GTO. With Lance and Felicia in tow, he hits the road for a one-time rendezvous that will rock his world! Car trouble, a stint in the pokey, a buggy tow with an Amish farmer (Seth Green) and an afternoon at a roadside carnival all complicate Ian’s journey. As he presses on to get to Knoxville before Ms. Tasty gives up and goes home, the trio’s trail of mayhem closes in on them with hilarious consequences. Will Rex find Ian before he reaches Nirvana? Will a cuckolded husband exact revenge on Lance just as he seems to have found true love? Will Ms. Tasty live up to her Internet profile? Will Ian realize what he really wants? And most importantly, Will Ian, Felicia and Lance survive the bumpy road to adulthood with all its unexpected twists and turns? --© Summit Entertainment [More]

Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Clark Duke

Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Clark Duke, Seth Green

Director: Sean Anders

Director: Sean Anders
Screenwriter: Sean Anders, John Morris
Producer: John Morris, Leslie Morgenstein, Bob Levy, John Morris
Studio: Summit Entertainment

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The movie's a working definition of "safe sex."

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/17/08
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Falls somewhere in between part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/17/08
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

The story dithers, albeit entertainingly, for such a long time...that you start fearing it will be a dry hump of a movie where he's concerned.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/17/08
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine

The most notable thing about Sex Drive is that it reserves all its creativity for ways to revolt and ostensibly delight its target audience.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/17/08
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times

Hilarity does occasionally ensue, though it's almost exclusively courtesy of Sex Drive's big guns, James Marsden and Seth Green.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/17/08
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Film Threat

Kids will need some pretty serious beer goggles to get over the flaws of Sex Drive.

Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | comment Comment
10/17/08
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
Movie Retriever

It is rude, crude, lewd and %u2013 worst of all for a comedy %u2013 not very funny.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
10/17/08
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A combination road movie and teen sex comedy that is totally predictable fare.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
10/17/08
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

... a highly derivative teenage sex comedy that borrows liberally from Judd Apatow's soulful geek movies

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
10/17/08
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Oh grow up Hollywood!

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment 2 Comments
10/17/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Sex Drive is absurdly funny and a perfect example of nice guys always finishing last.

Full Review Source: WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) | comment Comment
10/17/08
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

A thoroughly clichéd virginity-deadline teen comedy with none of American Pie's trangsressiveness (it's hard, these days) and little of Superbad's intelligence.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
10/17/08
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Can't even live up to the lowest expectations of the genre.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
10/16/08
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

As raunchy as you'd expect from an R-rated teen sex comedy, but surprisingly clever and even sweet at times.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
10/16/08
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Not a terribly original movie, but it is often a very funny one.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
10/16/08
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
Film.com
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The raunchy moments are so far beyond the bounds of good taste, even by the admittedly elastic standards of this particular genre, that the results are more creepy and unpleasant than funny

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/16/08
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

...one of the least impressive comedies to come around in quite some time.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/16/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

a road trip with too many stops for fast food.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/16/08
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com

The first half is unfunny and desperately crass, the second is unfunny and genuine -- at least, as much as possible for a film that climaxes with a guy wearing a donut costume

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
10/16/08
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

Sex Drive, which follows the same road as Rob Reiner's far superior The Sure Thing, is brought low by too much emphasis on crude humor...If only Anders had eased up on the ick factor

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
10/16/08
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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