A crude piece of work, spottily acted and directed.
American Pie (1999)
Hopelessly inexperienced but fueled by hormones raging full-tilt, the guys each try a different bur equally outrageous approach to scoring with the female sex. The girls are just as anxious-but are also confused, trying to act cool as they romanticize and idealize what is basically just pure physical attraction. The end result is an honest and affectionate look at a time in all of our lives when we try our hardest to hold on to our dignity ... and end up failing miserably.
Jim (Jason Biggs) is just like any other healthy, red--blooded guy who is also a virgin - he's desperate. Since his parents walked in on him while he was watching porno films on a scrambled cable channel, things are now even more desperate. At home, his well-meaning dad (Eugene Levy) participates with a mortifying zeal in his son's sexual education, and things at school aren't any better - his experience with a beautiful foreign exchange student, Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), proves an online disaster, so his last resort is Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), a chatty band member who is handy with a flute. One thing is for sure ... after exhausting every conceivable way to inaugurate himself in the ways of sex, Jim will never look at an apple pie the same way again!
Jim's buddy Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) wants nothing more than to please his steady girlfriend, Vicky (Tara Reid).
And now that he has found the "bible," a secret hand written manual of sexual do's and don'ts passed down from generation to generation, he's bound to succeed. Oz (Chris Klein), or Casanova as he prefers to be called, is a studly lacrosse player. His sights are set on Heather (Mena Suvari) the beautiful co-ed who unfortunately happens to be in the choir, but winning her heart may take more than he bargained for.
Nobody knows what to believe about Finch (Eddie Kay Thomas), but his legendary prowess definitely precedes him Only Jessica (Natasha Lyonne), the voice and sometime fabricator of reality, knows the real truth. But since Stifle slipped him a laxative outside the girls' restroom, he may never be able to show his face in public again.
The cocky Stifler (Seann W. Scott), who has actually had sexual experience, simply needs an audience ... and a keg. And he'll probably think twice before he drinks another beer! [Less]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari
Screenwriter: Adam Herz
Producer: Chris Moore, Craig Perry, Chris Weitz, Warren Zide
Composer: David Nessim Lawrence
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 6, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
- Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Paul Weltz - Director, Adam Hertz - Screenwriter, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott - Stars
- Outtakes
- Making-of - 1. SPOTLIGHT ON LOCATION
- Highlights
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
- Production Notes
DVD-ROM Features:
- Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50)
Reviews
Better than we might expect, but in the end it's simply a noble addition to the lower ranks of thoughtful teen comedies.
Their honest reactions, complete with humiliation and their attempts to shrug it all off, create surprisingly endearing kids.
There's a good balance struck between bite-size chuckles offered by the central caricatures, and belly-laughs provoked by the scrapes they get into.
You may go in for the sicko laughs but you'll exit with a big goofy grin and warmed cockles. The best of both worlds.
It has likable characters and infectiously funny situations, and that's about all a comedy like this needs.
A surprisingly large amount of screen time devoted to the sickly sweet morality tales of the movie which would be fine on TV series...but are way too frothy and take up too much time here.
American Pie is pleasant movie experience, despite the fact that many viewers might feel guilty about it
American Pie is the latest in a long tradition of immature, self-indulgent comedies that celebrate the recklessness of adolescents.
An affectionate rendering of adolescence in all its questionable glory.
Oh, goody — another movie about high school boys racing each other to get laid.
It takes almost 30 intolerably slack minutes to set it up and get it rolling.
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