American Pie: Reunion Review
(DVD/Bluray)
It has been nearly 10 years since the last slice of pie was
brought to us. But is it as delicious as its official predecessors? Or does it
simply leave a stale taste like the numerous spin-offs that were churned out?
As the title clearly hints, the cast of the original three American Pie movies return to East Great Falls for
a school reunion, thirteen years after they graduated from high school. And low
and behold chaos ensues their return.
The major difference with this entry is of course that the group
have been split for a long time (allowing for some great quick snapshot
nostalgic moments) and now living their own lives.
You would
expect that as the characters grew up that their problems would also be
more mature. This only seems to be the case for the main protagonists Jim and
Michelle, whilst the other characters merely hold very small dilemmas in their
adult life and they aren't too overly developed. But I in a sense
appreciated that they did not bog down on the hum drum nature of maturity.
The whole purpose of the film after all was for the gang to revert to their old
antics for a fun filled weekend. And with this, the film achieved it to the
best of its abilities.
Although
there were no extremely memorable set pieces like the webcam scene in the
original American Pie,
there was no let down of funny moments that kept in line with the same subtle,
crude humour that has existed in the previous entries. Remaining as spoiler
free as possible, My favourite moment was an interesting car ride back from the
falls. it was plain silly but was another instance of questioning "how the
hell these characters get into these situations?"
There were
one or two comedic points which I felt were pointless and were
only created to fill space and have some cheap laughs. But thankfully it
was on the rare occasion.
Once again
the relationship between Jim and his dad was perfectly created, reminding us
that even though Jim is a fully fledged adult, he is still a kid in the eyes of
his dad. The sentimental storyline that tied between them added another element
in the bonding between father and son and was done brilliantly.
As for the
other main characters they remained largely the same as how they were left in American Pie: The Wedding.
Stifler is
still the annoying, arrogant guy who everyone still questions why they are
friends with him; Oz remains the gentle giant, emotionally in touch with
himself; Finch, the typical anarchist intellectual, trying to split himself
from mass culture and Kevin, the average everyday guy, unsure of his feelings.
Like the
previous entries the film leaves us with a moral conclusion to the tale, which
as I have always felt is a nice touch in the series.
Although
this movie did not break any new ground for the series, nor in the genre of
comedy, it was still great fun to watch. This film is catered for those who
grew up watching the original trilogy as teenagers. As for the new generation
of teenagers? They too should enjoy it, although they may find the humour to be
rather basic and not fully understand the numerous jokes in reference to the
previous films.
8/10
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