The five "lovable" morons from "American Pie" are back. This movie is about their first summer after freshman year in college. They all get together and rent a beautiful cottage to throw parties and have sex. Naturally supposedly hilarious sexual hijinks occur. I'm no fan of the first film (I thought it was pretty sick and I don't find sexual humiliation funny), but this is actually better. The humor is toned down (although Jason Biggs' character gets in some pretty sick situations) and I admit I laughed out loud a few times. It looks better than the first film and the performances are slightly (only slightly) better. Unfortunately the film is incredibly sexist (no shock there) and there's an ugly homophobic sequence. Still, I'd lie if I said I didn't enjoy myself. It's also kind of admirable for a sequel to actually tone down its raunchiness instead of trying to outdo the original. And Alyson Hannigan is absolutely wonderful (again) in this film. She was one of the sole saving graces in the first and is again. As for the guys--Jason Biggs still can't act and seems destined to make a career out of being humiliated; Seann William Scott is absolutely appalling and unfunny; Chris Klein is given the thankless good guy role but pulls it off; Thomas Ian Nicholas hardly registers and Eddie Kaye Thomas actually is a worse actor than Biggs and very annoying. So, if you like the first one you'll probably love this.
Review of American Pie 2
