After suffering through the Presents' part of the franchise, I had to go back and check out if the first trilogy focused on the original cast had anything to offer. American Pie hit home run when it arrived. The characters presented had the qualities to make them either interesting or at least fun, it was a while since the last wave of big earning adolescent comedy was popular and they did a heck of a job casting the girls.
Shannon Elizabeth became a household name in months after showing of herself showing off herself in this movie, Tara Reid came across as believable despite not looking for sex, Alyson Hannigan had the right amount of geeky charm, Natasha Lyonne was a character equal to 'Shit Break', Mena Suvari had the looks to stun and then there was Jennifer Coolidge making sure MILF became as infamous as using pie for masturbation or internet for stripping. Biggs, Klein, Nicholas and Thomas is a perfect blend for the foursome gang looking to get laid, while the original Stifler never gets surpassed after Scott's acting. Back then we could even handle the character of Eugene Levy, we got some extras from the MILF-boys and some of the cameo girls, but it's the main cast that salvage this movie.
The story wasn't huge, but at least it was enough to spike up the time between the adolescent jokes, the nudity and the embarrassments. Thinking about it I think Jim's parents alone managed to slice the score a point or two in this movie. I guess someone really enjoys that kind of humor, but those were usually the scenes I really wanted to fast forward. Anyhoo. An entertaining enough movie, but at the end of the day the cast overshadows the movie.
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