'Sex Drive' takes a familiar route (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Trying for reheated "American Pie" if served up by Judd Apatow, the raunchy "Sex Drive" is by no means "Superbad," but thanks to a likable cast, neither is it superbad. Although the road taken is a mighty familiar one, those bright performances help compensate for the onslaught of the sort of innocent sexism and good-natured homophobia that constitute too much of the humor, not to mention a prolonged 108-minute running time that qualifies as more of a relationship than a one-night-stand. Summit Entertainment's R-rated Friday release might lure some packs of young males looking for titillation in a market saturated with date movies, but it likely will travel further in the ancillary lanes. Josh Zuckerman plays the Jason Biggs character -- a shy 18-year-old looking to lose his virginity before... [read full story]