To some people, losing your virginity is a crucial part of your life. But to others, such as the main character Matt, it’s not quite the most important item on your agenda. The socially awkward lead character is Matt (Matt Bennett) who has dated his girlfriend Nicole (Nicole Weaver) for nearly two years and is finally up to seal the deal. Complications arise when Matt finds out that Nicole cheated on him. Filmed completely through a camera mostly by Matt’s best friend Zack (Zack Pearlman), The Virginity Hit is a weak comedic take on the traditional teen comedy.
Matt had a pretty troubling childhood considering the fact that his mom died when he was young from cancer and his dad is a drug addict. Luckily his best friend Zack adopts him into his family. Zack has a tendency to videotape everything that goes on his with friends (which makes up all the footage in the film). Out of his friends Matt is the last one to still have his virginity, and the two-year anniversary of his relationship with Nicole seems like the perfect time to finally “do it”. Just before the special day, Matt and Zack find out that Nicole went to a college party and cheated on Matt. Devastated by that fact that she cheated on him after two-years of an exclusive relationship, Matt decides to plot his revenge. Through the thoughts of his perverted mind, Zack comes up with the master plan of planting hidden microphones in the suite where Nicole and Matt will do it. After it happens Matt will confront her and she will be extremely embarrassed. Unfortunately the plan goes down hill and Matt breaks up with Nicole. Since Zack feels somewhat responsible for ruining Matt’s life he tries to get women to sleep with him so he can finally lose his v-card. As the movie drags on with attempts to get Matt laid, there are few laughs and even fewer reasons to keep watching the movie.
Just because Will Ferrell and Adam McKay produced the film doesn’t automatically make it funny. The whole movie seemed like a nerdy male version of The Hills. The problem was that it wasn’t a thirty-minute episode but a ninety-minute feature film. The rookie actors do a good job at acting like typical teenagers partially because we can’t relate them back to anything else. Since most of the dialogue was ad-libbed, it gave it more of a realistic feel than someone reading a script. It felt very believable that you were actually watching the chronicling of this guy’s quest to lose his virginity, but it wasn’t that fun to watch. If you’re someone who dislikes the shaky camera style of movies (Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, Quarantine) I would avoid this one. Even though it is a comedy, there are plenty of unsteady camera shots that a majority of viewers will get annoyed with quite quickly. Sitting through this movie seemed almost pointless due to the fact that the plot was almost missing for half the movie and you don’t really care about Matt’s struggle anyways.
DVD Bonus Features
If you do not feel like sitting through the whole movie, you can watch the short six-minute screen test of the movie, which basically shows the whole movie in a nutshell. If you don’t actually feel like watching the entire movie, the screen test will suffice. Like most movies it includes a full commentary on the movie featuring the cast and crew. There is also a line-o-rama featuring Zack saying one line in multiple ways. In case you were curious to see how Zack Pearlman got his role, you can watch the video that he uploaded to Funny or Die which is him telling an embarrassing story involving his sister. There is a small featurette documenting the life of Nicole Weaver. Both Matt Bennett and Zack Pearlman packed their bags and moved to Hollywood but Nicole stayed in New Jersey and continued her regular life.
"The Virginity Hit" is on sale January 18, 2011 and is rated R. Comedy. Directed by Andrew Gurland , Huck Botko. Written by Andrew Gurland, Huck Botko. Starring Matt Bennett, Zack Pearlman.
