Raising Victor Vargas does have a lot in common with Kids. New York, sex-obsessed kids, realism, realistic dialogue, good performances, a swimming pool,... But it's much less gruesome, with no HIV-related plot or anything. Believe it or not, it's also got a lot in common with American Pie. It's more realistic and not over-the-top/cartoony, but the characters have a similar innocence and the same obsession with sex. And there's one clear echo, which might or might not be deliberate, when one of the female characters tells her man that he is 'my bitch'.

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