This movie goes much deeper than it appears.

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2000)

Before watching this movie, I thought it would be a lot like "There's Something About Mary;" overly crude, real in your face, with a lot of stupid acting characters in it. Somewhat enjoyable, but not as funny as others made it out to be. However, I was greatly surprised to find this an excellent teen movie. On the surface, there are the cruder aspects of teenage years: sex and bathrooms. But when you actually watch this movie, instead of dismissing at as a gross-out film, you will notice the excellent direction of the Weitz brothers, the small details that they put into each character that make them more than the caricatures so common in movies today. Every actor contributes to that effort by really getting into the mindset of a graduating HS senior. The maturing of each character is evident and encouraging. See this movie with an open mind, and you will be thoroughly entertained.