That's not necessarily because the film is particularly worse than the first but some of the stock jokes just don't have the impact as when seeing them for the first time round, and when comparisons can be directly drawn with some of the jokes of the original the second time they are presented that can only come across slightly watered down.

That said it is still an extremely funny and sweet film and one of the best features of this sequel is that it features, to a man, all the main characters from the first film, indeed it doesn't just stop there but also manages to cram in a few of the minor character for good measure also. In many senses it hasn't changed from the original at all, it still has the sweetest nature of all the young-college-brat-frat-gross-out films of its era and still conjures up the most embarrassing situations for its stars. The jokes still make you laugh out loud and the romantic interludes still make you go "arrrrrhh"

Again another nice touch from the film makers is that they haven't tried to contrive any of the new situations by changing the character traits from the first film. So Oz and Kevin for example aren't changed back into girl hunting lads again, but both struggle with sorting out more permanent relationships. What the film makers have also done though is bring some of the background characters to the fore greatly and let them run away with some of the spotlight. Stifler is a prime example of this. Great also to see bother Jessica (who is again criminally under used) and The Shermanator back for roles.

Treat yourself to a second slice of American Pie
Review date: 2004-02-11 Rating: 8 out of 10

It was never going to be easy for the American Pie team to come up with a sequel that matched the appeal of the first, but this is a decent effort nonetheless. It begins in the typical coarse style, with Jim’s brilliantly funny father (played by Saturday Night Live’s Eugene Levy) walking in on his son in bed with a girl. Hysteria ensues for all concerned when the girl’s parents also stumble across the scene, with Jim’s dad announcing: “Hi, I'm Jim's Dad. You must be the parents of this young lady. I didn't get your daughter's name, but I'm pretty sure my son did.”

It’s good to see Stifler back too, but perhaps not so good for him when, during one of his trademark parties, the champagne he believes a girl to be pouring over his head is actually one of the party-goers urinating on him out of an upstairs window. Most of the cast of the original are here for the second instalment (even foreign exchange student Nadia and the brilliantly funny Sherminator), but some of the relationships have changed: Kevin and Vicky are no longer an item, and although Jim and Finch pine for Michelle and Stifler’s mom respectively, the two are nowhere to be found until later on in the film.

The story this time sees the group journeying to the country to spend the summer in a house by the sea. Jim decides to track down Michelle, and as it is summer, she is spending her time at the infamous Band Camp. Whilst there, a bizarre set of events sees Jim being mistaken for a mentally challenged trombone played named Petey, and before he has a chance to set the record straight Jim is thrust on to stage in front of an audience of several hundred. Needless to say, the following events are very amusing, and well worth looking out for. One of my favourite moments of the film is when Jim, whilst viewing one of Stifler’s movies, mistakes a tube of super-glue for lubricant. With one hand stuck to a rather unfortunate area of his body and the other stuck to the video tape, he climbs out of the window, intending to get downstairs to the garage in order to locate something with which to unstick himself, when the police approach and promptly arrest him for indecent exposure. Leading him to an ambulance later on, Finch assures his hapless friend: “Jim, this happens to the best of us.”

There are plenty of typically crude moments, in particular the instance when Jim and Stifler, on the insistence of two girls they believe to be lesbians, are forced to kiss. Unfortunately Oz and Kevin have rather insignificant roles in the film, and nothing of great importance happens to either. The one thing you should bear in mind when viewing this movie is, it’s not big and it’s not clever, but it’s very, very funny.

best film ever!
Review date: 2003-07-02 Rating: 10 out of 10

I thought this film was great.
I'd recommend it to anyone who watched and liked the original American Pie. Its the sort of film you can watch over and over again, and you'll never get bored of it. The cheesy comments and sexual scenes are very funny. The whole formats just great.
When watching American Pie 2, be sure not to miss the super glue scene. Very original. The champagne scene is hilarious aswell.
I would definately give this film a 10/10 rating.

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