1 A complete waste of time and tape. This deserves 0 stars.
This movie (and I am using the word 'movie' in the loosest possible sense thereof) is gross and the humour is utterly vapid. It's not that I don't appreciate explicit sexual acts or references. I love tastefully done erotica or coming of age films. But the characters in this movie have no depth and are one-dimensional caricatures/clowns instead of actual persons. They don't seem to develop or grow. They're just there to do the stupidest things ever to grace humanity. I can see how the average fat stupid lazy uneducated American might enjoy this movie, but I think I might have lost a dozen braincells while watching 15 minutes of this tripe. I also might've lost respect for the actors in this film.
2 Don't Believe The Bad Reviews, This Film As Funny As 1 & 2
Keep in mind that the title of my review and my rating of the film is not saying that this film, the third and final in the "American Pie" trilogy", has nothing wrong with it. There are quite a few flaws. For starters, where the heck's the cast?
Jim, Alyson, Stifler, Kevin, Jim's dad and Finch return to the fold, but wihtout Vicky, Stifler's brother (who admittedly had a very small part but was hysterical when shown), Jessica, Oz, Heather, the Sherminator and especially Nadia (although her and Vicky are both referenced to at one point), the film does feel a little half baked at times.
This one major qualm aside, "American Pie" otherwise measures up to the first two films in the series. I do agree with the many reviewers who said the film beloned to Sean William Scott. But unlike those reviewers, I look at this in a positive way, since his character Stifler provided us with such classic moments in the first two. I mean, who else could've done the pale ale scene so well in part one?
In this film, Jim (Biggs) is finally ready to pop the question to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). She accepts, and things soon go haywire, and provide more classic moments to this already classic trilogy, including Stifler's dance off at a gay bar, that special haircut, and the bachelor party from hell. And since it's the unrated version, the bachelor party is even hotter.
The extras are extremely intriguing. I haven't watched them all yet, but I'm sure they will be when I find the time.
In conclusion, despite the cast being absent, this a truly great finale for this classic trilogy of teen sex comedies. Please, buy it as soon as possible (that is, after you see the first two).
3 Recommended
American Wedding is vulgar and is definitely not as good as the first two Pie movies, but it's not really as bad as these elementary schoolers below say it is. With every girl from American Pie and American Pie 2 gone except Michelle but every guy returning except Oz, nearly half the important and most interesting characters have disappeared: Vicky, Heather, Nadia, Sherman, Oz, Matt Stifler. Even Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas from Halloween Resurrection) is barely in 'Wedding'. There's an added young character, though, Cadence, Michelle's sister. I say young because this is the first movie where we see Michelle's parents, and they're not really one of the top 10 main characters. There's also Bear, who's hilarious.
Stifler (Seann Scott) is really the star of the show, even though Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan have the top billing almost every time I see a 'Wedding' poster or fansite. Stifler acts like a really annoying child in this flick - more so than Pie 2. All he really thinks about is sex and insults people for no reason.
I recommend renting the film, but not buying. The rated and unrated versions are both on the unrated edition. The unrated cut contains an introduction by the writer. DVD extras include 4 featurettes, outtakes, deleted scenes w/ intros, DVD-Rom and Cast/Filmmaker bios. Pay no attention to whatever you hear from children who are basically ten through twelve years old who shouldn't even be watching American Wedding in the first place. If you hear the same smack from a kid over thirteen, bashing the film, they behave like they're 11 anyways. As Stifler said, "F*** those f**k*rs."
4 this sucks, worst 1 yet
ohh my god does this movie suck, it is crap, honestly what was adam herz thinking when he wrote this, probably nuthin. the charecters are annoyin as ever especally michelle, her mother, kevin and jim and i 4 1 am bored of this franchise now, never thought i'd say that bcause i loved the first 2.
the director Jesse Dylan isnt very good at what he does, i no i culdnt do better but i am not a director, they should of stuck with the origional directors (paul & chris wietz and J.B Rodgers)
the reason i gave it 2 stars was stifler, although annoyin sometimes he is the movies saving grace. plz dnt buy plz dnt rent watch it when its on tv, defentaly not worth it. oh yeah the little kid who said this is the best film ever, what age are u 7, ur delousional kid.
5 Once Was Enough
The original American Pie was cute. A high school version of Animal House. The sequel was dissappointing and this third installment borders on unbearable.
