SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

So back in 2008 the UK was introduced to yet another foul-mouthed rude and disgusting comedy show...and it was more British brilliance. Easily the most semi offensive, filthy and sexually profanity ridden show to hit our screens since Bottom, and that was tame in comparison. The whole premise is basically centred around childish immature toilet humour, typical boyish low brow school smut that most every British male can relate to because they probably grew up doing and saying the same things.The TV show revolved around four young boys struggling through their school years which included various stereotypical themes which, again, many will relate too. The most common of these was the attempt and failure of many many sexual encounters with girls from their school or where ever, these sexual escapades made up the bulk of the shows plots. Yes it sounds like a wholly clichéd and unoriginal but that doesn't deter us Brits when it comes to embarrassing sexual innuendos and smut.This movie carries on from where the TV show left off after the final third series which we all thought had finished for good. The lads are still mates and they're off on their holidays to sunny Malia, Crete, Greece. That is basically the plot right there, you don't really need to know anything about the TV show or what happened, you can quite easily watch this on its own and get the drift perfectly. There might be the odd moment which you might not get if you haven't watched the TV show but generally you should be fine.If ever there was a bad advert on a mass scale for Brits abroad then this has gotta be high on the list. I'm not referring to all Brits of course but mainly the younger binge drinking generation that we all know and loathe these days. Yep its the stereotypical vision of modern day British youths abroad getting blind drunk, having or hunting for guilt free animalistic sex, drugs, vomit, feces and lots of football shirts. Its exactly what you'd expect as a British viewer which is both hilarious at times and utterly shameful at others, we all know what goes down in these types of places, amazed it wasn't filmed in Magaluf (probably too extreme).Whilst the TV show seems anarchic and unpredictable this film really feels like a let down in my eyes. Gone are the fresh wild obnoxious antics...instead replaced with every known cliché from the book of clichés, besides that we saw all this before with 'Kevin and Perry Go Large'. The one that has been implanted into this story is emotion and some solid character development. The guys do seems to grow as we see them fall out, make up and meet the girls of their dreams...naturally not being the type of girls they expected. Although again its kinda obvious, 'Jay' gets a tubby bird and starts to show signs of maturing, 'Will' get a hot blonde, 'Simon' finally moves on from 'Carly' with a brunette and 'Neil' finds a slightly ditzy girl the same height as himself.Generally I found this movie kinda depressing actually, there is tonnes of negativity with the guys trying to find girls, trying to be popular and trying to fit in. There are of course the highs but I found there to be more lows really, lows and lots of cringeworthy behaviour which somehow didn't seem as funny as the TV show. Most of the laughs tend to be the most obvious and over used clichés such as the shitty hotel, aging desperate women dressed in unflattering attire, too much booze with obligatory vomiting, hot babes, buff jocks and the old gag of the rude doodle burnt into burnt into your back. I guess the old school location of...errr their school works the best, prime example being the fantastic small sequence with Greg Davies as 'Mr Gilbert' the Headmaster giving a rousing speech at the start. Its reasonable fun in places but on the whole it can't live up to the original show despite the usual good performances from the main cast.5.5/10

Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are all here as the gang head out to Malia for a lads holiday after leaving school. It is to be the holiday of a life time, but in Inbetweeners style nothing goes to plan.And that's where the similarities with the hilarious TV show end. As sadly the film fails to capture the magic of the show. The movie plot positively throbs with potential. From horny teens, a holiday destination, and Jay having money from a dead grandparent. What could go wrong?? It simply never dips in to the potential.I'll start with Jay, some of the funniest lines in the TV show come from him. Here for some reason he is very watered down, and barely lies or exaggerates at all. his one lie "I've swam further UNDER water" was one of the two times I actually laughed. There was soooo much potential for the character of Jay in this situation, and it's never explored and we miss it!! Next up Simon is so ridiculously annoying and naive (who gives up ALL of their clothes) as he pines for Carli I wanted to punch him never mind Jay!As for punching someone the character of the Rep that Carli was smitten with was vile and in no way got the sort of comeuppance that he deserved. Will was a duller version of his TV version self and was subject to the old suntan lotion gag that was old, when it was used in "Police Academy V" the only one close to his TV version was Neil, and him leading the boys minus Jay on a dance to attract the attention of 4 girls was the second time I laughed.Now on to the 4 girls, all OK, but clichéd. But it is ridiculous that all 4 four girls, hooked up with the 4 boys for a holiday romance, and it is NOT in keeping with Inbetweeners spirit. The show is funny watching them try and fail. for all four to succeed just seemed like a "lets give them all an American Pie-esque happy ending" situation.All it all a massive let down, and this will not find it's way into my DVD collection unlike the TV show.

