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American Pie (1999) Rank 3 Reviews
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MovieFreak.com (J.D. Bryant)
filmcritic.com gobbles up American Pie
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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
A lot more fun is to be had with the collector's edition for Universal's other summer comedy hit, the raucously raunchy teen laugher American Pie. The disc is available in either the R-rated theatrical cut or a slightly more explicit unrated version; it ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Grab yourself a slice. Of pie, that is. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Finally, a high school movie that puts the "T" back in Teen flicks! Yes, there is nudity in this film. Yes, there are masturbation scenes, oral sex scenarios, intercourse montages, but nothing too graphic on the whole. Mostly implied. Overall, the film ...read the complete American Pie movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
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Empire Magazine (Ian Freer)
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. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Empire Magazine (Ian Freer)
Film Threat (Chris Gore)
This is one of the greatest teen films of all time. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Film Threat (Chris Gore)
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eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Sweet natured, raunchy and fall-down funny. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
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A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
"American Pie" is a film that, for use of a better phrase, wants to have it's pie and eat it, too. It transitions from raunchy teen comedy to a rather moralistic last act, but even in trying to have these characters learn lessons, they still continue on ...read the complete American Pie movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
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Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
One of the better written teen movies. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
It's got nudity, crotch jokes, semen jokes, foul language, but more than that, there's true romance and sweetness in it as well. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
The whole point of the exercise [is] having a good time, and audiences are certain to have a blast. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Big Picture Big Sound (Roburado)
Hello again to all you readers of the reviews here at bigpicturebigsound.com. I've been invited to submit my thoughts on "American Pie." I'm stuck here in the Philippines, and I don't really know what is out in the theaters back home. I'll just say, "go ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Roburado)
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John Beachem
Despite what you may have heard, "American Pie" is not a very offensive movie. I'm not saying it doesn't have its cringe worthy moments (like a scene where something which shouldn't be drunk is placed in a cup of beer), but the movie is far too good ...read the complete American Pie movie review at John Beachem
David Wilcock
American Pie is also startlingly predictable. Many of the jokes can be anticipated well before they lumber on the screen. There are also some jokes that fall flat, and the last twenty minutes occasionally turn very flat. Although the belly laughs really ...read the complete American Pie movie review at David Wilcock
New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end! ...read the complete American Pie movie review at New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The main difference between American Pie and most of the other teen-themed comedies flooding theaters these days is the take-no-prisoners edge. This film isn't going for "cute." It's not trying to earn a PG-13 for maximum exposure to the ...read the complete American Pie movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
I took my 17 year old nephew to this flick. (More
on that later.)
"Divided we're flawed and weak, but united we
ensure our sexual destinies" -- or something like
that. Four senior male buddies ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
The idea of sex as a goal for teens is an unfortunate message, but not a new idea. We've seen variations of it in films like She's All That, Cruel Intentions, and Can't Hardly Wait. American Pie is better than all three of those combined; it's certainly ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Somehow I felt it was time to review this vaguely recent teen sex comedy. It's not like films like this naturally rate high for me, but occasionally I want something other than deep thoughts for my entertainment. But why can't a movie like ...read the complete American Pie movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
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With the resurgence in teen comedies in the late 1990s ( Can't Hardly Wait , She's All That , Never Been Kissed ), it was only a matter of time before someone broke from the pseudo-John Hughes mold and took the Porky's route by making an unabashedly ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
writer Adam Herz and director Paul Weitz push every conceivable boundary of taste and humor while also delivering a movie with a surprising amount of heart. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
It could have been a lot worse. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
If any of you have been pining the demise of the teen sex comedy, you need long no more. American Pie returns us to the glory days of Porky's, Losin' It and The Last American Virgin, when teens wanted sex and...well, that's about it. Insubstantial and ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Michael Dequina
It's not like anyone buying a ticket to _American_Pie_ is looking for plot innovation; they are looking to laugh, and indeed they will. Along the way, though, viewers will be meet a variety of keenly defined charactersan uncommon occurrence in this era ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Michael Dequina
Bob Bloom
In truth, though, it is a rather engaging and likable feature film that at times nudges the gangplank of bad taste without diving overboard.The story is simple: Four high school seniors all virgins make a pact to lose their virginity by the time of the ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Bob Bloom
DVD Talk (Geoffrey Kleinman)
As far as the movie goes, American Pie is an off beat teen flick which does a great job of capturing the massive insecurites that most teenagers feel. It does a great job of ...read the complete American Pie movie review at DVD Talk (Geoffrey Kleinman)
Palo Alto Online (Kate Manning)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
