MovieSet Dailies

By Jeff Otto

Synopsis: Chaste high schooler Eugene falls down a flight of stairs and into a coma on prom night. He awakens four years later to discover the love of his life has become a Playboy playmate and embarks on a road trip with his idiot pal Tucker to reclaim her love.

Zach Cregger as Eugene; Trevor Moore as Tucker Cleigh; Craig Robinson as Horsed**k.MPEG; Raquel Alessi as Cindi Whitehall; Molly Stanton as Candace

Written and Directed by Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore

Distributed by Fox Searchlight. Releases wide on 1,700 screens on Friday, March 13, 2009

EXPECTATIONS

What I’d Seen - A short trailer of mildly amusing one-note jokes that didn’t look too promising.

What I’d Heard - That it was originally titled Miss February.

What I Wanted - With understandably low expectations, my best hope was for 90 minutes of dumb fun and a few good chuckles.

EXPERIENCE

What Turned Me On

R-rated and proud of it.

It’s nice to see the R-rated teen sex comedy alive and well again. After years of pacified PG-13 teen comedies, the skin shots and crude humor of the ‘80s heyday have returned. Now if we could only get any movies as good as “Animal House” or “Bachelor Party.”

What Turned Me Off

Earn that R-rating with some good old American skin.

There are indeed a few quick breast shots in the course of a movie about a Playboy bunny, but first-time filmmakers Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore blow the majority of their MPAA good will on gross out shots. While some of these shots are slightly amusing for shock value’s sake, trust me, your audience would prefer a little more T & A and a little less poop.

Lines Worth Repeating - “I hear you was all Regarding Henry and s**t,” Horsed**k.MPEG to Eugene in regards to his coma.

Never Saw That Before - This one is a tie between two fire trucks sandwiching a car while firemen swing axes at the car AND a lesbian picking a lock with her tongue. You gotta admit, original stuff…

Fidget Factor - The first post-coma diarrhea joke was cringe-worthy. The third post-coma diarrhea joke was merely nauseating.

AFTERMATH

I left thinking… Why was there no ending to this movie? Did they run out of film? Also, why is Miss March barely in the movie baring her name?

I left saying… Miss March had some original laughs and some truly monumental examples of poor filmmaking.

Expiry Date - This very sentence is the last time I will ever think of this movie. Right there, just now. That was it. Consider a rental if you’ve already seen every other movie in the comedy section up until “M.”

Author: grip