Simply A Masterpiece

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The second instalment in the American Pie series, American Pie 2 may lack the freshness of its predecessor and its story may be even more uninspired & inferior in content than before but it's still an unabashedly funny, rip-roaringly hilarious & downright amusing ride that has all the crude elements that made the previous one click.Picking up one year after the events that transpired in the first film, American Pie 2 follows Jim, Kevin, Oz, Finch & Stifler as they regroup after their first year of college to spend the summer together at a beach house, where they are looking forward to hosting the greatest summer party ever. But once again, things don't go according to plan.Directed by James B. Rogers, American Pie 2 features a superficial plot with nearly same set of characters that inhabited the previous chapter and while it still doesn't add anything to their respective arcs, that part doesn't become much of an issue. There are a couple of truly memorable moments, the pacing is fine, and the performances from its reprising cast is fairly good.On an overall scale, American Pie 2 was probably crafted just to cash in on the success of the original and its inferiority in nearly every filmmaking department suggests the same but it also retains the raunchy humour, gives the Stifler character an added screen time which is a welcome move, and manages to be an enjoyable, entertaining & satisfying sequel for the most part, if not all the way through.

Although not as funny as the first movie, there is still a lot of fun to be had here, mainly thanks to Seann William Scott as Stiffler And Eugene Levy as Jims dad.Plot In A Paragraph: After their first year at different colleges, the guys reunite once again and plan their summer. Looking for a good idea, Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) turns to his brother (Casey Afleck) for advice. His brother suggest spending the entire summer in a beach house (paying for it by getting summer jobs painting houses) and throw a bunch of parties with the last one being the biggest. Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicolas, Eddie Kaye Thomas are all once great as the four best friends, however Sean William Scott totally dominates the male cast as the foul mouthed Stiffler. Tara Reid (whose weight fluctuates massively throughout the movie) is fine, Shannon Elizabeth is OK in a smaller role than the first room, but Mena Suvari isn't given as much to do this time around, which is a shame, but, overall, the girls are all good, however once again Alyson Hannigan steals the show from the other girls as the band camp geek Michelle. Eugene Levy is once again great and Jennifer Coolidge is fun in her cameo as Stifflers Mom!!

At first, after seeing the original American Pie, and not liking that much, I was a bit reluctant to watch this, but I thought I'd at least give it a chance. And I honestly have to say, this movie is totally better than the original. It has better character development, even though, you know no one is paying attention that sort of thing. It is, to sum it up, a better movie with better lines and a better plot. Being at a beach-house-thing, so much funnier than just the guys at high school. And Stifler still cracks me up. Every single line he says is just pure gold. Overall, I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

American Pie 2 (2001) ** (out of 4) The four buddies (and Stifler) from the first film are a year into college and decide to have fun during the summer so they go to a beach house where they plan on throwing a major party. American PIE 2 is your typical "Hollywood does something right and then screws it up." The original film was a very funny, smart and rather vulgar comedy that became a huge hit so of course another film was rushed into production and like so many sequels this film is just a watered down version of the first. What's so frustrating about this movie is that there's not a single thing here that's anywhere close to the original. I'd say the film even lost some of the guts of the original when it came time for the gross out humor. The big "joke" here is a scene clearly trying to imitate the web cam from the first. In this film three of the guys end up in the home of who they think are lesbians and the encounter goes out via some walkie talkies. This entire sequence might leave a small smile on your face but it's really not funny. Another wasted sequence that tries to be "shocking" but just comes off as lame is when Jim ends up grabbing some super glue and I'll let you use your imagination on what happens. For the most part the cast members are in fine form and they fit back into their roles without trouble. Alyson Hannigan comes off the best but the screenplay doesn't do enough with her. The rest of the players are fine but again the screenplay just makes them copies of the first film. What's even more annoying is the fact that the entire set-up is just lame and predictable. When the events finally play out in the end I'm not sure who is going to be shocked by the twists. There's certainly some funny moments scattered throughout the film but considering how good the first movie was there's simply no way to view this thing as nothing more than a failure.