Review of Extreme Movie (2008) by Justin S — 13 Nov 2009

Originally shot in 2006 and eventually released straight to video in 2008, Extreme Movie is a low-brow teen sex comedy that doesn't get the credit it deserves. Although it's disjointed and has the longest list of writing credits I've ever seen (10 to be exact), most of the jokes work, or at least portions of them do.

Normally, this is where you would find a brief description of the plot, however, Extreme Movie doesn't exactly have a plot. It's more a collection of skits, similar to Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) or Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). Unlike those films, however, Extreme Movie focuses solely on moments of awkward teen sex that, more often than not, end badly for everyone involved. The film is loosely, and I mean loosely, tied together by Mr. Matthew's (John Farley) sex ed class, where Mike (Ryan Pinkston) seeks his friends advice on how to hook up with a girl in their class. Some of the best scenes involve John Farley as the 'too open with his students' sex ed teacher, who goes as far as passing out sex toys and instructing students to select a member of the class they'd like to, well, you know.

The remainder of the film is composed of various oddball, and many times funnier than expected, scenes involving a lot of no name actors mixed with a few stars. Like the opening scene, which depicts Chuck (Frankie Muniz) and his girlfriend in her bedroom as she decides it's time to take things 'to the next level'. It's weird enough seeing Frankie Muniz having sex, but, immediately afterward, she still wants to take things 'to the next level', which starts with anal and ends somewhere between sheep, midgets, and Frankie Muniz on a dog leash.

Other highlights include Andy Milonakis's obsession with a sex toy that leads to a sticky situation. Two teens' attempt at making the perfect woman with their computer, only to find she's more than they asked for. There's a man so obsessed with Abraham Lincoln, he builds a time machine to go back in time to fulfill his fantasy. Blue Bally, the sex advice puppet, who shows up at just the right, or is it wrong, time to give his advice, among other things.

Michael Cera's role as Fred is a good use of Cera's natural awkwardness. After steamy sex chat, where he partakes in a questionable roleplay, things go terribly wrong when he's invited to the girls home for some real life roleplay. One of the best scenes in the movie is of a guy who awakens from a night of heavy drinking to find, not only his woman next to him, but Jamie Kennedy, with a mouth covered in blueberry yogurt wearing nothing more than leopard print bikini undies. Also, for all you Tenacious D fans, Kyle Gass' cameo as a porn director is not to be missed.

Along with the skits, there are a few mock commercials for sex related products, such as the STD-E-Cards, the easy way to let someone know your good time ended on a bad note, and Flaccitra, the drug of choice for eliminating SBS (Suddon Boner Syndrome). There are also two recurring segments, Street Corner Confessions, which always end poorly for one of the teens involved and, my personal favorite, sexual advice from Matthew Lillard, you'll never see Shaggy the same way again.

If you go into this film with no expectations and an appreciation for low-brow sex humor, you will be pleasantly surprised at how often you find yourself laughing at this straight to DVD release. If nothing else, the film deserves credit as probably the first, and only, film to break out into a musical number on the set of a porno.