Beginner's Guide to Sex (2015) User Reviews

It's better than you think it should be but not good enough for a 5...

[Cez_Aslak · 4/10 · 5 September 2015]

OK you see the title, you read the synopsis and you know exactly what you're getting into... They aren't lying to you, it really is a movie about a virgin teaching sex ed. It's not that funny, it is quite crass... but to be honest I did had a few "guffaw" type of chuckles so I couldn't go lower than a 4... the story being so typical, the acting a bit too much, the scenes are obnoxiously trying to make you feel uncomfortable... I wish I could give it a 1, but no... some parts, goodness help me I don't know why, were funny.

Take it as it is... a really bad teen movie but with some really funny scenes (but not THAT many...)

The tone of this "comedy" is all over the place

[MarkSweepstakes · 3/10 · 20 April 2023]

I like raunchy comedies. I love movies that are so bad they're good. And I really enjoy low-budget movies made by clueless artists because their sincere intentions often make up for their lack of money and talent.

That said, I've watched "Birdemic" more times than I can count. If you have, too, you might agree Whitney Moore is the best thing about "Birdemic". I think she's really pretty, can be a good actress when she wants to be, and has definite screen presence. So one day I was searching around on my streaming services for other features Whitney appeared in. That's how I stumbled across "Beginner's Guide to Sex".

But woof, this was such a let-down. I think it's because the tone of this movie is so schizophrenic. It shifts from brain-dead giddiness to truly uncomfortable fear to wannabe avant garde to really nauseating and then back to silly again. It's confusing and ridiculous. Plus it drags. At one point I checked the time, thinking it was close to ending, but was surprised it still had another hour to go!

Whitney's charisma really shines through at times. But for the first 30 minutes her character Laci Cox -- a 20-something virginal sex-ed teacher -- is just way too maniacal. She's giddy, high-pitched, girlishly eager, and loud. She seemed to have popped 12 bennies and inhaled a Hindenburg's worth of nitrous oxide to get into character. To be fair, I honestly felt the rest of cast were all good actors deep-down. I could tell they were all trying hard and meant well so I'll give everyone in the cast a pass. I put the blame for this mess of a comedy squarely on the director. Perhaps he was too lax with the script, or took simple stage-notes to wild extremes, or that his "vision" of the film was just to get it done as fast as possible. Whatever the reason, it's a shame because the potential was definitely there.

This is not really a laugh-out-loud movie. More of a very occasional grin and cringe kind of humor at best. I laughed the most at Simon Rex as the sleazy teacher. Tom Arnold had his funny moments, too. Trav as Abu the basketball star was a really good actor, it's just too bad his character was so intense, mean-spirited and downright scary, which had no place in a sex comedy.

Overall, I don't regret watching "Beginner's Guide to Sex". Honestly this is a movie you will remember, but for all the wrong reasons. I just wish they'd have put more comedy into their comedy.

The horror, the horror

[jtdb · 2/10 · 2 January 2017]

Laugh-free, bizarrely-toned misfire unsure if it's a wild, raunchy sex comedy or a serious high school drama; unpleasant homophobic and racist stereotyping abound, not to mention an overload of profanity. Cast is mostly required to play things at the 2-dimensional level. This is the sort of thing that makes "Porky's"--or even "Wildcats"--look like "Citizen Kane" in comparison. To think of all the talented scripts out there in the world that lay languishing and never get made while something like this continues to circulate on pay cable is truly a discouraging thought; in case you haven't figured it out yet, this movie is not just bad--it's depressingly bad.

one of the bad teen comedy of all time...

[fluffset · 1/10 · 12 June 2016]

"Beginners Guide To Sex", "Sex School", "Student Bodies" or whatever its name was. Its totally a bad movie, not ever, I've seen worst. If you want to see some flesh of beautiful human, you got it. If you want to laugh, you got plenty, very plenty. I think what make this movie worst is the main character, Laci Cox, a virgin sex-ed teacher. I don't know why she is acting like a child. Its okay if she did it well but too bad she is not a good actress and she is too overacted. All of the student is a bad actor also except the good girl character.This movie wants to make us care about the development of Laci Cox character as a teacher, how she evolved and everything but she is a hateful character here, with weird joke, outfit and everything. Then, they also want to make us care about the "jump cases" student problem, where the student jump to prove themselves worthwhile. The higher they jump, the better they are, just like Nicholas Sparks's "A Walk to Remember" (2003) and its just totally stupid. So, I just watch this movie for the first 30 minute and everything exploded after that. You can try if you want.

Impossible to write a meaningful review without spoilers.......

