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Director Stephen Surjik is luckily rescued by his humorous supporting cast when it comes to farce delivery and the Wayne's World 2 (1993) director serves up a rude and uncouth 90 minutes of British comedy here ticking all the expected boxes of a sex-orientated teen flick. The Toms (Riley and Burke) do very averagely as the leads, two film students desperate for a break in the crumby town of Leatherhead, and it's up to Mackenzie Crook, Jimmy Carr, Eddie Marsan and Felicity Montagu to steal every scene as they drag the young and inexperienced heroes through this American Pie (2000) influenced Brit-flick. The premise of having to make a blue movie undetected by the radar of parents, neighbours and a nerdy lecturer is automatically asking for trouble in filmdom and we are lavished with mostly comical scenes including an involuntarily affectionate telephone conversation, a naked bathroom escapade, and laugh-out-loud touches of butter and pear dual uses. The leads, playing the roles of director and producer respectively, and Surjik, just fail to push and fully incorporate the "backdoor" and numerous other jokes into a fully engrossing story because it's just so predictable. One should not take for granted though that some jokes are always expected to misfire in comedy and this film is no different.
Carmen Electra has always been a favourite pin-up and her appearance as the appropriately named Candy Fiveways is a welcome addition to the suburban shoot, even if her acting skills are not completely honed to anything more than straight-to-video releases. However, Ohio's finest is playing a pornstar, hence her remarkable looks are more important than her acting qualities, and therefore Ms. Electra is a more than suitable choice as the spearhead of the film's marketing campaign.
Overall, Ealing Studios delivers a conventional effort which will entertain you in the auditorium. Shaky moments aside - the nervy leads are not magnetic enough and their Eastern European assistants could have been much funnier - the laughter is relatively constant. Electra plays to her strengths though and solid back-up equates to an enjoyable picture.
The summary
A decent British film filled with continuous vulgar humour.
