American Pie - Unrated Version

December 11, 2004

Rated: Unrated Runtime: 95 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

DVD Quick Take

This is a great “coming of age” high school comedy with a disctinly 90’s flavor using such things as the internet for part of the humor. The audio and video quality on the DVD are just average, but what makes this one a keeper is the fact that you can get the unrated version and see the movie as it was originally intended.

The MPAA, which controls movie ratings, has this screwed up methodology where you can kill as many people as you like, blow up things, destroy property and be as violent and gross as you want and that’s ok. However, if you go very far at all with sex and nudity they’ll slap an NC-17 rating on it which is the equivalent of a death sentence at the box office. American Pie had to be tamed down multiple times to achieve an R-rating instead of NC-17. However, the parts they cut out are back, and that makes this DVD worth seeing. The scenes most effected are the scene with the pie and the girl masturbating on the bed. When you see it, you’ll see just how anal retentive the MPAA is. But I digress, get the DVD and see the movie as it was originally intended to be.

Original Movies For Guys Review

Thanks to movies like this one and last year’s “There’s Something About Mary” the American sex comedy is definitely alive and well. This movie features the tried and true premise of 4 high school boys who are totally obsessed with the idea of losing their virginity. This is definitely a 90’s spin on that theme however. Not only does it feature some wonderfully clever uses of the Internet, but overall it has a bit more modern style and spin than any of the dozen or so mid-80’s movies on the same theme that came out after the classic “Porky’s”. You wont be embarassed to admit that you saw this movie.

Every character you knew in high school is stereotyped beautifully in this movie from the jocks to the band buddies to the nerds. Everyone will have at least a couple of characters in this movie that reminds them of someone they knew in high school. And I’m sure some of the things that some of these characters go through will look strangely familiar to lots of the guys in the audience. Come on admit it, there’s not a one of you who hasn’t tried to watch an adult movie between the squiggles on a scrambled cable channel.

You’ve never heard of anyone in this movie with the exception of Eugene Levy who steals a couple of scenes as the father of one of the characters who keeps getting caught spanking the monkey. However, the ensemble works pretty well, and other than the cast you won’t pay attention to just how low budget this movie is.

A sex comedy is about the laughs more than anything else. And this movie delivers in abundance. Lots of classic sex, bodily function and bathroom humor here. I’ve always said that few things are funnier than a well timed and executed bit of flatulence. This movie along with “Mary” have proven that there’s also few things funnier than some well placed ejaculate. That along with the apple pie trailer that no doubt most of you have seen by now should give you an idea of just how crude this movie can get. And for that reason, I’m calling this one a true comedy classic. Go see it.

Posted by Billy Bob | Filed Under 4 Stars, Chris Klein, Comedy, DVD, Eugene Levy, Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Unrated