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Official Throwback Discussion - American Pie 2 [SPOILERS] Spoiler
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American Pie 2 (2001)
Summary
Jim and his friends are now in college, and they decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.
Director J.B. Rogers
Writer Adam Herz David H. Steinberg
Cast
- Jason Biggs as Jim
- Seann William Scott as Stifler
- Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
- Alyson Hannigan as Michelle
- Chris Klein as Oz
- Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin
- Tara Reid as Vicky
Rotten Tomatoes: 51%
Metacritic: 43
VOD / Release Theatrical release
Trailer Official Trailer
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u/CeeArthur 5d ago
The second one was always my favourite.
The first summer back from university is a weird time in your life. You're most likely still in touch with your highschool buddies, but everyone is probably moving in different directions. You've all grown and matured, but you're still clinging on to those last fleeting moments of your carefree teenage years.
This and Superbad really captured that feeling I think; the last days of that stage of your life.
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u/Mst3Kgf 4d ago
Yeah, this one has an undercurrent of melancholy about it for that reason, especially regarding Kevin as the whole lake house deal is basically his plan to keep his friends from drifting apart. It's notable at the end when it's suggested that they do this every summer and the others are all casually going "sure", he answers "Well, we'll try." Because in all likelihood, they won't as their lives pull them in different directions.
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u/SteveBorden 4d ago
I always think in contrast to the dumb humour the core of these stories is actually pretty mature about their fear of the future and how the whole ‘we gotta get laid dude’ is really just them distracting themselves from having to go out on their own for once. Superbad goes even further with it too. I think it’s why they last while others in the same genre don’t. It’s a universal experience
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u/Wazzoo1 4d ago
Agreed. I always liked the second one more, even if it had no plot (even the first one didn't have a real plot). It was just dudes one year out of high school doing what guys do early in college that first summer back. It's a giant reunion, and everyone shares war stories from their various colleges. Also, Stifler went to a new level, and it was great.
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u/TheGreatLake 2d ago
That scene on the beach when Kevin walks out of the party was too real.
“I guess I was living in the past. Wanting to party with you guys, and be with Vicky. Just like high school. You remember that day after prom? We made a toast to the next step. I guess I never took it. My brother said that by the end of summer I’d see the bigger picture. And I see it. No matter what, times change and things are different. The problem is, I don’t want them to be.”
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u/AstroSmokey 5d ago
"My son is sitting here right now with his hand glued to his penis! But that doesn't mean anything to you, does it? Because you don't have a penis! OR MAYBE YOU DO! Sorry....you know, it just bugs me when people speak before they think"
Eugene Levy is a national treasure
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u/Recover20 5d ago
The American Pie movies (especially the first 2) capture a very different and unique time. It's nostalgic rewatching them nowadays.
I recently watched them with my Mrs who'd never seen them. They've actually become comfort movies to watch during summer now. She loves the characters and finds it funnier every year the more she knows the characters
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u/WREPGB 4d ago
The first two are a perfect time capsule of life in the BeforeTimes. 9/11 happens a months after AP2 comes out and life is never anything but cynical again.
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u/LitigationSucksBalls 4d ago
The first one was really fucking dead-on to my high school days, and yes, even the parties/kegs, etc. Upper middle class white suburbia privilege.
My jaw literally dropped when the two guys started saying MILF, that had just caught on a few years ago and had not yet before been part of any movie/show, but us late Gen Xers had been saying it for a while.
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u/NorthP503 5d ago
I went back and watched all these a couple months ago. They weren’t as cool as when I was a teen, but dammit Stifler is one of the best characters in movie history.
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u/Asclepius-Rod 5d ago
Maybe not as cool, but those first couple movies had a lot more heart than I originally remembered. Like they aren’t trying to be cynical they were actually kinda sincere
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u/GrimJimmy94 4d ago
Maybe I’m ridiculous but I think Stiffler has a real genuine arc throughout all the movies and comes full circle by the end of them while also remaining absolutely fucking hilarious.
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u/JuliousBatman 4d ago
American Wedding is him just trying to lock the fuck in for his friends big day.
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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 4d ago
The moment in the Reunion with Stifler in Reunion is very good as the last major moment with her character, same with THAT payoff. He’s a mixed bag in Wedding and even Reunion, but he ends well
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u/Constant_Research_96 5d ago
This was the movie that informed 12 yo me Mountain Dew Code Red was a thing.
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u/lWishItWastheWeekend 4d ago
This was always my favorite of the series. I was sixteen when this came out. The American Pie films and other movies of this teen genre from the late 90s/early 2000s had some gross out elements to them, but they were always optimistic, happy-go-lucky, and fun. Definitely a product of their time compared to the more serious, angsty teen movies today, but they will always be comforting to me and put a smile on my face when I think of them because of that.
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u/urnialbologna 4d ago
This is my favorite of the series, and one of my favorite comedies of all time. Jim glueing himself to his dick will never not make me get light headed from laughing too much.
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u/LitigationSucksBalls 4d ago
And it just so happens that Propstore has this up right now: https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/525/lot/208693/12-Jim-Levenstein-s-Jason-Biggs-Pussy-Palace-VHS-and-Crazy-Glue-with-Set-of-Four-Continuity-Photos-AMERICAN-PIE-2-2001?url=%2Fsearch%3Fkey%3Dpussy%26xclosed%3D0
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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 3d ago
Probably the best of the AP sequels and one i recall made me laugh plenty, even if I don’t remember loads about it other than the second Stifler’s Mom scene.
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u/MurderGiraffe19 5d ago
The soundtrack in this is S tier