After reading a few reviews and comments I really was prepared to hate this movie. But I didn't. Yes, it has many flaws, and for me a big one is the pervasive salty language and frank sex references. Some of that is necessary in a story titled "Sex Ed", but just like using too much seasoning to spoil a good meal, this script overdoes its dirty language.
If you had to cast a character who is nerdy and still a virgin it would be hard to make a better pick than Haley Joel Osment. He is short and pudgy, his eyes are too close together, but he has turned into a fine young adult actor for this right role. And this is a right role for him as Ed Cole, working in a bagel shop because work as a teacher in Florida is scarce. But through persistence he gets them to take a chance on him, and he is assigned to an after-school class. He seems surprised that it turns out to be a detention period for misbehaving pubescent students.
That last statement is key, because one of the girls returns from the bathroom crying because she is sure she has cancer, she discovered some vaginal bleeding and had no idea what was going on. Ed had to call on a nurse friend of his to help the girl. But that sparked his desire to begin a sex education class.
Much of the story is Ed trying to come to grips with his virginity and find his own way with the women, while convincing parents that having sex education is a good thing, to let the kids learn the real science behind reproduction and STDs instead of learning the wrong things on the street.
Anyone sensitive to lots of dirty dialog and description of sex acts should not watch this movie. But for those who actually seek out that type of movie this one is probably very funny. Abby Elliott Abby
If you had to cast a character who is nerdy and still a virgin it would be hard to make a better pick than Haley Joel Osment. He is short and pudgy, his eyes are too close together, but he has turned into a fine young adult actor for this right role. And this is a right role for him as Ed Cole, working in a bagel shop because work as a teacher in Florida is scarce. But through persistence he gets them to take a chance on him, and he is assigned to an after-school class. He seems surprised that it turns out to be a detention period for misbehaving pubescent students.
That last statement is key, because one of the girls returns from the bathroom crying because she is sure she has cancer, she discovered some vaginal bleeding and had no idea what was going on. Ed had to call on a nurse friend of his to help the girl. But that sparked his desire to begin a sex education class.
Much of the story is Ed trying to come to grips with his virginity and find his own way with the women, while convincing parents that having sex education is a good thing, to let the kids learn the real science behind reproduction and STDs instead of learning the wrong things on the street.
Anyone sensitive to lots of dirty dialog and description of sex acts should not watch this movie. But for those who actually seek out that type of movie this one is probably very funny. Abby Elliott Abby