Possibly the funniest movie I have ever seen, American Pie, hated by adults, adored by teens, is one helluva entertainer. The story of how 4 guys set a goal to loose their virginity before the end of their high school years may sound raunchy, but is executed well onscreen with plenty of hilarious moments, some that will be remembered for a VERY long time! The acting from the entire cast was very good. Each actor breathed life into their characters, making it extremely enjoyable to watch. Bottom line, American Pie may not be for everyone, but it is a memorable teen movie that delivers first class entertainment and fun!

well this one for me is a close classic, porky's did a great job...and is the classic...i remember watching a movie at my local cinema which was a PG, cant remember the movie exactly but I was with my cousin who was 19 at the time and i was maybe 14....Porkies was obviously an X rated movie which meant you needed to be 18 plus...we sneaked in straight from the PG movie and didnt pay to watch Porkies.

American pie and Porkies are kinda different movies in a way but in the same vein for sure...here with American Pie they made too many sequels, its a bit like Big Brother...when it gets past number 2 your looking at other channels....im sure 90% of the movie-going population have seen this first offering of the many sequels....this one is great. highly recommended....8.1/10

If you are a person easily offended by a film dedicated primarily to the glory of teen sex, you may well view "American Pie" as yet another in a long line of cinematic harbingers of the collapse of western civilization. If, however, you remember adolescence as essentially a period of unending coitus interruptus, you may well find yourself engrossed by this amusing, though admittedly crude, series of sexual and scatalogical gags woven around a plot involving the desperate attempts of a quartet of last semester seniors to lose their virginity on the fast approaching sexual armageddon known as "prom night."

I had the good fortune to see a sneak preview of this film in England, a couple of weeks before release - and I was very impressed indeed. Hurrah - a comedy that is laugh-out-loud funny, enough to make you cringe at the embarrassing bits (of which there are many), and smile at the sentiment, which isn't corny in the slightest. This coming-of-age tale of four boys who make a pact to become men by losing their virginity by prom night is the perfect movie to go the cinema with your buddies to see, but probably not with your family. Having said that, I saw a family (son, mother, father and grandmother) coming out of the cinema, and they had a great time. The grandmother couldn't stop laughing, and saying how true it all was. Which is interesting, if a little embarrassing.

Part of the success of this movie is due to the fact that we've all had to contemplate how we feel about sex, and losing your virginity is something which (no matter how fraught with peril it is) bonds us all because it is a very frightening experience. It's also a topic which has so much comic potential, and I'm glad that cast and crew don't throw any of the opportunities away. Here's the thing: if you're going to make a movie that is probably going to offend a few people no matter what you do, and is a very near-the-knuckle affair, why stop at only half-gags? Go the whole hog, push the boat out, thrust it in their faces. And that's what "American Pie" does.

The performances are all great, if a little clichéd (are all you Americans really either:

a) jocks

b) geeks

c) sweet, loveable square-jawed heroes/long haired, intelligent heroines? ...gosh, I hope so, that would be so funny for us Brits to watch). There is yet another high school prom (jealousy sets in once more - see "Never Been Kissed"), which causes much consternation for all concerned. There are marvellous scenes between concerned father and embarrassed child, quite the highlight of the movie. I'll be interested to see how the careers of all of the stars fare after this film. I wish them all well, but I find it hard to see them all thriving outside a high-school environment (which is good, because it indicates that they all play their roles with a great deal of endearing believability).

It'll certainly give you something to talk about with your mates, and it'll make you think about things, too. It'll make you check what's in your beer, it'll make you think about apple pie, and it'll make you think more about your relationships. All of which is good stuff. The soundtrack is good (although doesn't contain any Don McLean), the lighting is also very good in places, the direction adequate, the editing fine, the . But at the end of the day, this is the kid's movie, and they make an excellent job of an excellent script and situation, so fair play to them. This movie deserves to succeed, and I hope it receives a good welcome from us Brits, who should enjoy it a lot. (Incidentally, this film got a fifteen rating, which I think is about right for it - eighteen would be too prohibitive (after all, isn't this film aimed at people aged fifteen?)). Take a piece of advice, though - if you are embarrassed easily, don't watch it with members of your family. But do watch it.

The director and the writer, Paul Weitz and Adam Herz respectively, will do anything for a laugh -- that's good, as it turns out, because this movie has a great many laughs in it. There's not much of that restricting, suffocating "logic" stuff around, but "American Pie" is immensely enjoyable. I mean, almost none of the things that happen in this film would ever, ever come to pass in real life, but it doesn't matter.

For starters, the characters aren't all one-dimensional. Thankfully, they're two-dimensional, so right away it has an edge on 60-70% of all the movies ever made.

Moreover, it's heart is in the right place. Most high school movies these days are all about cruelty and malice, especially towards (and among) the women. Not the case here. This is the first conventional high school movie I've ever seen that made me smile so much (I say conventional because "Rushmore" still trumps every one of them).

Furthermore, it's very funny. I wouldn't dare give away any of the really great gags (we've all seen the trailer -- that's not the one I mean), but I'll say this: Weitz and Herz are extraordinarily skilled in audience manipulation, which is to say that they know how and when to spring unexpected surprises upon us. They also know how to use foul language for punch, rather than punctuation.

The soundtrack is another positive. It's all about joy and high energy -- even music from Third Eye Blind and Barenaked Ladies that suffers from radio overplay fits the mood appropriately.

one of the teen greats! I'm sure that every teen can relate to some 'certain' aspects to this movie! Biggs is fantastic and Sean william-scott make the film 10x better. Stiffler is one of my favourite character of all time! a Histerical movie a must see for all!

I finally broke down and watched this to see why this movie (and it's sequels) are so beloved...by so many people. What I found was this: A girl named Michelle ("Like this one, at band camp")sticks her flute in her va-jay-jay, the main character ("Ah, don't come in,Dad!!") sticks his wee-wee in apple pie, a foreign comes to a complete stranger's house and starts touching herself, and somebody's best friend is sleeping with their mother. Okay, where do I begin? This movie was total and complete garbage. What a waste of an hour and umpteen minutes (that I cannot get back). And this is the voice of America? This is what hit the hundred million dollar mark in theaters? You know, I've learned a lot lately. Had this been a book instead of a screenplay this writer could rival Twilight (instead of getting screwed over in Hollywood, probably). Have you ever read the book Twilight? No? Well, I'm sure Edward is 'sparkling with undeniable chagrin' (Twilight pg. 78). I'm not going to tell you not to watch American Pie
because...you'll probably love it. Rant over.