American Classic

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 1999)

American Pie is a masterpiece in teenage sex comedy and should be revered as a true throwback to the classic 80s comedies that you see every weekend on USA, TBS and TNT. Ten years from now, we will all be vegging out on our couches watching this movie on cable T.V. just waiting for the Internet scene, which in my opinion will be just as famous as Brad Hamilton pleasuring himself in the bathroom in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Bluto peeking in to Mandy Pepperidge's window in Animal House.
Not only is American Pie filled with memorable scenes that left me rolling in the aisles, but it also contains some of the funniest lines in movie history. How can anyone not appreciate a line like "One time in band camp, I stuck a flute in my p**sy."
Much like Three O'Clock High, Weird Science and Some Kind of Wonderful, American Pie dealt with real high school issues. Not only did it make you nostalgic for your high school days, but it was also edgy and offered scenes that many directors would dare not show in today's super-PC world. In fact, they even had to edit the scene involving Finch and Stifler's mom on the pool table, since the actor who played Finch was only 17 years-old at the time of filming.
As a lover of cheesy 80s movies, I'm glad someone finally made a movie to compete with the classics turned out a decade ago.