[jaroslaw99 · 1/10 · 6 July 2016]

I happened to be on vacation at my cousin's and we had a lull with nothing to do and I just happened across this movie. If there had been anything on other than cupcake wars and other inane cooking shows, I wouldn't have bothered with this movie. I think I missed a few minutes of the beginning. The first thing I couldn't believe was students using lots of cuss words to each other and to the faculty. Second, I can't understand what the big deal is that the sex ed teacher is a virgin or why she feels the need to tell the students. There was a sequence where she was confiding in a student, her boyfriend had a stroke while making out with her, the school somehow felt his unreleased sexual tension was her fault and dropped a bucket of cum on her head. Really? Boys ejaculated into a bucket for a month to accumulate this? They actually showed a bucket of white slime falling on her head. Yuck. Another time she tried to get the top basketball star expelled, he caught her in the restroom and gave her (the teacher) a very graphic description of himself having sex with a girl in class, inch by inch and his 11". I'm no prude but I see nothing particularly amusing about the sex ed teacher's sister having sex with 147 guys or watching Tom Arnold's comedy. He may be an okay actor in other fields, but his performance techniques were exactly like they were in Roseanne. Very abrupt and curt. This movie was just an "excuse" to talk very dirty and was completely unreal and even ridiculous in many spots. "Roberta the squirter" had an intimate talk with the teacher about masturbating and she made a "mess." The sun shone through the window onto the liquid and made a rainbow that started on the edge of the bed and terminated in her vagina. Are you kidding me? Totally absurd. Oh yeah, as another said, it was unexplained why the teacher was acting like a child. This movie made no sense at all.

If you overlook the bad jokes there are lots of good ones

[fredfredrikfreddyfred · 9/10 · 4 September 2015]

I loved this comedy. I laughed really hard about eight times. It may have been a bit dumb at times but there were many really funny jokes. People who gave it a low rating must be offended by rather graphic explicit sexual language. But if you are not prudish and easily offended, I think you will agree this was some really humorous writing. The acting was also totally decent and the casting of characters was very good in my mind. The thing about comedies is they are very subjective and if you are into sophisticated ironic envelope pushing humor; you may like this as much as I did. I watch a lot of comedies and can hardly remember one that cracked me up as much as this did and I am fairly jaded. The only thing I can think of to compare the style of humor to might be the TV series "Maron"

A raunchy fun movie

[arjuun-30058 · 7/10 · 12 November 2020]

It is way better then the. 3.5 score it has . It was fun and funny. If you like wrong Raunchy funny movies give it a check out

Hysterical hidden gem

[FooserX · 8/10 · 25 April 2016]

I turned this movie on with a short leash, and from the first 5 minutes I was hooked. Just when you think the scenes couldn't be any more appalling and hilarious, it manages to top itself.

The main character is just like The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...super naive and corny in a world of vulgar teenage sex. The movie is non-stop laughs and dark humor - those who get offended should stay far away from this movie. It truly is tasteless, but in a really clever and funny way.

This is the path that "The To Do List" should have been. It has an indie feel. I wouldn't think the writing on a movie like this could be considered "fresh" or "original", but I have to say it is. They took the line of what's "too far" and moved it waaaaay back. Check this out if you are fans of movies like American Pie or Porky's.

This movie is hilarious

[cyrax1 · 10/10 · 4 September 2015]

I highly recommend this movie. The female sex ed teacher has an innocent bubbly personally that makes her extremely hot. She makes the movie along with her acting. Simon rex along with tom arnold play supporting characters.

This movie had me laughing non stop all the way through its vulgarness. We need more vulgar movies like it. I was really surprised with some of the stuff that the writes came up with. It is all fresh and never been done material. Its not like a typical Hollywood film its better. Sooo Good, its a must watch film.

Ps it also contains a few bare boob shots. Not many shots but the one scene was funny when it happens 30 some odd minutes into the film.

Unsual, quirky comedy

[coolhandphil · 8/10 · 1 August 2020]

This is a fun, kooky comedy with countless killer one-liners. Whitney Moore sells every scene, with a wonderfully manic and endearing performance. The running 'jump' joke was nuts and had me laughing to the end.

I Love Cox - Jokes You Actually Have to Think About

[Dark_Lord_Mark · 9/10 · 5 May 2019]

Sex Ed: Laci Cox has to teach it - the only catch is Laci is a virgin.

Yep.... That's all you need to know.

The jokes are actually played straight which is part of the movies' charm.

Some less intelligent movie watchers will claim, it's childish, I disagree The jokes, you actually have to think about it....

"Principal Haymen keeps chewing my asss out." Yes, actually a line. You have to spend five seconds to think about the joke and that's a good thing.

9.5....out of 10. Freaking funny. If you are a person who misses offensive material, this movie is a gem.

Definitely not what was expected.

[jasonasprouse · 8/10 · 27 September 2020]

Kind of a comedy, with some life lessons... The lead does a great job of playing an innocent, inexperienced young woman. I would recommend the movie.