Best buddies Tucker (Trevor Moore) and Eugene (Zach Cregger) have been friends for years even though they are quite different people. Eugene is a book-smart student who prides himself on his morals whereas Tucker is all about seducing the ladies. On the eve of losing his virginity to long-term girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi) Eugene falls down a flight of stairs knocking himself unconscious. He awakens 4 years later in a hospital bed and learns that Cindi has left him and gone on to become a Playboy centrefold. With Tucker still by his side, the two friends go on a road trip to find Cindi at the one place they know she will be, The Playboy Mansion.
Miss March joins the endless ranks of inferior teen comedies in the same vein as the straight-to-DVD American Pie sequels. In spite of attracting a relatively decent cast, the film is a mundane and very average comedy that takes an amusing premise but fails to ignite it with any real wit, style or assertion.
Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore not only star in the film but act as the movie’s directors and script-writers. It’s a bold venture and I thought that their involvement would guarantee a film which would do this genre some justice. Apart from Sex Drive there has been a distinct lack of any good teen comedies since its renaissance in the late 90’s with American Pie, Road Trip and the like. Unfortunately Miss March falls way short of my expectations. Even setting the finale in the Playboy Mansion and having Playboy bunnies and Hugh Hefner make an appearance can do little to lift this from anything more than a one-watch film.
It’s not all bad, there were two gags that were truly hilarious but weighed against a runtime of 90mins even that is woefully light. You would also expect Tucker’s character to be very annoying but surprisingly, he comes out of the film ok. It’s perhaps down to Moore playing him as a young Jim Carrey totally clueless of his actions. Craig Robinson from The Office: An American Workplace also has a handful of funny lines but his persona soon wears thin.
Miss March could have been a nice addition to the genre. Instead, it relies on the lowest common denominator to get its laughs (which isn’t even done all that well either). The fact that this film was made at all must have been down to Cregger and Moore’s obvious passion for this film and you would expect, the genre too. What sets this film apart from gems like of American Pie, Road Trip and Sex Drive is its lack of any real heart. You need to make the audience emotionally invested in the film’s characters but sadly Miss March is full of instantly forgettable roles that don’t make an impression. Combined with a tiresome script, it all makes for a very average comedy with little to offer a clued-up audience that has seen it all before.
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