a masterclass in film making...kind of

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2007)

O.k. my summary sounds pretty far-fetched but how many other teen movies have come out that have "defined a generation", launched the career of one of the biggest selling modern rock bands (blink 182), been voted the seventh funniest movie of all time and managed to strike a balance between hilarious and sincere? The answer is not many.
American Pie really is one of the best teen movies out there. It has tons of laughs- e.g. the webcam- and features the definitive embarrassing dad- Eugene Levy who, in this movie, is one of the funniest people I have ever seen.
Part of the reason it works is that it centres around four central characters, all of which have extremely entertaining stories. Also there's Stifler. Nowadays seann william Scott is pretty well known and the pie movies really helped launch him. Some say Stifler is one dimensional, but who cares, he's hilarious.
Part cringe, part laugh, part empathy overall it really works. OK it's not really a 10 star film, but come one guys, it deserves a higher user rating than 6.8!