Great Comedy...

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 1999)

If you hear people telling you not to see this movie, just turn them off, walk away, don't listen. Some are going to say - "...the jokes are just tired...", "...too many sex and masturbation jokes...", and one of my favorites "...it just isn't deep enough; has no message...". For crying out loud, tell them to that people do have sex and they do masturbate. So why not put it on the big screen? Tell them that no matter how hard they will try to make sex and masturbation go away they will never succeed because they both are a natural part of a human life cycle. Sex, nudity and jokes sell - that's what American Pie counts on and it is right.
The cast of virtually unknown actors gives a great performance and for those who only go to see a movie for "positive messages conveyed to the world" the film does even have one - at the end the characters realize that life is not just about sex. Some of them even fall in love with their movie partners (only to be separated later when they go to college, but that's a different story). So, please all you people who have no clue why you go see a comedy, get one or don't go. You have your right to have an opinion, but you're not necessarily right (at least in this instance). American Pie (and most other movies) is not meant to convey positive messages to the youth, scold people for having sex, nor encourage them to have sex. Am. Pie doesn't glorify sex, nudity, or alcohol, it simply points out the obvious - they are all there, right here, in our very lives. It's a comedy that is close not just to teenagers but to adults as well, because so many of both groups can relate... All the "message seekers" should try to see this movie with open eyes and stop being so "goody-too-shoes". For them, there's something about high school that they dislike and I am not going to elaborate here on what that is... Great Comedy...