American Pie meets the Breakfast Club... with Porn!

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2004)

I've gotta be honest... I walked into this sneak preview tonight with
rather low expectations. Who made this film? Who's in this film?
Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?... Elisha Cuthbert? The girl from
'24' who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag? Plainly, I wasn't
expecting more than some eye candy for 2 hours.
I got more than that. So much more. (And I will never make fun of
Elisha Cuthbert again on '24' but instead focus my frustration
towards the writers who MUST give her better stuff to do.) As
implausible as the situations are in this movie, the material
resonates. I don't think that filmmakers have ever captured what it
feels like to be a guy in high school as well as this. Ever. I'm
including movies like Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, American
Pie, and others when I say that.
There is so much that you could talk about with this film. I think
that the most amazing thing about it, though, is the way it makes
you laugh until you cry... but then seconds later... squirm with
discomfort... or even more... with fear for the characters' existence.
This film kept me so off balance that I wasn't sure if we were
approaching its end MANY times over.
It also pushes the envelope as far as sexuality in mainstream
hollywood fare -- not with its visuals -- but with its concepts. It is as
close as hollywood can come to making a full fledged porn film. It
does what porn cannot do, though. (SPOILER) It creates a truly
meaningful sex scene with a pornstar by delaying the pleasure of
actually seeing it until the end of the 2 hours... and it does it in a
way that just destroys porn.
So that said, if you have an open mind, go have yourself some fun
with that girl next door.