PIE IN THE SKY!!!!!!!! (contains spoilers!!)

Rating: Null/10 (7 September 2001)

I cannot believe the praise and success this film has received. This film has been hailed by many as the "Ultimate Teen Comedy" which to me seems like a total contradiction in terms. As a "teen" film it fails because most of the cast look like they are hitting 30 and as a comedy it also fails because of the lack of humour.
The thread of a plot involves a group of these so called teenage boys who make a bet among themselves to see who will be the first to lose their virginity. What follows is a series of predictable and crude jokes that serve only to remind the viewer about the golden age when comedies like Life of Brian, Blazing saddles and the Sleeper graced the cinematic screen. The jokes are so badly contrived and staged it is ironically laughable (about the only true laugh you will get from this film).
Because of the lack of genuine wit that is apparent in the dialogue the director goes for visual comedy of the most vulgar with certain scenes such as the one where the hero abuses an apple pie and the one where the guy who tries to film his first liaison with a girl through his Webcam for his friends to watch. The only thing funny about that scene is the perfectly seamless live footage his friends are able to view online via the primitive webcam.
The film concludes with scenes of highly unlikely sexual encounters between the lead characters and their so called female conquests. I am afraid this film asks us to drop our expectations of proper comedy to such depths that we cannot enjoy any of what these film perceives as humour. I am glad to read from these reviews that at least there some people out there who feel the same way about this film. This film about a group of guys trying to lose their virginity could only seem funny to those out there who are still virgins.
I hope movie hell is big enough to accommodate the cast crew and even the fans of this "joke" film.