Sex is Zero Review

Take the familiar American teen sex comedy formula, complete with music, and transfer it over to South Korea, and what do you get? An average college sex comedy with Korean actors, somewhere on a par between Porky’s and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Stringing gags on a simple Boy Meets Girl plot, Sex Is Zero delivers some laughs and titillation – rather old fashioned in the USA, but groundbreaking enough in Korea to make it a huge hit.

Writer/director Yun Je-gyun (My Boss My Hero) misses the boat a bit by failing to fully exploit the fact that sad sack male lead Eun-shik (Lim Chang-jung) is a half generation older than his law school classmates, but makes up for it with plenty of visual creativity, and adds depth with a surprising dramatic serious twist in the third act.

The added USA DVD extras, in both English and Spanish, concentrate on putting Sex Is Zero in the context of teen sex comedy movie history.