“Sex Drive” is a thrill of a ride that promises to make you laugh until you’re sore. It is rated R, and for good reason: it may not be for those who have an aversion to a crude sense of humor. However, “Sex Drive” will soon be seen with all its outrageous catch phrases all over Facebook and MySpace, so whether or not you go to see the movie, you are sure to be hearing about it.
If you enjoyed “Knocked-Up,” “Superbad,” and “Pineapple Express,” this movie is right up your alley. “Sex Drive” has remnants of the typical “teenage movie,” but still is more true to the “new generation” teen-adult movie, which became popular after “Napoleon Dynamite.”
The story follows Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman), the typical loser kid in high school, complete with a lame mall job, and his pursuit to lose his virginity before college. Ian, constantly outshone romantically by his 14-year-old brother, and humiliated by his older jerk brother (James Marsden), has nowhere else to turn for romance except for the Internet. Like many other socially awkward teenage boys, Ian stretched the truth about himself on his profile so he could impress a smokin’ hot blonde, Ms_Tasty.
There is a catch though: In order to actually meet the girl of his cyber dreams, he has to drive 500 miles all the way from Chicago to Knoxville. Once Ian’s best friend Lance (Clarke Duke), who is more of a ladies’ man, finds out that Ms_Tasty wants to go all the way, he won’t rest until he can help his friend out of his virginity slump. To really impress Ms_Tasty, Lance convinces Ian he has to steal his older brother’s pride and joy, a ’69 Pontiac GTO.
This starts Ian and his two best friends, Lance and Felicia (Amanda Crew), off on the most ridiculous, raunchy, and outright insane road trip of their lives. They encounter everything from car troubles, to Amish anarchy, to a guest performance by Fall Out Boy. The road trip is full of twists and turns, and who really knows what is waiting for Ian in that parking lot of Big Boy’s in Knoxville.
“Sex Drive” is a hysterical movie and will fit in perfectly with its “new generation” predecessors. On this road trip Ian and his friends learn there is more to life than just getting laid; it’s not about the destination, but the journey that gets you there.
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