Top Box Office Movies - American Pie 2

American Pie 2 (2001) Universal Pictures
1 hr. 43 mins.
Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas.
Directed by: J.B. Rogers

American Pie 2

Rating:

E-MAIL GIANCARLO DE LISI

Photo: Universal Pictures

'American Pie 2' opens with what is the funniest moment in the film - but unfortunately, we have seen it already. If you have seen the trailer in theatres for the past couple of months, it displayed Jim (Jason Biggs) having sex with a college girl and accidentally being walked into not only by his parents, but by his lover's parents as well. Unfortunately, even this scene seems recycled as this film turns out to be exactly what I expected - a seemingly forced film that is even worse than the first film.

I was never a fan of the original. Yet, I did enjoy and respected the fact that it pushed the envelope to new extremes with its' sexual promiscuity and 'laissez-faire' sexual antics, but apart from that - it was also not a great film. As for the sequel, it breaks no new ground. It feels tired, recycled and is not entertaining.

The film sells itself on reuniting the whole cast from the original as they spend the summer in a beach house planning to meet women and have sex by throwing the biggest party ever. Yes - in a nutshell, that is the plot. Throughout this planning, the boys (Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Sean William Scott) run across several encounters, which most notably includes two lesbians who make the boys experiment with their own homophobia. And another scene involves Jim 'crazy gluing' one hand to a pornographic videotape and the other to his genitalia.

J.B. Rogers who has been a first assistant director on many gross-outs flicks including the Farrely Brothers films 'Dumb and Dumber' and 'There's something about Mary' directs this movie. Does he put a new refreshing spin on it? No. This film does everything a sequel is dreaded not to do. It takes all the elements that were introduced in the first film, repackages them and reformats them for a second entry. It is neither fresh nor inventive and the script by Adam Herz and David Steinberg is simply a selection of scenes strewn together to culminate in a non-cohesive and dull plot. It seems as if J.B. Rogers makes no attempt at presenting us with a fresh film. Instead, it is a predictable and tiresome film that sees all the characters from the first film together doing a slight moderation of what they did then - now.

The only good thing about the film is Seann William Scott and his crude, vulgar, sex-obsessed character Stifler who entices the audience with his sheer vulgarities and his aphrodisiac-seeking conquest. In conclusion, there really is no reason to write more about this film mainly because one knows what to expect when walking into this film. It is clear the filmmakers are using the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'angle'. Yet, even when going for the cheap laughs the film does not succeed. At times one feels almost embarrassed to be sitting in the theatre watching this film especially during the pointless phone sex scenes between the characters of Chris Klein and Mena Suvari.

Evidently, this film fails on all levels and thankfully the film's few laughs are all attributed to Seann William Scott. This film is tiresome and if the Hollywood audiences are intelligent, we will dare not plead for a third helping of this pie.

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Giancarlo De Lisi
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