American Pie 2. (2001) Cert 15. Director - James B Rogers. Writer - Adam Herz Starring - Jason Biggs, Alison Hannigan, Sean William
Scott, Chris Klien & Shannon
Elisabeth.
Premise - The sequel to the phenomenally successful American Pie see's
the guy's one-year-older and looking to relive the heady days before
college. I'm a big fan of the original American Pie, it made me laugh my ass off
almost continually throughout. It gave birth to one of comedy's great
hopes (Sean William Scott) and helped boost sales of baked goods the world
over.
So it was with some excitement that I went to see the
sequel.
For the most part my expectations were met, however some
thing's just stopped me from loving it as much as the first movie.
The whole crux of the original was the need for the four main
characters to lose their virginity before end of school. Without this plot
thread the sequel lacks focus, it's kind of all over place. Sure it's
funny (sometimes gut bustlingly so), but scenes seem to be strung together
in no particular order and leave you feeling empty.
It was good to
see the entire original cast together (milf, milf, milf), but some seem to
be there through some kind of contractual obligation (Tara Reid, Mena
Sauvari) and really do nothing of consequence and could have easily not
bothered coming back.
Some of the plot threads that tie up in the
final third don't really make much sense and you can almost smell the
re-writes that must have took place on set.
On the plus side
though the stuff that is funny is VERY funny. Jim's dad is a piece of
comic genius and Stiffler is just so repellent that you can't help but
love him.
So is it funny? Yes. Is it as good as the original? No.
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6/10 for American Pie 2. Poster Quote - This pie is over done. |