A Great Surprise

Rating: 9/10 (10 October 2004)

On paper this film doesn't sound all that good. Read the cast list. Elisha Cuthbert didn't exactly bowl me over in 24. Not exactly who'd you expect to play a former porn star. Everyone else is pretty much unknown in the UK. I bought in a buy one get one free deal with Starsky & Hutch. This was by far the better of the two. The actors all pull off great performances. The teenage boys are much more real then in Movies of a similar genre. The comedy is slightly more subtle then the likes of American Pie and Road Trip and are no were near as obvious. The plot is moved along by the comedy. The two stars Elisha Cuthbert and Emile Hirsch are convincing. But Chris Marquette, Paul Dano and Timothy Olyphant steal every scene they appear in. Obviously in a teen, sex, coming of age comedy there's nudity but its all for comedy not for the sake of pleasing 13 year old boys. If you see a cheap copy of this film you should buy it.