Unofficially this is the fourth movie in the "American Pie" franchise, if you ignore the four straight-to-video disasters. The creators of the "Harold & Kumar" movies, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, took the reigns on this film, and came up with a product that was equal parts touching and madcap funny. The cast moves back into their roles with joyous familiarity, and they make a great go of it, getting into the same silly messes they have been getting into thirteen years ago. There are some transparent moments, when the set-up happens so obviously, the pay-off just doesn't seem like it is worth it, or forced moments when the situation doesn't seem honest enough. Overall, the laughs are there, and they are hearty. When the film switches to the heart-to-heart moments, or the references to the earlier installments, it shows the writers strengths, and makes it truly watchable.
Grade: B
3D: N/A
Easter Egg: Sadly No
Starring: Jason Biggs, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy
Director: Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
Writer(s): Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
RT: 113 min
Rating: R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, language, brief drug use and teen drinking
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