American Pie review

             American Pie, 1999, Directed by Paul and Chris Weitz, Written by Adam Herz
             Jason Biggs- Jim Levinstein, Chris Klein- Chris "Oz" Ozstreicher
             American Pie is a movie that centers around four normal teenagers, two of whom who are experienced with sex and two who have no idea what third base feels like, to which one of the friends exclaims, feels like "warm apple pie". The movie is a funny ride through the last couple weeks of the high school career of these men. The men make a pact to all have sex by the end of prom night, giving them a few weeks to try and seal the deal. The men find that losing their virginity isn't as easy as it seems, as they each encounter their problems. Jim (Jason), seems to be a late bloomer to the world of sex and displays a video on the internet that gets him into trouble with all of the girls in the school, except for band geek Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) has a girlfriend but she doesn't think the time is right for sex, but after reading the sex dictionary in the school library, he convinces her that prom night is the time. Chris (Klein) joins a vocal jazz choir and meets a girl in there who he decides to take to prom but after seeing a incident involving Chris' best friend Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) degrading her in front of the whole lacrosse team she decides it's a bad idea. After some begging Chris finally gets her to go with him again. Finch is the worst off of the group, as he pays a girl to spread some rumors about him but still can't find a date after Stifler puts some ex-lax in his mochachinno and embarrasses him in front of the whole student body.
             One of the best aspects of the movie, is its crude humor. The jokes probably won't seem funny to adults or young children who won't understand the humor, but one of its biggest draws is that it's not afraid to do what other films are afraid to do. In a s...

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