Frustratingly, none of the storylines or genres are seen through to their full potential, leaving the film feeling fragmented and, quite literally, all over the place. The gross-out humour it too timid, the romance underdeveloped, the lessons in friendship paper thin, the parental wackiness nonsensical, and so on. But the cast and crew obviously had fun making this, and that feeling is sometimes infectious. There are some genuinely inspired set pieces and plot turns ... and lots of cameos to keep us playing spot the star (Henry Rollins, Tony Hawk, Gene Simmons, Vanilla Ice, Tommy Lee, David Hasselhoff). While Qualls is at least confident in the role, his gangly awkwardness makes him hard to take as a leading man. Dushku and Deschanel seem to think they're in a much better film than this one. And Griffin so overplays his character that you want to slap him. But never mind, this isn't rocket science. There's a decent message lurking under the shambolic chaos. And the film isn't nearly as bad as it could've been.