Sex Ed

(2014) ★★½

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Haley Joel Osment is Ed Cole, a science teacher struggling to find a job in the recession. He takes a detention monitoring position at a Tampa Bay middle school, where the ignorant kids’ knowledge of sex is confined to internet porn.

Even though he’s a virgin, idealistic Ed’s going to teach them about the birds and STDs. Egged on by local reverend Chris Williams (clearly no friend of Charles Darwin), the conservative community’s up in arms over Ed’s sex ed initiative. Despite the joky title, this over-stretched sitcom takes its raunchy subject matter surprisingly seriously.

And grown-up child star Osment manages to maintain his dignity, demonstrating that even after appearing in Kevin Smith’s dubious horror comedy, Tusk, he’s not yet taken leave of his six senses.

Certificate: 15

Duration: 90min

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