Sex Drive (film)

Sex Drive
Sex Drive
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Anders
Written by	Sean Anders; Andy Behrens (novel); John Morris
Produced by	Bob Levy; Leslie Morgenstein; John Morris; Michael Nelson
Starring	Josh Zuckerman; Clark Duke; Amanda Crew; James Marsden; Seth Green
Cinematography	Tim Orr
Edited by	George Folsey Jr.
Music by	Stephen Trask
Distributed by	Summit Entertainment; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (DVD, Home Entertainment and Home Video)
Release dates	October 17, 2008 (NA); January 9, 2009 (UK); February 24, 2009 (NA DVD)
Running time	111 min. (theatrical); 129 min. (unrated)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million
Box office	$14,605,647

Sex Drive is a 2008 comedy film about a high school senior who goes on a cross-country road trip to hook up with a girl he met online. It is based on the novel All the Way, by Andy Behrens. The film was directed by Sean Anders, and stars Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, and Amanda Crew. James Marsden and Seth Green appear in supporting roles. It was released in North America on October 17, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2009.

Plot

Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate. He searches for a girl online making it look as if he's buff and suave, although he's sweet and unassuming. He soon meets "Ms. Tasty" (Katrina Bowden) and agrees to meet her in person. She lives in Knoxville, while he lives in Brookfield. With his best friends Lance (Clark Duke) and Felicia (Amanda Crew), they go in a Pontiac GTO Judge borrowed without permission from Ian's arrogant homophobic older brother Rex (James Marsden).

On the way the car is damaged. It is repaired for free by Amish people, while they join a Rumspringa party at which Fall Out Boy is playing a concert. The three promise to come again on the way back to do some work in return. Lance falls in love with Amish girl Mary (Alice Greczyn). After there car is fixed, they are picked up by a hitchhiker (((David Koechner))), who tries to attack them, then there car breaks down so he takes a piss on the engine to make it start again, then he takes a liking to Felicia, so they get rid of him

They go to jail for accidentally damaging a police car, and are released after Mary pays the bail. They find a hotel that sports a wide variety of role playing rooms. Rex arrives angrily and insists that they go back and that Ian cannot visit Ms. Tasty. After Ian pretends to be gay, Rex allows him to see Ms. Tasty, hoping this encounter will change Ian's mind. However, they are scammed by Ms. Tasty and her psychotic boyfriend, who apparently do this to steal cars for chop shops. Ian saves the day, Ms. Tasty and her boyfriend are arrested, and Ian and Felicia realize they love each other. Lance refuses to go back home at the end of the trip and stays behind to marry Mary. Ian gives his virginity to Felicia, who both reveal their love for each other at the end of the film. Also we learn Rex's latent homophobia stemmed from the fact that he was harboring his own homosexuality. At the end of the film, a picture is shown of Lance and Mary being married, accompanied by Ian and Felicia. He's shown sporting a beard much like Ezekiel (Seth Green), one of the Amish people. During the credits there is a clip of Ezekiel and Fall Out Boy arguing over the fact that the Amish fixed Fall Out Boy's tour bus and all that they got in return was "a five song set."

Cast

Josh Zuckerman as Ian Lafferty
Amanda Crew as Felicia Alpine
Clark Duke as Lance
James Marsden as Rex Lafferty
Seth Green as Ezekiel
Alice Greczyn as Mary
Katrina Bowden as "Ms. Tasty"
Charlie McDermott as Andy Lafferty
Mark L. Young as Randy
Cole Petersen as Dylan
Dave Sheridan as Bobby Jo
Michael Cudlitz as Rick
Allison Weissman as Becca
Andrea Anders as Brandy
Kim Ostrenko as Ian's stepmother
Brett Rice as Mr. Lafferty
David Koechner as the Hitchhiker
Fall Out Boy as themselves
Brian Posehn as Carnival Worker

Film References

At the end of the film, during the credits, it shows an image board where people are talking about Rex's favorite films being Hairspray and Enchanted. James Marsden, who plays Rex, appears in both of those films.

Soundtrack

The songs "Time to Pretend" by MGMT, "Fa-Fa-Fa" by Datarock, "Let's Ride" by Airbourne, and "Bang Bang to the Rock n Roll" by Gabin are featured in the trailer for the film.
The band Fall Out Boy also makes a cameo within the film, playing "Fame < Infamy" from their album Infinity on High. They also play an acoustic performance of "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy". This is due to the friendship executive producer Seth Green has with the band, also the song I Don't Care from their latest album was featured in the end credits.
The song "Life is Beautiful" by Vega4 is featured in the film.
"Let's Get It Up" by AC/DC, from their 1981 album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), plays numerous times throughout the film whenever the GTO is featured onscreen.

Reception

The film received generally mixed reviews from critics. According to the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 46% of the critics had given the film positive reviews.

Release

Sex Drive was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday Feb 24th. The "Unrated" version includes additional footage of extra takes, revised dialogue, and extra nudity, even going so far as to add additional nude characters into normal situations (like walking around the mall).

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