Review of American Pie 2

Movie #14 - American Pie 2

This is a case of the sequel being better than the original. Even though the original is really funny, a comedy always becomes much more hilarious when the characters enter college/adulthood. You can only laugh so much with stupid high school antics - take it into the real world with adult problems, and you've got a real comedy.

As always, Jim is trying to conquer his sexual desires and finds himself in a jam. In American Pie 2, they take the scene of Jim experimenting with the apple pie to a new level. Jim is watching an adult film when he super glues his hand to...himself. He is then forced into another embarrassing conversation with his father about masturbation. Oh, Eugene Levy. That man is funny.

This movie is more focused on Jim and Finch. Throughout the entire film, Finch is practicing Tantra to prepare himself for the arrival of Stifler's Mom. Jim is taking lessons from Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) on how to be better at sex, so he can prepare for the arrival of Nadia. Kevin and Oz kind of take the backseat on this one. Kevin is trying to throw the party of the year, and Oz is trying to make it through the summer without his girlfriend, Heather, who is studying abroad. They don't really have as significant of roles in this film as they did in the first film. Stifler, however, steps it up a notch and is even more perverse and inappropriate. You can't help but love Stifler though. He's so hopeless as a human being that you feel sympathy for his distorted view on life. He's such a loser that he actually invites his pre-pubescent brother to party with him.

The sequel is more entertaining than the original film. I think it has a better plot. They're all dealing with real life issues rather than just trying to get laid by the end of the year. This is also the beginning of the relationship between Michelle and Jim - which I adore. They're so dysfunctional that it's cute. I feel really bad for Kevin though. That stupid Vicky pops back into his life, and she wants nothing to do with him in the relationship sense. She just thinks of him as a friend, but she flirts an awful lot with him to just want him as a friend. She leads him on...which makes me think of Summer from (500) Days of Summer, and therefore I hate her. Kevin is freaking adorable...plus I've always had this mini crush on Thomas Ian Nicholas.

Just a note: Everyone get a good look at Chris Klein in this movie because he doesn't return for American Wedding - apparently he thought his career was above the American Pie films. Funny, seeing as I don't remember him being in anything of value in 2003...oh wait, didn't he break off his engagement with Katie Holmes around then? Excuse me while I blame Katie Holmes falling into the hands of Tom Cruise on him...yeah, I went there. He eventually realizes how worthless he is as an actor and returns for American Reunion though, so at least he knows his place in the world now.

American Pie 2 is another film I add to the classics of my teenage years. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.