DVD review: The Inbetweeners Movie

I was expecting American Pie with British accents when I sat down for The Inbetweeners.

These 18-year-old lads initially reminded me a lot of the boys we were first introduced to years back in the American Pie franchise.

But The Inbetweeners are very much their own people.

Will, Jay, Neil and Simon first came to our attention in the TV series which ran from 2008 to 2010. Now they get to go on holiday.

These four socially troubled young men from the south of England are off to Malia in Crete for a spot of sunshine, plenty of alcohol and lots of girls.

But the reality is these young guys are virtually coated in girl repellent, such is their bumbling way with the opposite sex.

The boys just want to be like everyone else and party hard while on holiday.

Will knows the reality of their situation best of all and realises the girls are not exactly going to flock into their clutches.

Their best hope is to find a girl who is not repulsed by them and lingers long enough to get to know them.

An intelligent and brutally honest young man, Will takes a shine to Alison, who already has a Greek boyfriend.

The lads get into all sorts of trouble with their naivete and unquenchable thirst for girls.

There is a real charming innocence about these lads and their adventure.

It is not a gross-out comedy but a relatively innocent coming-of-age film.

The Inbetweeners Movie

(R16), Roadshow Entertainment

Rating: 3.5 / 5