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American Pie (1999)

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Reviews Counted:113

Fresh:67

Rotten:46

Average Rating:5.7/10

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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01/01/00
KJ Doughton
KJ Doughton
Nitrate Online

The story was primitive, the characters unmemorable, the direction unsophisticated, the writing cliched, the photography and music drab, the pacing uneven, the acting varying from adroitly funny to exaggerated.

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Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

The film works on many levels because its protagonists' ineptitude is so believable.

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01/01/00
M. Meghan McCarthy
M. Meghan McCarthy
TNT's Rough Cut

American Pie is a guilty pleasure at its best!

Full Review Source: Moviereviews.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mac Verstandig
Mac Verstandig
Moviereviews.org

Even though it makes you feel queasy at times, American Pie will leave you smiling.

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Sweet and raucous!

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Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Weitz is a director with a terrifically silly script and not too much to say.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
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Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

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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An overall icky movie!

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Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

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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01/01/00
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
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01/01/00
Matt Easterbrook
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

The whole point of the exercise [is] having a good time, and audiences are certain to have a blast.

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01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Deliriously raunchy!

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
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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Alternately outrageous and sweet, it may not be quite as filling as a nice piece of pie, but it's certainly as tasty.

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01/01/00
Mike Gregory
Mike Gregory
Reel.com

The no-holds-barred rowdiness of American Pie makes it worth seeing.

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Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

One of the raunchiest and most explicit movies ever released by a major studio.

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Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Profound and ennobling!

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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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American Pie isn't worth enjoying because it's hot ... but because it's sweet.

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01/01/00
Randall King
Randall King
Jam! Movies

It's the regrettable return of the high-profile, low-brow sex comedy, aimed at idiots and hormone-driven teenage boys.

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
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