American Pie 2 (2001)

Directed by: JB Rogers | 108 minutes | comedy, romance | Actors: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Chris Owen, Eugene Levy, Molly Cheek, Denise Faye, Lisa Arturo, Eli Marienthal, John Cho, Justin Isfeld, Casey Affleck, Jennifer Coolidge

They’re back! Their first academic year is over. Things have changed and yet they haven’t. This is once again apparent from the opening scene of ‘American Pie 2’. Clumsy Jim (Jason Biggs) is surprised by a visit from his parents in his room on campus. Let him just now be busy with a fellow student and have no lock on the door. Mother drops the home-baked apple pie in shock (Jim’s favorite as shown in the first part) and Dad tries to calm things down as always. To rekindle old ties (not everyone went to the same college) and have the summer of their lives, Jim, Oz, Kevin and Finch decide to rent a beach house. The beach house is an idea of ​​Kevin’s brother (Casey Affleck) who often provides him with wise advice. Note the cameo from director JB Rogers and writer Adam Herz as two businessmen behind Casey Affleck. Unfortunately for them, someone else has to come along to share the costs for the beach house. That person is the eternal tormentor Stifler (Seann William Scott), also known as ‘The Stifmeister’ (in his own words). In every group of friends there is always a ‘Stifler’.

The guys are still looking for as much sex as possible and this leads to a lot of hilarious situations. Just like in the first ‘Pie’, especially Jim and Stifler sometimes literally get the misery over them or they feel quite stuck in the situation. Jason Biggs’ physical humor is great! As Jim’s sympathetic father, Eugene Levy is also there this time to support his son unconditionally. The combination Biggs and Levy works perfectly, they are very convincing as father and son. In addition, after hearing all the stories about Band Camp, we now really go when Jim visits flute player Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) is dropping by this summer and Jim could use some tips from Michelle.

Seann William Scott makes Stifler an unforgettable character with his one-liners (often ad-libs, improvisation), comic timing and crazy cymbal. Where Stifler was quite one-dimensional in ‘American Pie’ (1999), he now gets more time to manifest himself as ‘part’ of the group. Viewers, pay special attention to the scene with the ‘lesbian’ neighbors because you really can’t come around anymore! This scene was done so funny by Seann William Scott that Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) can barely be seen because he kept bursting into laughter.

Finch still loves Stifler’s mother and makes the necessary preparations for her arrival. Oz (Chris Klein) and Heather (Mena Suvari) try to enrich their relationship over the phone while Heather is on exchange in Spain. When Vicky (Tara Reid) and Jessica (Natasha Lyonne) stop by, Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) still feels a lot for Vicky.

The unbelievable underpants fun or plain humor of ‘American Pie 2’ is part of a meaningful plot, just like with ‘American Pie’. For ‘American Pie 2′, this combination was lifted just a little higher than ‘American Pie’. This is especially due to Adam Herz who always provides a bit of recognizability in his characters. Everyone has gone their separate ways after high school, things inevitably change, but the friendship will always keep the boys together like superglue.

After ‘American Pie 2’, ‘American Pie: The Wedding’ (2003) was made, the famous ‘next step’ that the boys always toast to, with Jim getting married to Michelle. But for the third ‘Pie’ only Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Eugene Levy, came back. After this, ‘American Pie: Band Camp’ (2005) was made with only Eugene Levy, but it can rightly be called the worst of the series.

‘American Pie 2’ is surely the most delicious pie to enjoy.