American Reunion

The best and the most accomplished episode of four original  American Pie films. It's as if they had to work their way through the series and polish the whole style of humour to perfection. I wouldn't be opposed to a new, even bolder sequel, in fact I would welcome it in this comedy drought. (03/06/2022)

The opening scene is worthy of five stars, but the rest of the film is just variations on the usual genre clichés with proven faces that still serve to attract viewers. (06/26/2012)

A very easygoing movie. The nostalgia didn’t work so much on me (naturally, I saw the original trilogy for the first time less than a week ago :-D), but as a comedy, it’s excellent. Stifler is still the same idiot, Jim still ends up in embarrassing situations, Jim’s dad speaks about things you shouldn’t speak about and Stiffler’s mum… well, you’ll see. Reunion has a few serious and sad moments here and there – the protagonists are no longer teenagers, after all – but they are soon followed by bursts of laughter. The most pleasant film of the year so far, it will make you forget for a moment the bad mood prevailing in the Czech Republic right now. We need something like this twice a week. (04/14/2012)

Jim(’s dad) and Stifler get into a whirlwind of problems and escapades that won’t leave any member dry. The others are just there just to make up the nostalgic numbers. It’s pretty witty and it has just the right amount of warm nostalgia (it basically rides the same wave as Scream 4). Too bad that they didn’t get the length right, because it’s a good twenty minutes longer than it should be. (04/05/2012)

I feel that there there are already too many parts. They all try to be similarly funny and everything will work out, just like our main heroes who, on the brink of sentimentality, remember things were back in their younger years. From a dramaturgical point of view, it's not bad, many scenes are well-tuned (thanks to the director’s and especially the actors' experience in the genre), unfortunately, it doesn't avoid the classic clichés of sequels (rekindling after years, etc.). So as a short digression, it’s alright, but as a full-fledged sequel, it's tired and devoid of ideas. I would call it a "hollowed out" theme. (02/26/2013)

For me it is comparable to the first and the third part, i.e. an average American comedy that avoids fecal humour quite well, although sometimes it gets away with it (but only a little). The best characters were, of course, Stifler and Mr. Levenstein, who managed to highlight practically every episode. At times it struck me as nostalgic and serious thanks to a couple of "dramatic" lines. In short, a film I would have easily given an extra star to if I had at least had a good laugh when it was supposed to be a comedy. (07/10/2012)

I don’t care what “learned” critics say about this film, and I don’t care that some will belittle it. I don’t care that none of the actors are big stars and took the film to make a little extra cash because this is simply a movie for the people. It’s full of jokes, both good and cringeworthy - but the good ones far outweigh the bad - and it’s full of great lines and characters that you want to revisit. A beautiful feeling of nostalgia washed over me, and I couldn’t hold back my emotions. I know it’s because I live a bit in a fictional world, but that’s how it is at this age. There are so many films and books that it’s easy to detach from reality. But when I saw the five of them (Jim, Kev, Oz, Finch, and Stifler) marching to the reunion, I felt so good. It was as if I were really reuniting with the old gang. A wonderful experience I haven’t had in a long time at the movie theater. I wish a sequel would be made; I’m doubtful for now, but it would be great. I would go see it in movie theaters. American Reunion achieved something that the other nostalgia-based comedies couldn’t. It combined humor and nostalgia in such a cocktail that is funny, touching, and not just a walk through a museum where everyone has aged and gained weight and simply has nothing to say anymore. Jim and his gang still have plenty to say because they know how to entertain. For me personally, it was one of the best movie theater experiences. Seeing people leave happy, with smiles on their faces, is an incredible compliment to the film’s creators. I was also one of those who had to return to the lines I heard, repeating scenes. An invaluable experience. If I had to rate it in percentages, I’d give it 90%, and I’m saying this completely seriously. Compared to the boring and drawn-out Hunger Games, this is in a different league. (02/16/2013)