Pandering Mess

Rating: 1/10 (29 January 2000)

The movie can be summed up in the title it had when writer Adam Herz submitted his script to studios. "Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love." It was cheaply made, and it has the words "teenage" and "sex" in it. That is why the film got made, and that's just sad. It really wasn't much of a comedy, it was just an excuse for a string of sex jokes and fart jokes. If done correctly, they can be clever (see South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut) but in this case, the film just seemed like an excuse to show teens having sex. There was no "message" or truth to be learned from the film, and that is why it failed. Most of those teen sex films from the 80s actually had some kernel of truth buried in them, but there's nothing here at all, except, everyone's having sex and if you don't, then YOU'RE the abnormal one. The one relationship that I thought was going to be real was the one between Heather and Oz, but instead it just got cheapened by their post-prom-sex. The movie panders to the worst parts of teenagers, who are obviously the target audience. The only effect I can see it having on them is to make them think they aren't drinking, screwing, or partying enough. That is totally the wrong message, but its the only one that is apparent.