When I first saw trailers for this movie I thought it had potential, but it stayed relatively under my radar while it was in theaters. It looked pretty funny, but also pretty cliche. Virgin high school guy takes a road trip to hook up with some fantasy girl he met online. Sound familiar? Now that the movie is on video, I decided to check it out.
As said before, the movie has a familiar premise. The whole “young people take a road trip and meet up with crazy people in weird situations” is as much a staple to comedy films as “slasher” flicks are to the horror genre. Luckily, Sex Drive offers up enough original components to keep this idea somewhat fresh. The story follows high school virgin Ian (Josh Zuckerman) who is constantly tormented by his older, more aggressive brother Rex (James Marsden). Ian has an ongoing online relationship with his dream girl whose screenname is ‘Ms. Tasty’.
When she wants to meet Ian in person, Ian’s sex drive kicks into over drive as he tries to find a way to cross state lines to finally hook up with her. There is one small catch, Ian had already told her that he drives a killer 1969 Pontiac GTO, which happens to be his brother’s car and most prized possession. Hormonally inspired, Ian and friend Lance (hilarious Clark Duke) steal Rex’s car and set out to go and meet up with Ms. tasty. On their way out they are stopped by Ian’s best friend Felicia (Amanda Crew) who insists they take her with them when they lie that they are going to visit Ian’s sick grandmother.