Saturday, November 1, 2014

Sex Ed (FILM REVIEW)



Sex Ed
Film Review by Kam Williams


Haley Joel Osment Sees Horny People in Titillating Teensploit

            Eddie Cole (Haley Joel Osment) is one, long-suffering virgin. The terminally-awkward nerd never got lucky in high school, despite performing in the jazz band, since he picked probably the least cool instrument to play, namely, the oboe. And the aspiring educator fared no better with females in college, ultimately graduating still desperate for deflowering.
Today, he lives in the Tampa area where he frequently finds himself forced to watch couples cavort amorously, like the kinky customers begging him to let them copulate in the bagel store where he works as a clerk. There’s no relief for the loser at lust at home either, where he catches his roommate (Jake Powell) in a compromising position with a cute conquest (Castille Landon).  
At least Eddie’s job prospects improve when he’s offered a position at an inner-city junior high school. The only trouble is he’ll be teaching Sex Education, a subject he obviously knows nothing about. Worse, half the kids in his class prove to be pretty precocious in terms of the birds and bees, especially class clown Leon (Isaac White), a trash-talking troublemaker whose minister father (Chris Williams) has to be summoned to wash his son’s mouth out with soap.  
The situation’s only saving grace rests in the fact that Eddie develops a crush from afar on Pilar (Lorenza Izzo), the elder sister of one of his students (Kevin Hernandez). The complication there, however, is that the pretty Latina already has a mucho macho buff beau in the very jealous Hector (Ray Santiago).  
That is the pat premise of Sex Ed, a romantic comedy designed to keep you guessing whether Eddie will ever be able to summon up the gumption to tell Pilar his true feelings for her. Written by Bill Kennedy and directed by Isaac Feder, the film is basically a vehicle for all-grown Haley Joel Osment, the former child star famous for making “I see dead people” a cultural catchphrase.
In The Sixth Sense, he also played a character called Cole, albeit it’s his surname this go-round. Brace yourself to hear him use some surprisingly salty language in service of a production which would’ve warranted an R, had it been rated by the MPAA.           
             A pedestrian, raunchy romp just amusing enough to recommend, though nothing groundbreaking. The only thing this titillating teensploit is missing is Haley Joel Osment periodically whispering, “I see horny people!”

Very Good (2.5 stars)
Unrated
Running time: 92 minutes
Distributor: MarVista Entertainment

To see a trailer for Sex Ed, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-lauONf9F4

1 comment:

Jay said...

Nothing about this movie seems original. It just seems like more propaganda against having some sort of morals or decency. If you still have your virginity after a certain age (cause it's best to loose it as a child with a person you don't really care about) you're not apart of the crowd and an outsider and if you choose to wait or aren't obsessed with sex you're even more of an loser (while everyone's getting their STDs and baby mamas). And let's not mention any negative consequences cause sex is only about fun. Yup, nothing weird about pushing that in film for the millionth time.