It's as true of its sexual politics as it is of its soundtrack to say American Pie is a time capsule of the late 90s. While the attitudes of the various teens (played by some of the period's hot young actors) is pretty retrograde by today's standards, my friend group was in its early 20s back then and their approach to sex was very much like this: competitive, crass, and pretty borderline in terms of what constituted consent. The four friends in the movie who make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation at least mention consent and by the end, have learned some lessons about some of worst behavior (as represented by Stiffler). Every generation has their teen sex comedy, so this may sound familiar to younger Superbad fans, or even younger fans of Booksmart (for older fans, I guess we have things like Animal House). American Pie is often dumb, but with four leads, it offers some variety as to the stories it can tell. AND it popularized the term Milf and gave the kids a new Mrs. Robinson in Stiffler's Mom. Unevolved though it sometimes is, it's still comes off as fairly harmless (which is a compliment, trust me).
For a comedy it's subpar, and the hype still surrounding it suggests every 20 years white American teenagers will pick some random film about sticking the dick in Sum Hot Chicks' Vagina and think it's the funniest shit ever happened.
A bunch of 24-year-olds pretending to be 17-year-old douchebags, in a movie apparently written by someone who's never met a high schooler - or heard a joke.
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IreneAdler
Classic teenie movie, absolutely serving that purpose, within this genre it's quite good.Dieguito
A mark in time. Even if not thaaat goodSiskoid
It's as true of its sexual politics as it is of its soundtrack to say American Pie is a time capsule of the late 90s. While the attitudes of the various teens (played by some of the period's hot young actors) is pretty retrograde by today's standards, my friend group was in its early 20s back then and their approach to sex was very much like this: competitive, crass, and pretty borderline in terms of what constituted consent. The four friends in the movie who make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation at least mention consent and by the end, have learned some lessons about some of worst behavior (as represented by Stiffler). Every generation has their teen sex comedy, so this may sound familiar to younger Superbad fans, or even younger fans of Booksmart (for older fans, I guess we have things like Animal House). American Pie is often dumb, but with four leads, it offers some variety as to the stories it can tell. AND it popularized the term Milf and gave the kids a new Mrs. Robinson in Stiffler's Mom. Unevolved though it sometimes is, it's still comes off as fairly harmless (which is a compliment, trust me).few visible scars
Sorry, but I'm afraid i expected better from 'The guardian' to include sexist rubbish like this.MaxBG
Overrated. Very Overrated.demagogo
For a comedy it's subpar, and the hype still surrounding it suggests every 20 years white American teenagers will pick some random film about sticking the dick in Sum Hot Chicks' Vagina and think it's the funniest shit ever happened.nick-samuel
Agreed about the ending - nothing happened.myfajahas400children
I have to say the ending of this movie was pretty fucking creepy. Why does the father get horny after walking in on his son stripping?Hemanshu
This movie is for our generation what Porky's (1982) was for the guys in 80's.bertie.needs.to.watch.more.films
I thought this was supposed to be funny.Ray Anselmo
A bunch of 24-year-olds pretending to be 17-year-old douchebags, in a movie apparently written by someone who's never met a high schooler - or heard a joke.xnn
This movie like teen comedy nothing new