from Universal Pictures
Directed by
J. B. Rogers
Starring
Jason Biggs (Jim)
Eugene Levy (Jim's dad)
Chris Owen (Chuck Sherman)
Natasha Lyonne (Jessica Thomas)
Bill Paxton
Seann William Scott (Stifler)
Shannon Elizabeth (Nadia)
Jennifer Coolidge (Stifler's mom)
Alyson Hannigan (Michelle)
Chris Klein (Oz)
Eli Marienthal (Stifler's little brother)
Thomas Ian Nicholas (Kevin)
Tara Reid (Vicky)
Mena Suvari (Heather)
Eddie Kaye Thomas (Finch)
Written by
David H. Steinberg
Adam Herz
Rated: 
(for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drinking) |
To the horror of prudes everywhere, American Pie 2 is even funnier
than its popular predecessor, pushing the R rating with such
unabashed ribaldry that you'll either be appalled or surprised
by its defiant celebration of the young-adult male libido. Females
will be equally shocked or delighted, because like American Pie
this appealing, character-based comedy puts the women in control
while offering a front-row view of horny guys in all their dubious
glory. Which is to say, American Pie is mostly about sex--or,
to be more specific, breasts, genitalia, "potential"
lesbianism, blue silicone sex toys, crude methods of seduction,
"the rule of three" (just watch the movie), a shower
of "champagne," phone sex, tantric sex, and, oh yeah...
superglue.
In the case of college freshman Jim (Jason Biggs), performance
anxiety plagues his upcoming reunion with sexy Czech exchange
student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), but his buddies from American
Pie have a solution: rent a Lake Michigan beach house for the
summer, throw wild parties to lure the local "hotties,"
and score big-time. Beach Party this ain't: blessed with a complete
cast reunion from AP1 (including Eugene Levy as Jim's dad), this
sequel is anything but innocent, and with the exception of drugs
(which are conspicuously absent), pretty much anything goes.
The gags are almost nonstop, and director J.B. Rogers (recovering
from his debut debacle Say It Isn't So) handles them with laudable
precision, allowing his young cast (particularly Biggs, who epitomizes
comedic good sportsmanship) to run with lines that most people
wouldn't dare utter aloud. The result is a liberating and eminently
good-natured comedy that needn't apologize for its one-track
mind. -- Jeff Shannon of Amazon.com
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