The same cheap humor is rehashed over and over again with little sign of originality. How often can you have Finch pursuing Stiffler's mother? Stiffler is oh so annoying as if all he ever thinks about is crude sex. The scenes with the dogs humping Jim and Stiffler are repulsive. You would think this group would have grown up but obviously they have not.
I know that I may sound prudish but I appreciate sexual innuendo when it is done with some tact and clever lines. American Wedding does not come within seven miles of cleverness. Pass on this and pick something else. ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!!!
6 Stifler: The Movie
I found American Wedding a bitter disappointment - and I say that as someone who loved the series' first two entries. I was amazed, when American Pie 2 was released, the film makers actually managed to capture lightning in a bottle twice. I guess three times was entirely too much to hope for. The major problem with American Wedding versus American Pie and American Pie 2: there's a LOT more Stifler in it. Chris Klein has not returned as Oz. This is bad. It completely scotches the special magic of the series as the unfolding story of four friends (and one jerk) who meet once a year, no matter what, as their lives progress. Because they're just that important to each other. I'm morally certain that many scenes and plot elements originally intended for Oz were given to Stifler instead. Unfortunately, Stifler himself is not that interesting. He's irritating and repellant, actually. Light comic relief as a supporting character, sure, lovely. Carrying the movie on his shoulders, no.
Again, as with American Pie 2, the relationship between Finch and Stifler's mother is relegated to a few brief moments at the end of the movie. Jennifer Coolidge who plays Stifler's mom has put on quite a bit of weight since the first film - it shows in her face and she's typically shot from the clavicle up - which severely limits what they can do with her. It's too bad really. The most complex, intense, potentially interesting and humorous relationship in the series is condemned to a few minutes worth of footage per film. And that little bit of Finch and Stifler's mother is the best thing in American Wedding, earning two stars all on its lonesome. The rest of the movie is a waste. My advice, if you love these characters: buy American Pie and American Pie 2 on DVD, save your money by passing on American Wedding, and hope against hope for another, better sequel.
7 Overdid it sometimes
Don't get me wrong...this was a great third part of the great American Pie trilogy but I thought they got carried away with some things. Stifler's character was always slightly on the retarded side, but I felt like they overdid his crude attitude in this movie. That was unnecessary, and Jim seemed even more dumb than in the first two movies (take a certain shaving incident!). Nevertheless, this movie has some very sweet parts aside from the crude humor.
The bonus material on the DVD isn't half bad either. There's the making of featurette, deleted scenes, and outtakes. Good to keep you occupied for a while. :)
8 BEST MOVIE EVER
Wow! I love the american pies and this one is the funniest! I laughed sooooo hard. After the 2nd one i was kind of disappointed. The 1st was so darn funny i almost peed myself. The 3rd was sooooooooo hilarious. My one question is though why was stifler so gay?
9 Better than nothing!
I've been a big American Pie fan since the beginning. I love the characters and all their odd quirks. Jims sexual disfunctions, Finches pretensions and obsessions with his MILF, Stifler and his profanity, Jims Dad and his eyebrows and Michelles flute box all make me laugh time and time again and so it was with great anticipation that I saw American Wedding the summer it came out.
It was funny and it was great seeing old friends but some of the heart was missing and the pie had grown stale just a tad. Something about focusing the entire movie and Stifler just threw the chemistry off. Jim was the viewpoint character in the first two flicks but Seann William Scotts popularity had eclipsed that of Jason Biggs and thusly he dominated the movie at the expense of the other characters.
Scott is fun to watch but you can't take an ensemble series and turn it into a one man show which is what they did so it didn't entirely work. When they worked the rest of the cast in the movie excelled. It was really the overemphasis on Stifler that really dragged the movie down and I consider myself a Stifler fan. But Stifler works better in small pieces of the pie not in huge chunks.
Its still a damn fun movies, especially the unrated version, but it ranks slightly below the first two pies for me.
10 Guess Oz had better things to do
Well where can you go from here? Thankfully nowhere, like the awful 'Scream' series, American Pie is finally over. There were so many people missing from this movie that they should have called it "Nobody was Interested in a Third Slice."
Even the reliable Stiffler character was getting old by now. To change him up a bit the directors tried to reverse the roles of Stiffler and Finch. It didn't work. Also by now you have to really wonder about Stiffler. Outdancing a gay man in a gay bar is not something he would want his next score to know.
