For those who may have forgotten, the first movie of this series American Pie was released in 1999. To put that in perspective. Bill Clinton was U.S. President. The Euro was first established and immediately fell in value. 9/11 hasn't happened yet. Cell phones were merely wireless phones. Apple released its Power Macintosh G4. Gas prices were at $1.22 per gallon. TLC's "No Scrubs" was a top song. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was the top show on TV. The Mandalay Bay opens in Las Vegas. I was 19.
Wow! I was only 19 years old. I remember watching American Pie and relating to the movie, because it corresponded with my own life. It was my first year in college, I was young and looking for girls. I just discovered the internet. Remember Napster?
American Reunion's whole point is to make you remember all of this. The final sequel of the series plays out pretty much exactly as the first. This movie feeds off the original. All the characters you remember return, along with all their jokes and (oh so) funny catchphrases. It doesn't quite get to the point that you'll think you've seen this movie before, but there will definitely be some familiarities. Jim (Jason Biggs) will extremely embarrass himself. Stifler (Seann William Scott) is still the biggest dick in the world. All of the other characters are pretty much exactly the same. Which makes you think, didn't anyone change in the past 13 years?
Oh yeah, it takes place at the 13th year high school reunion. What high school has a 13th year reunion?! The writers briefly explain this. Hoping that you won't care about the details, and just enjoy the movie throwback. A plot for this type of movie really isn't that important anyways. Merely get the characters together and let the hilarity begin.
I will admit that I did laugh out loud. It had its funnier moments. Although, after the movie was finished, I didn't think it was all that funny. Most of the scenes seemed forced and over the top. All the characters had their same conflicts with each other as the first film, expect, in the resolution, all characters involved came out in the positive. Can't there be one bad guy in this film?
I would say that if it wasn't for Eugene Levy who plays Jim's dad, the movie would have been awful. All the biggest laughs came within his scenes.
As for the 90's throwback, the movie did a good job of making you wishing for the past to return. All the same scenes were in the film, ex. Jim's Room. I wished the music was a bit better. It seemed they picked the worst soft pop hits we all claimed not to like.
I give American Reunion E - Entertaining. It was fun to see all the characters again. It wasn't as unforgettable as the original. Most sequels aren't, let alone the third sequel. I'm sure everyone in the theater was in my same age range. I doubt younger audiences will care for this movie. We're the one's with the money though, right? If you graduated high school between 1995 and 2002, you'll probably like this movie. I would recommend it, only if you were a fan of American Pie.
