In case you’ve never heard about The Inbetweeners, it was a popular and vulgar British sitcom that aired for three seasons from 2008 to 2010. Its success spawned a movie, The Inbetweeners Movie, which became the highest-grossing British comedy of all time back in 2011. I’ve only seen about 10 minutes of one episode from the show, so the characters and their back story were pretty new to me but luckily vulgar humor usually gets me going and this movie did not disappoint when it came to being raunchy.
Directed by Ben Palmer, the film follows four best friends Will (Simon Bird), Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison) and Simon (Joe Thomas) as they go on an all-expense paid trip to an exotic Greek island where they can catch some rays, booze up and go on the hunt for some steamy sex. The Pussy Patrol, as they call themselves, get themselves into ridiculous situations throughout the film, particularly with douchey guys and attractive girls. Simon is the uptight nerd, Jay is the self-proclaimed ladies man who knows all about sex, Neil is attracted to overweight older woman, and Simon is an emotionally distraught teen whose heart was broken right before the trip. With three of the four guys lacking any sort of intellect, they are pretty much in for one memorable vacation.
The best way I can describe The Inbetweeners Movie is to say that’s it is a British Superbad meets spring break, except it’s not spring break, it’s a summer holiday on an exotic Greek island. Once you can fathom that idea, tack on the explicitness of The Hangover Part II and you’ve entered Inbetweeners territory. This film has everything you’d expect in a raunchy film: tits, ass, balls, dick, puke, geriatric sex, the works, but how it all unfolds is what makes it hilarious since they will stop at nothing to get that fine piece of ass they each crave and work desperately hard for.
There are times when the film does get sappy. This is due to the various romantic storylines each character has but luckily the screenwriters were smart and added some wit to each of these scenes, filling them with lessons for each character while making it awkward for others. At times this can be painful for the audience since m
any of us have had our fair share of heartbreaks and awkwardness in high school and that’s the area where the film becomes relatable. Once those scenes end it’s back to the American Pie/Superbad territory of adventure and drunken comedy.
Lionsgate has included some special features on this DVD including a blooper reel with only one blooper actually worth laughing at, a ton of deleted scenes-some of which are funny, a Making The Inbetweeners with Cast and Crew Interviews featurette, Joe Thomas: Dangerman! featurette and audio commentary with the main cast members.
Overall, The Inbetweeners Movie feels a little bit like high school in the sense that it’s awkward, chock full of failed sexual encounters and some hilarious conquests. If you’re looking for a brain dead comedy and vulgarity doesn’t bother you than this flick will not fail you in the slightest. It’s laugh out loud funny and probably the funniest raunchy teenage comedy I’ve seen in the past few years.
Movie Rating: British wit meets Superbad and The Hangover in this raunchy high school comedy (7/10)
DVD Rating: 5.5/10
The Inbetweeners Movie will be available from Lionsgate Home Entertainment on January 8, 2013
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