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American Pie (1999)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:13

Rotten:11

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: So embarrassing it's believable, American Pie succeeds in bringing back the teen movie genre.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: American Pie, a riotous and raunchy exploration of the most eagerly anticipated-and most humiliating-rite of adulthood, known as Losing One's Virginity. In this hilarious lesson in life, love and... American Pie, a riotous and raunchy exploration of the most eagerly anticipated-and most humiliating-rite of adulthood, known as Losing One's Virginity. In this hilarious lesson in life, love and libido, a group of friends, fed up with their well-deserved reputations as sexual no-hitters, decide to take action.

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! [More]

Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott

Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy, Shannon Elizabeth, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge

Director: Paul Weitz

Director: Paul Weitz
Screenwriter: Adam Herz
Producer: Chris Moore, Craig Perry, Chris Weitz, Warren Zide
Composer: David Nessim Lawrence

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More likely to gross out adults than kids.

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07/21/05
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It casts actors who look plausible and treats sex with honesty and no apologies.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/18/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Adam Herz's script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/19/02
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Paul Weitz, who never directed before; Chris Weitz - his brother - who never produced before; and Adam Herz, who never wrote a screenplay before, have cooked up two hilarious hours of impure pow.

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05/11/01
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Unusual in its ability to mix bodily functions humor with a sincere and unlooked-for sense of decency

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02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Manages to be both gross and sweet.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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Director Paul Weitz never quite pulls off the balancing act of There's Something About Mary, in which the Farrellys managed to be goofy and sweet and gross all at once.

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01/01/00
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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The actors are pure Hollywood, with every grin, spoken line, or sad face springing from acting classes and the closely studied performances of other actors.

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Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
Film.com
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American Pie is consistently funny and sporadically hilarious.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Most of American Pie just isn't smart or clever enough.

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01/01/00
Jeffrey Wells
Jeffrey Wells
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Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end!

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01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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Irresistibly raunchy!

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Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
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American Pie is both funny and foul, alternately frank and full of it.

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Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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Some of it does manage to be quite funny; some of it just lies there, all by itself, without even trying to wrap itself around a joke.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon.com
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Deliriously raunchy!

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Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Pie is more like the C student who later makes a bundle, then comes back to endow the school.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Profound and ennobling!

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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Any kind of conversation, such as the boys' gatherings at a diner, is beyond the powers of filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz.

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Robert Horton
Robert Horton
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Cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny!

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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American Pie is a pretty despicable slice of high-school life.

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Sean Means
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