I don't know why this movie has so much hate here, after binging 3-4 movies a day for weeks, this is one of the funnier comedy movies that I've come across on Netflix. First off the cast is amazing, with Aubrey Plaza (parks and rec),bill Hader, Christopher Mintz, Andy Samberg (Brooklyn 99, lonely Island, hot rod, etc),Donald Glover, and Clark Gregg to name a few. I kept being surprised I'd never heard of this movie. The jokes are solid, yes it's vulgar, and it's purely sex jokes, but they're done well and I found myself laughing quite a few times. Not one of my favourite movies but definitely enjoyable and worth a watch.
The To Do List
2013
Action / Comedy / Romance
The To Do List
2013
Action / Comedy / Romance
Plot summary
Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) has just graduated from high school where she excelled in every subject, except real-life sexual education. When her older sister tells her how important it is to be experienced, Brandy writes out a sex to do list for herself for the summer. Her friend Cameron might be the perfect guinea pig while she sets her sights on the popular and sexy Rusty Waters as the ultimate end goal. But once feelings get in the way, it becomes much harder for Brandy to check off the remaining items on her sex to do list.
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It's 1993 in Boise, Idaho. Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) has just graduated from high school as the straight laced valedictorian and a virgin. She has a loose older sister Amber (Rachel Bilson),frank mother (Connie Britton) and an embarrassed father (Clark Gregg). Cameron (Johnny Simmons) is her nerdy friend who is in love with her. Fiona (Alia Shawkat) and Wendy (Sarah Steele) are her slutty best friends. She gets convinced by her sister that she needs to lose her virginity before going to college. She wants to lose it to hot guy Rusty Waters (Scott Porter). So she makes a sexual to-do list. She's working at the pool managed by Willy (Bill Hader) for the summer where Rusty, Derrick (Donald Glover) and Cameron are working.
This is a fine inappropriate coming of age movie from writer/director Maggie Carey. My biggest problem is actually Aubrey Plaza. She's too old to play a teenager. She also plays very sarcastic which takes away from the character. I think either Alia Shawkat or Sarah Steele would be better fit. They have a more innocent persona which would work much better for the character. Aubrey's whole act is low energy sarcasm. It's a better fit for a sarcastic bitter friend with a heart like 'Parks and Recreation'.
I NEVER WENT TO BEAVER CREEK
Brandy (Aubrey Plaza) is a 1993 grossly stereotyped virgin and valedictorian. She is convinced she must lose her virginity and become sexually knowledgeable before college. She creates a comical "to do" list, most of which we never see happen. The list, and Brandy's not understanding the terms I found to be the funny part of the film. Once she starts to check things off the list, the film becomes neither funny or erotic. It attempts to be crude with stale humor.
I found Aubrey unable to pull off the role as Emma Stone did in "An Easy A." The "humor" was juvenile with adult themes and fails even as a teen sex comedy.
Might work as a low brow rental.
Parental Guide for R rated version: F-bomb, sex. No nudity. Sex talk.