Miss March – DVD Review

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Miss-March

There comes a fine line in Hollywood when it comes to the teen sex comedy. Everyone wants the box office success of a Porkys or American Pie but doesnt want the stigma (and potential box office killing power) of the dreaded “R” rating. So in its stead you get one of two things. Teen sex comedies that are incredibly funny that develop an audience on DVD (Sex Drive, Superbad) and teen sex comedies that are so tame they really dont fit into the genre ala Fired Up. One can add Miss March into that latter category as well.

At 18, Eugene (Zach Cregger) had a charmed life. And on the night hes about to lose his virginity to his high school sweetheart Cindi (Raquel Alessi), an
accident leaves him in a coma for four years. As everyone moves on, he stays asleep. Waking up and finding life has passed him by, and Cindi is now about to pose for Playboymagazine, he embarks on a mission. With his best friend Tucker (Trevor Moore) along for the ride, chased by firemen intent on murdering him, the duo road trip to the Playboy mansion to find the lost love of his life. Along the way they run into a rapper (Craig Robinson) and get into other assorted shenanigans along the way. What they dont run into is a good movie, as this is perhaps the worst piece of drivel unleashed into theatres in 2009.

How so? Because it tries to be a raunchy sex comedy without any of the raunch or, for the lack of a better phrase, any of the sex. Its as if you took out all the best scenes in an adult film and kept in the bad acting, atrocious script and rampant stupidity. Thats exactly what Miss March is; a film that is nice that ought to be outrageously naughty and crass. And its hard to understand why, considering it carries an “R” rating, but the film holds back on things like language for massive parts. It has no problem with rampant nudity, which is never a bad thing, but the film tries to walk the fine line with coarse language that makes it amusing in a bad way. Theyre more than willing to do jokes involving diarrhea during physical therapy but not willing to curse up a storm; its interesting, to say the least.

Its hard to enjoy a raunchy sex comedy that wants to play by all the rules a slightly vulgar family comedy does. And it ruins the entire movie, as the film just seems to be waiting to explode in a sea of vulgarity and nudity. The film carries an R rating but never really uses it for the full effect. There are moments of profanity and some nudity but it isnt what it ought to be. Its a film pretending to be a harder edged sex comedy, and has just enough to give it an R rating, but the film uses it more for gags involving diarrhea as opposed to letting its leads use profanity more than occasionally.

It would make up for the films utter lack of a good script. Considering that Cregger and Moore wrote and directed the film, as well as star in it, the film is perhaps a vanity project underwritten by 20th Century Fox. Thats about the only reason why one can imagine this film exists, as a sort of ode to two guys from a cult television show trying to let other, funnier actors steal the show.

Miss March may not be the worst film of the year when all is said and done but it will be amongst the contenders.

Presented in a widescreen format with a Dolby digital surround, the transfer is absolutely stellar for a film thats absolutely awful.

Down and Dirty with Horsedick dot MPEG is a brief video about Craig Robinsons supporting character. It’s interesting but doesnt go anywhere.

Two Viral Videos featuring auditions by cast members of the show Moore and Cregger star in, The Whitest Kids U Know.

With minimal extras to go with a horrid centerpiece of a film, Miss March is a recommendation to avoid unless you really enjoyed the film.




20th Century Fox presents Miss March. Written and Directed by Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger. Starring Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Craig Robinson, Raquel Alessi. Running time: 90 minutes. Unrated. Released on DVD: July 28, 2009. Available at Amazon.