"Sex Drive"

Rarely will I recommend a goofy sex crazed romp. And rare is now. "Sex Drive" is yet another tormented-teen, trying to lose his virginity, cookie-cut-out movie. And I'm recommending that you see the unrated version.

So many times we have heard DVDs advertised "Get the unrated version with scenes we couldn't show you in theaters." You watch it only to find out that the unrated scenes were edited by producers because they suck. Not by censors because they were too racy. "Sex Drive,Unrated" is filled with nudity more for broad comedy, less for sex appeal.

Ian (Josh Zuckerman) is an 18 year old virgin getting girl advise from his very experienced best friend Lance (Clark Duke). Lance tells Ian to be a jerk because people always want what they can't have. Ian practices the advice via the Internet since he's not comfortable doing it for real. Lying about his looks and hobbies, Ian finds a girl that tells him her parents are out of town and if he travels the many miles to her town, they can "go all the way." So Ian, Lance and their friend Felicia (Amanda Crew) steal Ian's brother's car for the trip.

As is typical in this genre, the trip is the most eventful part and many laughs and problems occur. Including finding Ezekiel (Seth Greene), an Amish guy who seems to know everything there is to know about cars. Just a little something he picked up during Rumspringa. David Koechner is a funny and a touch psychotic hitchhiker. Everything comes to a head in the city of the appointed hook-up.

The casting is probably the second most critical choice when making a film, and I think they got it right at every turn. Clark Duke is an against type choice for the "player" role of Lance, which plays along with the theme of the character. Also, Charlie McDermott and Mark L. Young (both auditioned for "Ian" and wisely not given the role in that they would simply be too cool) stole the scenes they were in. "Andy" and "Randy" are these two uber confident teens whose only problem is, "They can't close." These two will have a long career in entertainment, should they choose.

"Sex Drive, Unrated" is a very funny DVD, with a few blunders left in for us to laugh at. If you are in the mood, this will be a good time.