''Extreme Movie'' (formerly ''Parental Guidance Suggested''; known as ''Hotdogs & Doughnuts: An Extreme Movie'' in Australia) is a 2008 American
satirical
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sex
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comedy film
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composed of sketches focusing on
teen sex
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. Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson direct, with segments co-written by ''
Saturday Night Live
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'' performers
Will Forte,
Andy Samberg, and writers
Akiva Schaffer
Akiva Daniel Shebar Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Tacc ...
,
Jorma Taccone
Jorma Christopher Taccone ( ; born March 19, 1977) is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island with his childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. I ...
,
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to the po ...
includes
Kevin Hart
Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. The accolades he has received include the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and nominations for two Grammy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.
After winning se ...
,
Frankie Muniz,
Ryan Pinkston,
Jamie Kennedy,
Danneel Harris,
Andy Milonakis,
Matthew Lillard,
Rob Pinkston and
Michael Cera
Michael Austin Cera ( ; ; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor. Over his career he has received nominations for a British Academy Film Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
Cera beca ...
.
Plot
The film is a series of vignettes with
Matthew Lillard's sex advice intercut within every couple segments. Mike tries to impress his crush, Stacy. Fred meets a girl online and they arrange for "menacing action", only for Fred to break into the wrong apartment. The promiscuous Betty going to the "next level" (kinkier and more outrageous sexual adventures) with Chuck, and later Fred. Justin buys a vibrating vagina and falls in love with it, all the time while crushing on another girl; the vibrating vagina has a personality of its own and commits "suicide" when Justin rejects it.
A ''
Real Sex''-esque skit where a girl admits to having sex with two black men on camera. Two guys, Barry and Leon, create a woman on their computer, only for her to run wild.
Jessica, in an attempt to become horny, puts her vibrating cell phone in her vagina, only for it to fall in. Len wakes up to find a girl and another guy in his bed, and his parents home as well; the whole thing turns out to be a hidden-camera bisexual show.
Sex education teacher Mr. Matthews teaches his class with no rules and a lot of embarrassment, usually centering on Mike. Ronny, obsessed with
Abraham Lincoln
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, creates a time machine and travels back in time to have sex with Lincoln.
Cast
Release
The film was theatrically released internationally by
Dimension Films
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. In the United States, it received a
straight-to-DVD release by
Dimension Extreme on December 5, 2008, and filming in
New York City
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,
New York
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Places United Kingdom
* ...
,
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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and
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
Reception
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media (CSM) is an American nonprofit organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children. rated the film 1 out of 5 and called it "an extreme waste of time" and compares it unfavorably to Woody Allen's 1972 film ''
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex''.
References
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2008 films
2000s English-language films
2000s sex comedy films
American LGBTQ-related films
American satirical films
American sex comedy films
American teen comedy films
Films produced by Richard Suckle
Films shot in Boston
Films shot in Los Angeles
LGBTQ-related sex comedy films
2000s films about time travel
Dimension Films films
2000s teen sex comedy films
Films with screenplays by John Solomon (writer)
Films with screenplays by Will Forte
Films with screenplays by Andy Samberg
Films with screenplays by Akiva Schaffer
Films with screenplays by Jorma Taccone
2008 comedy films
2008 LGBTQ-related films
Films with screenplays by Phil Lord
Films with screenplays by Christopher Miller (filmmaker)
2000s American films
English-language sex comedy films