Sure the old saying is that sequel can never measure up its predecessor can be held true to this sequel of the 'American Pie" sequel with the same characters and roughly the same jokes and gags repeat themselves which means that the surprises are gone and the shocks are not as fresh. When Stifler's (Seann William Scott) mom (Jennifer Coolidge) showed up it was heaven send. In "American Pie" her presence has been reduced as an inside joke. In the first film Jim (Jason Biggs) and Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) are oblivious in that they were having sex while being streamed on the Internet. In the sequel, strangers caught onto a sex scene by way of CB radios.
In spite of the eat, sleep, conquer, repeat scenario we get in "American Pie 2", it's still an enjoyable raunchy comedy in which the characters are the perfect comic archetypes and they all play their respected roles like I would've expected in a movie like this. Aside from the raunchy comedy elements with a plethora of sexual innuendo used for humour, the characters depicted here offer sympathy due to their overall likable nature. It's great that Eugene Levy is back as the world's most level-headed father of Jim who always has his son's back no matter what sticky situation he's in (pun intended). There are so many memorable scenes that you wish you were part of the action and taking part in the gang's many sexual misadventures just for the thrills.
It was refreshing that the gang was back for the second serving of pie. Not because they were all obligated to return due to their contractual stances, but simply because they all enjoyed the first outing and because the film needed a bit of continuation of closure to some of the subplots. So after a year of graduating from high school, the gang just finished a year of college so they decide to get a sigh of relief by spending their summer hiatus partying at a summer cottage by the lake in Grand. Haven, Michigan.
We can take a great deal of empathy for Jim due to the many disasters he encountered in his last outing. Getting his sex scenes exploited on the Internet, his fist sexual encounter was one major miscalculation after another, and his prom was a night he'll never forget, though he wished he would. When he gets the news that Nadia is returning for the summer, he hires Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) to offer him some types on getting proper intercourse with her. Sure she might be a little wacky at times, but has a good heart and takes it upon herself to teach him the basics.
The biggest flaw was that the most fleshed out scene is not the most interesting. It involves the gang imprisoned in the cottage and are now subservient by the.two occupants of the house who may or may not be lesbians, though the gang thinks they are. The girls (Denise Faye and Lisa Arturo) blackmail the boys by putting on show for them if the guys engage in uncompromising activities in exchange to watch them engage in sexual activity. There are some funny moments, but this scene wears out its welcome progressively. There's some poor taste in humour when Jim enters band camp pretending that he's a special needs trombone player.
Even though with the exception of Michelle, the female characters play smaller roles than their male co-stars, they're not just vulnerable sex kittens used as trophy prizes for the guys. They have just as much raunchiness too like Heather (Mena Suvari) gets her boyfriend, Oz (Chris Klein) to engage in phone sex while she's studying overseas in Spain. Meanwhile Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and ex-girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid) lie to each other about the myriad of sex partners they encountered while in college. Sure after this movie, they launched two more installments after this one, with the gang now married with kids and then almost a decade later, they reunited for a reunion. And through the wrinkle, receding hairlines, and progressively growing grey hairs, the one thing that had never changed all those years, their hunger for sex. As long as the dessert is not served with a slice of pie.
In spite of the eat, sleep, conquer, repeat scenario we get in "American Pie 2", it's still an enjoyable raunchy comedy in which the characters are the perfect comic archetypes and they all play their respected roles like I would've expected in a movie like this. Aside from the raunchy comedy elements with a plethora of sexual innuendo used for humour, the characters depicted here offer sympathy due to their overall likable nature. It's great that Eugene Levy is back as the world's most level-headed father of Jim who always has his son's back no matter what sticky situation he's in (pun intended). There are so many memorable scenes that you wish you were part of the action and taking part in the gang's many sexual misadventures just for the thrills.
It was refreshing that the gang was back for the second serving of pie. Not because they were all obligated to return due to their contractual stances, but simply because they all enjoyed the first outing and because the film needed a bit of continuation of closure to some of the subplots. So after a year of graduating from high school, the gang just finished a year of college so they decide to get a sigh of relief by spending their summer hiatus partying at a summer cottage by the lake in Grand. Haven, Michigan.
We can take a great deal of empathy for Jim due to the many disasters he encountered in his last outing. Getting his sex scenes exploited on the Internet, his fist sexual encounter was one major miscalculation after another, and his prom was a night he'll never forget, though he wished he would. When he gets the news that Nadia is returning for the summer, he hires Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) to offer him some types on getting proper intercourse with her. Sure she might be a little wacky at times, but has a good heart and takes it upon herself to teach him the basics.
The biggest flaw was that the most fleshed out scene is not the most interesting. It involves the gang imprisoned in the cottage and are now subservient by the.two occupants of the house who may or may not be lesbians, though the gang thinks they are. The girls (Denise Faye and Lisa Arturo) blackmail the boys by putting on show for them if the guys engage in uncompromising activities in exchange to watch them engage in sexual activity. There are some funny moments, but this scene wears out its welcome progressively. There's some poor taste in humour when Jim enters band camp pretending that he's a special needs trombone player.
Even though with the exception of Michelle, the female characters play smaller roles than their male co-stars, they're not just vulnerable sex kittens used as trophy prizes for the guys. They have just as much raunchiness too like Heather (Mena Suvari) gets her boyfriend, Oz (Chris Klein) to engage in phone sex while she's studying overseas in Spain. Meanwhile Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and ex-girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid) lie to each other about the myriad of sex partners they encountered while in college. Sure after this movie, they launched two more installments after this one, with the gang now married with kids and then almost a decade later, they reunited for a reunion. And through the wrinkle, receding hairlines, and progressively growing grey hairs, the one thing that had never changed all those years, their hunger for sex. As long as the dessert is not served with a slice of pie.