Intensely hypocritical *spoiler warning*

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2002)

Okay, so this kind of comedy isn't my cup of tea - I spent the film either cringing or grimacing when I guess I was supposed to be laughing, but that's just me. I understand and appreciate that for a majority of people it was the funniest thing ever, and I won't criticise or try to change your opinion.
What I do criticise (other than the predictability) is the fact that it is incredibly hypocritical. At the beginning the heroes (I use the term loosely) of the piece realise that a "geeky" character has had sex, whereas as they are still virgins. Obviously this state of affairs threatens the entire stability of the stereotypical teen comedy genre, so they set off on a quest to "get laid" at all costs. At this point I could see the end, they all get their wish and it turns out the geeky character hadn't actually had sex, so all is right with the world, but what I hadn't anticipated was the insertion of a life lesson for the foursome. Toward the end they suddenly realise that... y'know, loosing your virginity isn't that important after all...
If the film had cut at that point I'd have been impressed and would have felt ashamed at my misgivings. What in fact happens is that it continues and... most of them do, indeed, "get laid", completely voiding the lesson they've apparently learnt. Either this film is vastly hypocritical, or the message it's putting out is "Loosing your virginity isn't important... so long as you've had sex."
As far as entertaining people with a receptive sense of humour goes it's obviously a resounding success, but they should have just left it as a string of "hilarious situations" instead of trying to throw in a moral.