Runtime:
113 minutes
Directed
by: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Starring:
Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas,
Thomas Ian Nicholas
From:
Universal
As
I mentioned last time, Friday night I went out and saw this opening
night. I was hoping for no problems with stupid people in the
auditorium but to my surprise there weren't too many people at the
screening where I was at. That seems to be out of the ordinary given
that it finished 2nd at the box office with about 22
million dollars; not as much money as the other films made but it
wasn't a bomb by any means.
The
plot is as follows... all of the gang (yep, al of them; some of them
only appear in cameos but it still counts) return to East Great
Falls, Michigan for their 13th Anniversary high school
reunion; the reason why it was 13 was explained in a gag and it's a
goofy reason at best but that isn't important. You get to see what
the main people (i.e. mainly the guys) have done since you last got
to see them. All seem to be doing at least fine at first but you then
see that appearances can be deceiving. In particular, Jim and
Michelle have love life troubles due to them having a child now. They
end up staying at the house of his dad (Eugene Levy, as amusing as
always. He gets into some adventures this time, as his wife is now
deceased) and things become complicated when he discovers that his
next door neighbor/girl he babysat way back when is now 18 and rather
attractive.
Things
are largely what you'd expect here; not too many surprises. Stifler
is still a dick (to use language from the movie) but he wasn't so
overbearing and obnoxious. Everyone else is largely the same as you
remembered them. It was nice seeing them play those characters again
and getting into vulgar adventures. It was nice nostalgia but the
movie works fine on its own too. It was also amusing to see them in
this generation of YouTube and whatnot, and them commenting
(accurately, I say) how girls seem to dress more like tramps now and
how everyone seems more selfish and self-centered in this day and
age. However, besides the gross-out stuff there's also heart and the
characters caring for each other. So it ends up being nice instead of
mean-spirited, and as the gags all work and are funny, you should
enjoy seeing everyone again. Even The Sherminator, who looks quite a
bit different now.
Thus,
I recommend that you see this if you generally enjoy the series... at
least the theatrical movies. I don't know anyone who has any opinion
on the direct to DVD movies they've done in recent years with
American Pie Presents something or another. I have a feeling those in
general aren't really worth seeing, even if a friend of someone I
used to know had a pretty big role in one of them (long story not
worth explaining).
I'll
be back Wednesday night.
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