A pleasant surprise!

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 1999)

I entered the theatre expecting another "There's Something About Mary" ripoff and it appeared as though that was exactly what I was getting -- another film filled with juvenile humour. But something surprising happened. After the first few scenes, "American Pie" became a smart and downright funny picture and I became caught up in the characters (how often does that happen in a comedy?). The plot is surprisingly solid and, even more incredibly, relatively unpredictable, there are plenty of laughs, and, even though the ending is a little weak, I highly recommend this movie. It's much, much better than "There's Something About Mary" could ever dream of being.