This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

That was an excellent one.

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.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Appalling. It provides its own reward for the cast, who will no doubt buy copies to show their grandkids. I hope they're proud; I'm sure their parents are. The poor specimens of today's youth that it portrays, foul mouthed and ignorant, are regrettably typical of the lower end of the IQ pool, but what's worse is that it fails even in its promise of a T&A movie.Let's be honest about this; it's like Big Brother. The only reason to get this out is to look at naked young bodies; after all, you can always turn the sound down and fast forward through the talkie bits. Why would anybody want to hear what these cretins have to say? And if even the T&A turns out to be non-existent, why bother making it?One of the worst movies ever made, and all who had a part in it should be ashamed.

********POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD********Even though I don't think this movie deserved as bad a rap as it received, the people who rented it were better off than those who spent the money to see it in theaters. I had an unusual urge to see this movie, yet at the same time was quite hesitant to do so. Reason why? I've never watched an episode of "The Real World" or "Road Rules" or any of those types of shows in my life, because they simply don't hold my interest. Though I'm more inclined towards movies that are realistic, I'm not a fan of the concept of the reality show. I believe art should be a depiction of reality, and not an exact imitation. So when I heard about the first "reality movie," I wasn't too impressed. However, there's a reason why sex sells, and I can't deny that the poster art for this movie, which displays a scantily clad woman splashing in the water, didn't lure me in. I knew since the movie's setting is spring break, there would be some nice footage of wet T-shirt contests. And that was no false advertising. There is some great wet T-shirt footage and shots of bare-breasted hotties. It's true that the characters are real and the situations are real, but even documentaries are rarely totally real. There's always some sort of manipulation involved. Plus, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that people never act the same when a camera is rolling. The movie "Ed TV" does a great job at elaborating on that concept, but you can easily figure that out simply by watching your family's home videos. And if the people in front of the camera know that whatever they do will be seen on TV or on the big screen, they'll definitely behave differently. That is not to say that people in this movie are complete phonies. I'm simply saying that what you see in this movie isn't going to be a lot more real than what you'd see in a work of fiction. That's why I still regard many reality shows as "so-called reality shows." Of course, if there were hidden cameras rolling, that would be a different story, but that's violating privacy laws. Not to mention the characters in "The Real World" and "The Real Cancun" don't look like everyday people. When do they ever show people with facial blemishes or weight problems? This goes back to the media purposely expressing to its audience that THIS is how people are SUPPOSED to look like. But that's drifting into a whole 'nother issue. I was interested in these characters for the most part, though I didn't feel an extremely close connection to any of them. But some of the characters were two-dimensional and I had a hard time believing they weren't putting on performances. I have to admit that I was rooting for Alan throughout the movie. How could I not root for someone who most people would consider a loser, and suddenly becoming a major stud? At the same time, I felt like the arc of his character was like that of a character in a fictional movie. He starts out a "loser" with glasses. I don't know why glasses always have to be associated with unattractiveness. Plus, he miraculously loses the glasses somewhere into the film (plot hole, plot hole). What happened? Did he get contact lenses or was he like Mr. Magoo throughout the rest of the vacation? He starts out with no confidence, he gets forced to drink by his fellow housemates and suddenly he becomes a totally different person with much more confidence. As I said, I couldn't help but root for him, but I find it hard to believe that he actually won that contest for the guy with the hottest body. Out of all the guys, he had the least muscle and he goes up on stage doing the most dorky dance you can think of. Yet he wins. Seems like something straight out of a movie, not reality. The movie is by no means deep, but it does teach a few things about letting loose and having fun, and not caring what people think of you, especially when you're in Cancun and everyone there is never going to see you again. Sure, the characters drink and have promiscuous sex. Is there anything wrong with that? That's what people in their early 20's are supposed to do. I love how middle-aged people look at this movie and think of it as a wake-up call for how young people make such wastes of their lives. None of the characters are on drugs. They're not doing anything "illegal." What are you supposed to do during spring break in Cancun? Lie on the beach and read a book? The movie even taught me a few things about loosening up. Now, onto what didn't work for me. Like episodes of "The Real World," the movie primarily deals with relationships between these young people. I'm sorry, but I don't get easily fascinated by people cheating on one another and stabbing each other in the back. Of course, if I knew these people personally, I might be more interested, but that's not the case. There's a scene where one of the girls catches her boyfriend in the shower with another girl, which looks straight out a soap opera. Bor-ring. I wouldn't give this movie any awards, but it is worth watching. The men will enjoy the scantily clad women and the women will enjoy the shirtless men. There's eye candy for everyone. After watching the movie, I feel like taking a little trip over to sunny, beautiful Cancun myself. My score: 6 (out of 10)

I just watched this flick, and after i read all those horrible reviews i thought "did we really watch the same movie?". Then after reading some reviews more carefully I suddenly understood what makes the opinions of this movie so different - the way we take it completley depends on all of our personal experiences.If you have never been abroad with friends drinking, partying, meeting girls and being up all night you probably find this flick boring, pointless, shallow and stupid. All because the moviemakers never wanted to make something with a message. The only thing they tried to do was to catch this teenage gang as natural as possible (wich they did as good as they could - not great though.)However. If you HAVE a lot of partying experinces, like being abroad, with semi-laked drunk people all around, checking our girls, drinking, dancing and having fun, THEN you probably get a bunch of nice memories and a great I-wanna-party feeling.I fall into the second category and, thus, i liked this film. Everything you see isnt very natural, and some of the dialogues we see seems too well prepared to be spontanious. But i never lost the feeling that this wasnt all fake. Because i have been in that situation, and like it or not - thats how it IS! The girls are slutty, everyone is drunk and doing stupid things, people are screwing around like crazy, noone gives a sh*t about personalities and everyone is only there because of two things: Having fun and getting laid.But thats how it is! And its FUN! (this last sentance is my own opinion)So i guess the conclusion of this review is that if you never have experienced anything like this you will probably dont like it a bit. And i fully understand why. If you have, however, been on a place like this or if you just like crazy partying you probably have a nice laugh watching this flick.Take a quick thought before you go and rent this one and think about what category you fall into. Then you probably will know what decision you will be most happy with. Nice watching 8)(personal rating: 7/10)

I didnt like this movie at all...nothing special in it. Just a poor movie that doesnt have any meaning and doesnt add even a dot in the american movies history. No story No scripts...really silly and childish movie and sooooo boaring. Me and my firend watched it and it was really boring.