Crude humor, but funny and some parts amazingly realistic

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2000)

"American Pie" is one of those movies that looks really crude and stupid in the previews, but turns out to be sweet and actually good in reality. There is nudity and a lot of things that moral people would consider "questionable material", but that is also funny. Despite a few ridiculous situations, the movie is actually surprisingly in tune with high school kids and realistic. The plot is basically this, four high school senior boys make a pact together to lose their virginity by Prom Night. A lot of mix-ups happen, as well as humiliations and popularity shifts among the other seniors. One thing that I don't really think is realistic, though, is the fact that the students all remain more-or-less friendly and don't really go for each other's throats all of the time, despite the fact that they have all been terribly humiliated and embarrassed. This leaves the film a little more innocent, though, and doesn't really hurt it much. So, in conclusion, this movie was funny and pretty much realistic, with a few sip-ups.