It's all about SEX. If you don't like sex, don't watch this film.

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 1999)

[may contain SPOILERS] Why is it that so many people call this film "shocking" or "crude"? I think it is really funny, well made, an excellent film. No, you will not find any messages about "racial and/or social injustices" here; it's not that kind of film. Its message is all about sex, teenage sex, recreational sex, period. Teenagers want sex: is that shocking? Is sex crude? If that's so, then we are all crudely made beings!
I was surprised by the good quality of both the actors and the gags. I expected less, perhaps influenced by the comparisons to "Porky's". It is also well directed, the action runs smoothly, the gags are not overdone, and the scenes are cut at the right moments. Too often directors seem to fall in love with the jokes and keep a scene going far beyond the point where it stops being funny. Some jokes here are predictable, but funny nevertheless, e.g. the "milky" beer. Others came completely unexpected to me, such as the point where the geek very matter-of-factly declared her innovative use for a flute. I liked the ending too: happy, manicheist, everyone gets laid and the bully sees his mom in sh*tbreak's arms.
There are many characters in the film: the four protagonists, the several girls they are running after, the bully, the dad trying to be helpful, etc. Some of these characters were not developed extensively, there was no time for that, but we get a good sketch of each, like a wiring diagram that shows the interconnections without unnecessary details.
Well, I know that public references to sex were considered crude in some centuries, notably in the late 19th and early 20th. But customs change and those times are gone. People who don't realize this may grow old to become very unhappy grouchy persons!