Joy of Sex (1984)

Joy of Sex: Directed by Martha Coolidge. With Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson. Convinced she’s dying, a pretty high school senior sets out to lose her virginity before it’s too late, and encounters a boy from her school on the same mission.

“Most people would probably say that the u0026quot;National Lampoonu0026quot; franchise jumped the shark in later years, but it was bad as early as this time. They just happened to be making better movies featuring the Griswold family. This isnu0026#39;t quite one of the worst comedies Iu0026#39;ve ever seen. Thatu0026#39;s probably only because modern bad comedies are worse and constantly use fart and poop jokes. Much of the humor in this film comes from making jokes about animal genitalia. The funniest bit is when the teacher says she wishes she could teach in kindergarten where sex was a word no one understood.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe basic plot is that a girl thinks sheu0026#39;s going to die soon and tries to lose her virginity. They use the old out of context eavesdropping trope. The fact that thereu0026#39;s a bunch of misbehaving young adults makes it seem like they were trying to cash in on the success of u0026quot;Animal Houseu0026quot;. Then again, this was based on a book…loosely apparently. Itu0026#39;s weird how this could even be considered a National Lampoon movie if it was based on something else. The story is mostly pointless and the characters are bland. *1/2”