Dir: John Hurwitz and
Hayden Schlossberg
Starring: Jason
Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy
The American Pie franchise gets milked for another
go with the seventh, yes seventh, entry into the franchise.
The
gang are all grown up and they decide to go home and get together for their
thirteenth high school reunion. Hijinks ensue.
There is a moment in the film
where Jason Bigg’s character Jim tells Stifler (Sean William Scott) that things
have changed. Unfortunately, they really haven’t. The film is filled with
everything you would expect from an American
Pie film. The characters are all pretty much the same as they were in 1999 and
the same gross out, sex comedy is all present as expected. Then only reason the
film is even in cinemas, rather than being the fourth direct to DVD instalment,
is because they have managed to get the entire original cast back together.
Jim, Stifler, Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Vicky (Tara Reid),
Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), Heather (Mena Suvari) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas)
and more all return for one last pay check.
It is nice to see them all
together on screen again as even old favourite supporting characters pop up, but
a film can’t rely entirely on nostalgia. The film even brings up old jokes from
the first couple of movies like a now fading friend going ‘hey, remember this.
That was funny wasn’t it? We had some good funny times’ and desperately trying
to hold onto a friendship long past its best. Jim’s dad mentions the pie, Jim
mentions a flute, Jim and Stifler get trapped in someone’s bedroom. Remember when
we all laughed then? The jokes have evolved with time about as well as the
assembled cast’s movie careers. I found myself sitting there thinking ‘it’s
been thirteen years. I’ve changed since then, why hasn’t any of this?’ The only
thing that seems to have changed is what they can get away with in a 15 rated
film. This time the sex is a bit more graphic and you actually get to see a
penis along with the gratuitous breast and ass shots.
The film is exactly as you expect
it to be. It’s the same old stuff for the people who were teens in 1999 and sex
and bodily fluids for the teens now. If you’ve always been a fan of the American Pie franchise and are just
looking for more of the same then you’ll find much to enjoy here and you’ll
probably get a kick from seeing the old gang back together. If you’re looking
for something genuinely funny, different and original then just keep on
walking. If you want to see a man shit in a cooler and boobs then this if the
film for you.
At the end of the film Jim says ‘We
should do this every year.’ Hopefully they won’t. This really should be the
last piece of the pie that went off long ago.
2 out of 5 Button
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