High school was a great time in most
peoples’ lives and holds a lot of memories. High school reunions on the other
hand, only serve to bring up those points in your life when everything seemed
better and you seemed to have no worries. I never went to my high school
reunion, but after watching this film, I am thinking I should have. From what I
can tell you can go back, well at least for a weekend.
“American Reunion” is the fourth film in the
popular “American Pie” series (I don’t really count the direct to video titles)
and is the best one since the first film. It’s time for the ten year reunion
for one of our favorite high school classes, even though in reality it has been
thirteen years since they graduated, but who is counting? As we catch up on our
characters from the first films, and this time they are all back, we get to see
where they are now. Jim (Jason Biggs) is still married to Michelle (Alyson
Hannigan) with a kid, but their once amazing sex life is now nonexistent. Oz
(Chris Klein) has his own sports show and is a “D” list celebrity who appears
on shows like “Celebrity Dance Off”. Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is a house
husband and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) has lived a life of mystery. The one
person who seems not to have changed a bit is Stifler (Sean William Scott) as
he still lives his life like he is in high school. They meet up at a bar and
start reminiscing about good times and decide that they are going to make this
weekend one of the best ever. Everyone seems to fall back to who they were in
high school, for good or bad, and the fun times begin.
The great thing about this film is that all
of the characters returned this time, something that didn’t happen in “American
Wedding”. There is also new energy injected by writers and directors Jon
Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who were also responsible for the “Harold and
Kumar” series. There are plenty of laughs and even a few up the ante moments
that will have you crying with laughter. “American Reunion” shows you how a
sequel can be done right. It brings fun
back to the “American Pie” series, a series that had looked to be dead. After seeing this film you might be
hoping that there is another slice of pie still left.
Brian Taylor
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