With American Pie, it's a case of the reality of the situation being dwarfed by the hype. Word of mouth has this pegged this as the most raunchy movie of the summer - a film that embraces taboos and pushes the limits of the MPAA's R rating (indeed, before ...read the complete American Pie movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Reel.com
If you were hoping for a tell-all biography of Don McLean, then American Pie is definitely not the movie for you. Despite its R rating, this raucous-yet-charming teen sex comedy is clearly aimed at the high school audience that it depicts. Not that ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Reel.com
Nitrate Online (Carrie Gorringe)
For reasons unknown to anyone with common sense, it has been rumored that the Weitz brothers (director Paul and producer Chris) are about to join Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary) in the gross-out pantheon of filmdom. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Nitrate Online (Carrie Gorringe)
Dustin Putman
The premise is very simple: Four friends about to graduate from high school in a few weeks make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night, particularly when it appears that Sherman (Chris Owen), one of the nerdiest people in school, had sex at a party. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Dustin Putman
Edward Johnson-Ott
The most surprising thing about the wemustloseourvirginitybeforewe graduate comedy, "American Pie," is what goes on beneath the burlesque. How often do you see a film of this type where one of the male leads tells his buddies that he is tired of the ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"American Pie" is a comedy about four high school senior boys who make a pact to lose their virginity before the end of the school year. This alone makes it almost touchingly ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Ever since Cameron Diaz first put that stuff in her hair, filmmakers have been trying to out-vulgar the Farrelly Brothers' runaway hit of last year. With its story of four high-school seniors forming a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate, ...read the complete American Pie movie review at La Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
AMERICAN PIE is a heartily raunchy, oft-explicit, no-name ensemble teen-sex comedy about four high-school seniors seeking to lose their virginity on prom night. (Now *there's* an original plot!) One is a jock, one is a nerd, another has a girlfriend, ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
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Beating its breast with pride in its own boldness, Hollywood has made American Pie, a self-conscious announcement that America is ready to outgross-out the rest of the global movie world. American Pie is a somewhat silly, occasionally funny, mostly ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
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Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
This raunchy comedy is aimed directly at teenage boys who are stressed about sex. Whereas previous films in this genre, Animal House and Porky's, put the emphasis totally upon the male libido, this drama written by Adam Herz and directed by Paul Weitz ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
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Steve Rhodes
Four guys take the sexbypromtime pledge. Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), who has already been to third base, is the most advanced sexually, but he has a phobia about saying the word "love." Jim (Jason Biggs) is the "batboy" since he hasn't even been to ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Steve Rhodes
Scott Renshaw
It's that one hypocritical miscalculation that spoils much of the puerile fun of AMERICAN PIE. The premise is teen sex comedy at its most fundamental: four seniors at a suburban Michigan high school, virgins all, make a pact to do the deed by prom night. ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Scott Renshaw
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
The advance buzz callsAmerican Piethe teen gross-out comedy of the summer -- another oversexed, bodily fluid, toilet-humor extravaganza. That's why I wasn't in the most enthusiastic frame of mind when I had to leave a holiday weekend ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
IMDB.com
This is achieved through rather simple plot which switches its protagonists' priorities from romance to sex. Four friends, who are 18 year old, realise that they are virgins and make a pact to lose that virginity before the prom night. Their attempts to ...read the complete American Pie movie review at IMDB.com
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
"American Pie" is not a bad film, it just does a lot of bad things. While a horny-youngster pic like "Porky's" has no morals, its cheerful admittance of the fact is better than this one's defective trickery. Virgins will like it, though, laughing just ...read the complete American Pie movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Akiva Gottlieb
We first meet Jim(Jason Biggs) as he is masturbating to an illegal porn channel on his television set. His mom barges in and sternly says "I think you're trying to watch some illegal channels." His very frank father(Eugene Levy, who deserves some kind ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Akiva Gottlieb
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
What hath Porky's wrought? This new, faster version of the semi-classic teen sex farce is a howler, bawdy yet constrained within its gross gridlock. It's as if the final print of Fast Times at Ridgemont High had been directed by the Farrelly brothers: ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Frankie Paiva
But what American Pie really does is assualt us with countless sexual gags and dialog that becomes overwhelming. Whereas, There's Something About Mary (obviously a major inspiration) centered on love and romance (no matter how sick and twisted it may ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Frankie Paiva
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
AMERICAN PIE is
about four high school boys on the verge of graduation who form a pact to all
lose their virginity before leaving high school. They all try their hardest but
find out it isn't just isn't as easy as pie as they ...read the complete American Pie movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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David N. Butterworth
While it's not subtle (not that anyone could accuse the Farrellys of subtlety either), it sure is funny, and its fine young cast keeps the film humming along even if, as with "'Mary," the vulgarity is often way over the top.The four high schoolers who ...read the complete American Pie movie review at David N. Butterworth
In Film Australia
Peeks into the indulgent sex life of teenagers who don’t want anybody to know what they’ve done - hmm, I think I like this movie. Debut writer Adam Herz has collected fictionalized but somewhat familiar sexual stories, the kind that you might reveal ...read the complete American Pie movie review at In Film Australia
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