Somewhat predictable, but entertaining nonetheless.

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2004)

I jumped at the chance to see this during its special "Sneak Preview" on Saturday, March 20th. It follows the "Risky Business" formula: Purely by chance, straight-laced, uptight boy meets sweet girl with troubled past. Girl teaches boy to let loose and have some fun, with disastrous (to him) results. Boy rescues girl from her past. Girl enlists help of friends to rescue boy's future. Along the way, they fall in love. Oh, and there's an oft- repeated catch phrase, as well. Despite the parallels to Risky Business, though, in my opinion there are enough differences here for the movie to stand on its own.
Emile Hirsch was convincing as an awkward high-schooler, and Elisha Cuthbert (who looked amazing) was great as she switched back and forth between sex kitten and sweet next-door neighbor-- it was a very refreshing change from her character on "24," who (this season) is so annoying and lacking in common sense that it makes me cringe every time she appears on the screen. Timothy Olyphant was very good in a "Guido, the Killer Pimp"-ish role, playing the antagonist that you couldn't help liking even as he was trying to impede Hirsch and Cuthbert's developing relationship for his own selfish reasons.
This is one I'm thinking about seeing again when it opens nationwide in a couple weeks.