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October 16, 2008
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Sex Drive

dir. Sean Anders

The filthy teen-sex comedy is a staple of American cinema, with each generation producing a signature romp in which rules are broken, booze consumed, and virginity conquered, often on a timeline. From The Last American Virgin to American Pie to the mighty triumvirate that is Porky's, these films obsess over the mechanics of sex with equal parts hunger and revulsion. To become a true generational sex comedy, a film must best its predecessors, a task typically accomplished through ever-increasing explicitness. For Sex Drive, 2008's attempt to fill the Porky 's-shaped hole in America's heart, this means trumping the gross-out humiliations and bluntly filthy ...

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