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American Wedding (2003)

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55

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 154
Fresh: 84 | Rotten: 70

Raunchier and even more gross than the first two American Pies, American Wedding ought to please fans of the series.

46

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 19

Raunchier and even more gross than the first two American Pies, American Wedding ought to please fans of the series.

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 468,406

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Jesse Dylan's American Wedding rounds up the characters from the American Pie films for a trip to the altar. Jim (Jason Biggs) proposes to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Hoping to make the wedding day as special as possible for his bride, Jim enlists the help of his friends Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), and the always obnoxious Stifler (Seann William Scott) to help him convince a dressmaker to create the perfect gown, make a good impression on his future in-laws, and

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Comedy

Adam Herz

Jan 2, 2004

$104.4M

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All Critics (170) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (86) | Rotten (71) | DVD (24)

A worn-out gross-out.

August 19, 2003
Rolling Stone
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Funny when it needs to be. I don't know what more you can ask from the third installment of a series that has gone further than anyone reasonably could have expected.

August 7, 2003
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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The formula has long since hardened into a flaky mess.

August 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice
Village Voice
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If there was ever a case of Hollywood's over-stroking a formula to squeeze every last drop out of it, American Wedding is it.

August 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Salon.com
Salon.com
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If you do not bring pride, good taste or sense to this third American Pie installment, you'll have a good time.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Washington Post
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Dylan delivers a comedy just on the high side of exactly what's expected.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: USA Today
USA Today
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The franchise's most expensive entry is also its most disappointing.

April 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Ultra Culture
Ultra Culture

It's not as good as the first film, but it's a definite step up from the previous installment.

April 18, 2012 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures
7M Pictures

Another slice of American Pie. Older teens only.

December 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

The "American Pie" franchise throws in another kitchen sink of gross-out sight gags by screenwriter Adam Herz ("American Pie" 1 and 2) in this third, and hopefully final installment, of percolating testosterone commotion.

May 26, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
ColeSmithey.com

I've been had! People told me this didn't suck!

May 26, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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From one funny scene to another, Wedding throws so many laughs at the audience you can barely keep up.

April 7, 2004 Full Review Source: IGN Movies
IGN Movies

[T]here's a subversive sweetness that runs just beneath the surface of the American Pie movies that makes them nearly impossible to resist.

February 28, 2004 Full Review

Yes, those arrested adolescents are back for another helping of all-American teen smut.

February 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

Audience Reviews for American Wedding

The best part of the American Pie films for me has been the relationship between lovable yet geeky horndog Jim and Michelle the band geek who proved she has quite a wild side. First they hooked up at prom, then, in part two they genuinely fell in love.

In this, the third (and for a while, final) film in the series, the film takes the logical route to a story that started with maturation and virginity loss and concludes with Jim proposing marriage to Michelle. What follows, as you might expect, is a zany plot filled to the brim with gross out gags and crude sexual humor, as well as one bad thing after another happening, but all ends well, and, much like the first film, there's a good story here, as well as tons of heart, charm, and sweetness.

Stiffler has never really been my favorite character, but he becomes quite the focus for a lot of the time. The way they handle his character though marks a big turn for him, and he really shows his true colors, even if it means Finch (my favorite) and Kevin take a back seat to helping Jim get through all his problems to come out on top.

The film sees the departure of several significant characters in the series, absent in reality due to scheduling conflicts and difficulties with coming up with good plot lines for them all. It bugs me though, because there's no explanation given within the film for all of this.

Things I liked about this film, aside from a logical story line that people care about, and a good mix of heart to go with the raunch, the casting of the great Fred Willard as Michelle's dad, made even more fun by the fact that he and Eugene Levy together can ham it up as the well meaning and caring, but sometimes embarrassing dads. Seeing Finch and Stiffler trade roles and behavior in order to fight over Michelle's hot little sister (a young January Jones) is good too. The use of two versions (due to licensing issues) of the great Van Morrison song "Into the Mystic" during the big climax is great too.

Overall, the film is a lot of fun and wraps up a good trilogy nicely. It's not perfect, and despite his coming around, there's still too much Stiffler and not enough of Jim's 'real' friends, although, like I said, the way they handle the Stiffler subplot acts works nicely. Oh and of course, you have to throw in John Cho and Jennifer Coolidge for good measure. I enjoyed this film, and think you should give it a shot.
June 9, 2006
cosmo313
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Though I don't like the Stifler character but this was better.
October 21, 2010
3niR
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    1. Paul Finch: Grandmother-fucker.
    2. Steve Stifler: Mother fucker.
    3. Paul Finch: Yes I am.
    4. Steve Stifler: Oh, you son of a bitch.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (12 months ago)
    1. Steve Stifler: It's on like Donkey Kong, beeyotch.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (12 months ago)
    1. Kevin Myers: [raising a glass to toast] Gentlemen, to the next step...
    2. Jim Levenstein: Oh will you stop with that 'next step' bullshit.
    3. Paul Finch: Put down your glass.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (12 months ago)
    1. Steve Stifler: If you'll excuse me, I have some shit to attend to.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (12 months ago)
    1. Steve Stifler: Time for me to boom boom with the bridesmades Finch fucker, cause I'm gonna hang out with my wang... and I'm gonna rock out with my cock out.
    – Submitted by Evan T (17 months ago)
    1. Steve Stifler: Gee, thanks for inviting me to the graduation party, fucker.
    – Submitted by Evan T (17 months ago)

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  • American Pie: The Wedding (UK)
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