This is written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, and directed by Ben Palmer who all worked on the TV series as well. I knew nothing about this movie, I had never watched the TV show nor any clips or trailers of the movie, I just had seen some positive reviews in Empire and TotalFilm magazines. Therefore, I had it added in my watchlist and finally was in mood of watching it.This is a silly teenage comedy and you can say this is the British version of American Pie; same premise but obviously different jokes and humors. I should also say reviewing comedies, especially this type, would be different from reviewing drama or action, these movies shouldn't be taken seriously, you need to just take it easy and have fun. The story is about four high school friends who graduate and try to get laid, so it's obvious what type of the movie is going to be, and the movie starts very well with introducing these characters. These are all funny characters (even the supporting characters are funny) and there are many funny moments and scenes throughout the movie, which prevents you to be bored. I even like the music; it helps the scenes to be even funnier. The performances are fine, even though no one famous or well-known is in the movie, but the cast is filled with talents.Overall, I recommend it and if I only want to rate it in comedy genre, I'd say 8/10, but in general perhaps 7.5/10. However, if you don't like silly comedy this is probably a failure, so in that case don't bother to watch it.

The Inbetweeners on television is a fantastically funny show, so a movie to accompany the series and give the characters a broader adventure to go on was almost inevitable, and it went on to become the most profitable comedy of the year. Basically the four misfit friends, nerd- like Will McKenzie (Simon Bird, also narrating), foul-mouthed Jay Cartwright (James Buckley), slow-witted Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison) and insecure Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), along with all the others students at Rudge Park Comprehensive school have passed their A levels. Following depressing events, Jay's granddad dies, Simon is dumped by his girlfriend Carli D'Amato (Emily Head) and Will's Dad (Anthony Head) has married his young mistress, the boys decide to get away from it all, and to do this the boys book a holiday to Malia, Crete. When they arrive the accommodation is awful, and their first night is terrible as they spend it in an empty bar, but they do meet four attractive girls, Jane (Lydia Rose Bewley), Alison (Laura Haddock), Lucy (Tamla Kari) and Lisa (Jessica Knappett). As the holiday goes on the boys all get on with some of their own things rather than hang out with each other, and only occasionally hang out with the girls, Will picks on Alison having a cliché Greek boyfriend, Simon bores Lucy to death constantly talking about Carli who is also on holiday in Malia, Neil getting with much older women has hardly any talks with Lisa, and obnoxious Jay is disappointed to be hanging around with slightly chubby Jane. There comes a point when the boys do have some time together and a big argument ensues between Simon and Jay, who have been friends since primary school, and they break apart for a while, and it seems Will and Neil are going separate places as well. Eventually though they all meet again in the empty bar and make it up to each other, and they know that if they really care for the girls they have met the only place to go is the boat party they have been told about for a while. Alison with Will found her Greek boyfriend Nicos (David Avery) having sex with another girl, so she seeks Will out to ask him if they can be boyfriend-girlfriend to which he agrees and he loses his virginity. Neil has been ignoring Lisa and only having small conversations, but also she has been avoiding the talk of sex assuming he has a girlfriend back home, but he finally admits that they split some time ago and they do get intimate. Jane knows that for some time Jay has been concerned hanging around a larger girl and is afraid to be seen kissing or getting to close, she stands up for herself when required but is not happy with him, but he realises he does have real feelings for her and is not bothered what people think. Simon gets the opportunity to go on the boat for the party and is initially keen to get back together with Carli, but talking to her he realises he no longer has any real feelings for her and has become much closer to Lucy, the other guys knew this as well, so he swims back to be with her, and despite nearly drowning he is rescued and taken ashore where they do kiss. Also starring Greg Davies as Mr. Gilbert, Belinda Stewart-Wilson as Polly MacKenzie, Theo James as James and Alex Macqueen as Kevin Sutherland. The four lead stars all make their characters the most fun and individually are all the most lovable, whether it be during the situations they get themselves in or with each other bickering and poking fun. I admit that the film was maybe not as over the top some of the time as the near cult television show, but being full of foul mouthed language, dirty jokes, some gross stuff and a feel like Kevin & Perry Go Large it is a good fun comedy film. Good!