Review: "American Reunion" is funny at times

Review: "American Reunion" R

The gang from American Pie return in their fourth official outing, as all of the direct to video renditions aren't really canon or official. They all act like the other stories never happened, making it like it's the fourth, not the seventh one. The zany case return for their high school reunion, all of them bragging about their accomplishments, which are apparently for naught, and pining for their old high school days as the class of '99. The reviewer was in the class of '89 and never had a reunion, not officially. So it resonated. In the movie was funny the story is supposed to be the 12th reunion because they couldn't come up with one in 2009. The main stars appear to be Jim and Stiffler and Michelle, with the rest playing bit parts, and Jim's dad playing a larger role, and the gags are grosser than ever.. The drawback is though the previews pretty much tell you all the good jokes. The rest is just a lot of disdjointed sulking and reminiscing about the past high school days. This would be fine if they were having a 20th reunion, but they're supposed to only be 12 years older. Surely after only a decade they can't say they've not lived life enough! Okay, the actors weren't even hi high school when they played the characters in American Pie, but still. Hannigan's Michelle for instance, is actually quite a bit older. Maybe she got held back. Scott's Stiffler gets to be more of a meaty character, but only because he was a producer and such this time around. And it does have a nice twist involving Finch's Mom, and another with Jim's Dad, the great Eugene Levy, (of some of the direct to DVD ones also), and Stiffler's Mom. Your high school reunion will likely not be like this, which is what makes it fun. It's a better movie than American Wedding. It helps they got some of the original producers and writer. The character of Nadia is underused in the story and only has a cameo, which is unfortunate. Not a bad spoof of reunion pictures. These kids make High School Musical look like a grade school special.