The Inbetweeners Movie vaguely reminds me of Euro Trip, Justin and Kelly, and of Superbad, if only because they belong in the same genre. There is something additionally hilarious about watching four socially inept and puzzlingly awkward British teens trying to score with the birds. Why do British men call their eligible ladies birds? Perhaps it is because they prefer to migrate to America! There goes my readership (25% of which is statistically speaking from the United Kingdom). The Inbetweeners Movie is the closest thing to a spring break movie I have watched in some time, and it is refreshingly hilarious.
Four 18 year old British perverts (aren't we all at that age?) decide to spend their school holiday in Greece just weeks prior to the beginning of their adult lives. Some will soon enter their college years while others want to work immediately to enter the real world. One thing is assured; they want to have the time of their lives, but they are not without as much baggage as a United Airways flight!
Will MacKenzie (Simon Bird) has suffered the pangs of depression and social ineptitude resulting from his parent's recent divorce. Jay Cartwright (James Buckley) has a difficult time convincing women to give him the time of day, even if they are wearing a Rolex! Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison) is tall, lanky, and obsessed with hooking up with as many women as possible regardless of their weight, creed or age. Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas) is the most handsome of the bunch but he is hung up on his ex-girlfriend. Their vacation to the touristy town of Malia in Greece is an attempt at rebelling against their problems at home. Perhaps the "Pussy Patrol" can lay a few birds and forget about their struggles. Or, perhaps not dorks, dweebs and dipshits (a Ferris Buehler's Day Off reference for you!).
After checking in to Europe's version of the Roach Motel, our fearsome foursome heads out for a night on the town. Conned by a hot flyer girl into venturing into a nearly empty night club, the young men begin drinking themselves into a stupor. Eventually their dry spell ends when four beautiful women mosey into the establishment looking for some excitement of their own. In what will go down as one of the strangest and funniest scenes of all time, all four guys dance toward them in what can only be labeled the most shameful pick up move of all time. They make fools of themselves, but often women love men that are not afraid to express themselves.
Let's introduce the ladies. Jane (Lydia Rose Bewley) is voluptuous and sweet. Lisa (Jessica Knappet)is tall and demure and extraverted. Lucy (Tamla Kari) has a certain romantic side that is innocent and appealing. The ringleader is Alison (Laura Hadock). Alison is appealing in almost every way a woman can be. Somehow, the four women find themselves strangely intrigued by and sympathetic to the gents' cause. Through several planned and several random encounters the 4 boys and the four girls become involved romantically in the most unforeseeable of ways.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there is rarely a straight path leading to true love. Romance takes time and it is elusive. That is what makes the relationships that form in the film so fascinating and charming. Sure, much of their behavior is obscene and reckless, but that's what a holiday is all about mates. The Inbetweeners Movie is a European spring break movie that has a lot of everything and it connects on many levels. It would make a great film to watch while traveling by plane, train or automobile (provided the viewer is not the one driving!).
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