Sex Drive is a comedy film about a high school graduate who goes on a cross-country road trip to hook up with a girl he met online. It is based on the novel All the Way, by Andy Behrens. The film was directed by Sean Anders, and stars Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, and Amanda Crew. James Marsden and Seth Green appear in supporting roles. It was released in North America on October 17, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2009.

Plot

Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) is a shy 18-year-old high school graduate as well as a virgin, and jealous of the success his best friend Lance's (Clark Duke) envoys with women. He is secretly in love with Felicia (Amanda Crew), who believes their relationship to be platonic. He chats online with "Ms. Tasty" (Katrina Bowden) to practice appearing confident to women, and eventually agrees to meet her in person in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since he lives in Brookfield, Illinois, he steals the extra key to a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge belonging to his homophobic older brother Rex (James Marsden), and heads out with Lance. Felicia accompanies them as well. Ian claims that he intends to visit his sick grandmother.

Along the way they endure mishaps, hostile encounters (for example with hitchhikers and state troopers), as well as friendly and even erotic encounters (with a group of young Amish engaging in transgressive behavior, according to a popular but distorted notion of the concept of rumspringa). Ian's brother pursues them, and the encounter with Ms Tasty (and her psychotic boyfriend) proves disillusioning and frightening. Lance ultimately finds happiness with the Amish, and Ian finally loses his virginity to Felicia and in a turn of events the highly homophobic Rex admits that he is in fact gay.

Cast

• Josh Zuckerman as Ian Lafferty

• Amanda Crew as Felicia Alpine

• Clark Duke as Lance Johnson

• James Marsden as Rex Lafferty

• Seth Green as Ezekiel

• Alice Greczyn as Mary

• Katrina Bowden as "Ms. Tasty"

• Charlie McDermott as Andy

• Mark L. Young as Randy

• Cole Petersen as Dylan

• Dave Sheridan as Bobby Jo

• Michael Cudlitz as Rick

• Allison Weissman as Becca

• Andrea Anders as Brandy

• Josh Duarte as Brandy's dad

• Kim Ostrenko as Ian's stepmother

• Brett Rice as Mr. Lafferty

• David Koechner as the Hitchhiker

• Fall Out Boy as Themselves

Soundtrack

• The songs "Time to Pretend" by MGMT, "Fa-Fa-Fa" by Datarock, "Let's Ride" by Airbourne, and "Bang Bang to the Rock n Roll" by Gabin are featured in the trailer for the film.

• The band Fall Out Boy also makes a cameo within the film, playing "Fame < Infamy" from their album Infinity on High. This is presumably the first, and only, performance of the song. They also play an acoustic performance of "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy". This is due to the friendship executive producer Seth Green has with the band, also the song I Don't Care from their latest album was featured in the end credits.

• The song "Life is Beautiful" by Vega4 is featured in the film.

• "Let's Get It Up" by AC/DC, from their 1981 album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), plays numerous times throughout the film whenever the GTO is featured onscreen.

• The film also features songs from Donovan, Jem, Hot Hot Heat, Pornosonic and Nitty.

• The song entitled "Got You (Where I Want You)" by the The Flys is featured in the movie as well.

Release

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 105 reviews, 46% of the critics had given the film a positive review.

Home release

The film was released on 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray February 24, 2009, both featuring the rated (111 min.) and unrated (130 min.) cuts of the film.