Sorry, this movie sucks

Did you people see the same film I saw?

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

So yeah, it's 9 years after it's release, And the Real Cancun has received so many awful reviews that I felt like I needed to write something in it's favor. I first saw it 8 years ago, and back then I was actually quite taken with the concept, the atmosphere and the depiction of people in Cancun during spring break. Whether it was real or not was not an issue for me, as it showed me a spring break, without the 'Girls Gone Wild' main theme of debauchery and depravity. Sure, those things exist in the movie, but to me it seems that even though the movie was sort of 'unscripted' and 'reality based', the editing was done wonderfully. As I mentioned in the beginning of my review - I first saw it 8 years ago. So now that I'm sadly much older, in age and state of mind as well, I re-watched the movie - as I'm about to go on vacation to Cancun. So yeah, the first charm of the movie did not hold as it did so many years ago when I gave it 8/10, but it still wasn't as bad IMHO as other reviews would depict it and I gave it 6/10. All in all - either you're waaaaayyy too old to watch it, or way too young - The MTV generation would actually enjoy this one.

Cancun what i know about it from the Girls Gone Wild to Mexico dangerous clips,This film showed me a little more with less sleaze. I mean my understanding is a group of teens rent a big boat get sh_t faced and commit every sin under the sun, showing all their body parts, even the fake ones. Its mostly women with women and the blokes just watch on and try for a grope. Short of the American screams which is easily fixed by the mute button. It was interesting to see the other side like around Mexico itself,having never really traveled it showed another place that would interest me for a holiday after the young party has left of course.SPOILER ALERT Also interesting is when the group go out only the blokes pick up and some girls who have been playing hard to get all week, get Nasty because they wanted to be with them of course never mentioned it . That amused me and it reflects the games they play in how they will get burned. You do learn a lot about the American Teen culture that i see now in Australia where our young teens go to their Aussie Cancun the Gold Coast.SPOILER ALERT You also see a great time in this one bloke's life Alan where everyone in the crowd decides to vote for him as the best body, it shows them in a different light, they are not always thinking about themselves but about others around them, as i see over there if your not a Jock you are more or less forgotten. Alan steals the film all by being so honest with everyone, its refreshing to see because most of the cast are wearing masks and you never see the real people until its too late.Where is my time machine there was nothing like this 20 years ago when i was a teen. Don't be put off by the negative reviews watch and observe it won't hurt.

Despite all the nasty reviews of what I concede, is a stupid teen film, there are inherent lessons to be gleaned from the movie. The fact is, casual sex does not necessarily make people happy, or you will lose the right woman you really like if you engage in reckless casual sex. What wins out at the end of the day is love, and connecting with someone above a booty call.It happens that one of the shy characters did not go on to have wanton casual sex, but you sort of sympathized with him for some reason because you could see that he was really trying. He never drank alcohol, and seemed that he was not connecting with the ladies at the beginning of the trip, while other guys were having casual sex left, right, and center. At the end of the movie, this is one of the only cast that has expressed absolutely no regrets about the trip.He eventually hooked up with a meaningful relationship, and seemed to get more meaning with opposite sex interactions then his other wild counterparts. Incidentally, he did not have sex with anyone in the movie. In other words, this movie shows, that having a relationship with someone, without sex, is something much richer and fulfilling than just wild casual sex and booty calls. It also shows that the shy guys does have a chance to score on girls in the right environment. So, all shy guys out there, do not give up hope, the right girl is waiting for you somewhere.Now, the reason for this low rating is first of all, it is not a reality movie, as it was supposed to be. It is full of junk. If I did not get that one ounce of meaning from the movie, I would have to conclude the movie has no merits. I believe, that lesson I gleaned from the movie, was not intended, and probably I read into the movie further than I should have and inflating the worth of what is inherently pop culture garbage. So, I give it three stars, which I think is fair.

First of all, I think people should look at the genre that this is. As a movie I can see why some people didn't like it. Personally I thought it was excellent. It captured the people in as natural a setting as possible,and it had some great comedy. 7/10