And what was with the bachelor party scene? It made no sense. Why throw a bachelor party for three people and the groom isn't even around? Of course the strippers were hot, espescially the cop.
Ok gross out scenes here were Stiffler eating dog poop, a wedding cake covered in pubic hair, and the granny love closet. The best thing in this movie was Stiffler's 1979 black Trans Am. I wish I still had mine.
But by now the jokes were old, the characters (well the ones who showed up anyway) were just going through the motions, and Jimbo is still a quirky buffoon, but he can dance now.
And of course at the end you know Stiffler's mom is showing up.
11 This is Awesome!
All 3 films of the American Pie series are hilarious and are 5 star worthy so I cannot tell which one is the best of the series or which one is the weakest of the series. I have noticed that American wedding has recieved alot of bad reviews, I really do not know why. This was a great ending to the series. Many of the jokes were original and hilarious (There was a scene where Steve Stifler literally ate dog crap, sure it was gross but it was funny as hell) plus the bachelor party was hot!!!! Plus I really love the fact that Steve Stifler had a major part in the movie when originally he was just a co-character in the first American Pie. He had to be everybody's favorite charcter of the series because of the way he behave and all he ever thinks about is getting laid. In this film, he is more perverted then ever. Anyway here is the plot.
After dating Michelle for years, Jim decides it is time to pop the question. Even though his attempt to propose to her in the perfect way ends up going horribly wrong, Michelle says yes! So now it is time to plan a wedding which means they have to do the usual things- Find a dress, decide where to get married, and meet the new relatives. Jim and his friends (Stifler, Finch, and Kevin) try to do whatever the can to help without getting into trouble or end up getting into sexual situations. Stifler is only being part of the wedding because Jim said he can plan his bachelor party. Plus things start to become very interesting when Stifler and Finch both meet Michelle's very attractive sister Cadence and both try to compete for her affection. Stifler starts to suck up to Candence's parents and behaves like Finch only on front of them and Candence. That prompts Finch to start behaving like Stifler, he starts calling himself the "Finchmeister". Ironically she like both of their acts.
In general, American Wedding was one flat out hilarious movie. A Perfect way to end the series. The only thing I hated was the absence of many of the characters like Nadia, Oz, Vicky, Heather , and Sherman. There was one scene where Stifler mentioned Nadia but that was it. It would have been nice to see them. Other then that I really loved this movie and anybody who wants to laugh should see this film.
12 Eyes looking down with head shaking slowly from side to side
Well, what can I say? When I first saw this at the video store I said to my wife, "If I ever want to rent this movie, please shoot me in the head immediately." Well the next week I was back at the video store and, you guessed it, I was renting this shocking movie. If only my wife had lived up to her promise, I would have not wasted my life watching this garbage. Yes, I would be dead, but happier.
The jokes are so desperate. They labor hard and long but absolutely no humour is achieved, its amazing! The jokes fall flat and are obscene: not obscene in their content (this movie is about as challenging as a haircut), but obscene in the contempt that the director, writers and actors have for us the audience by believing we would actually find this funny.
Speaking of the actors, it was interesting to see how bored and underused Thomas Ian Nicholas and Alyson Hannigan were. In shockingly unfunny scenes such as the bucks night Nicholas, like throughout the entire movie, looked like he didn't know whether he was a character or a piece of furniture.
And now to Stiffler. Well let me say this: Bill Murray playing a deranged greens keeper, finding a Babe Ruth Chocolate Bar at the bottom of a swimming pool (a swimming pool that has been sterilized because said chocolate bar has been mistaken for a human turd), picking up the chocolate bar, inspecting it and then proceeding to eat it while the snobby wife of a snobby judge faints believing him to be eating excrement is hilarious.(Caddyshack). An idiot eating a dog turd isn't. (American Wedding).
Please avoid this movie, or watch it in the same way you would view "Triumph of the Will", not for entertainment, but as an education to see how far into madness the human race can go. However, while the tennents of National Socialism are idiotic, de-humanizing and genocidal, this movie is just pure evil. If you liked this movie, then I do apologize, but you are insane.
13 One gross out scene after another
What American Wedding lacks in heart and humor, it makes up for in embarrassing gross-out scenes. Apparently not realizing that the key to the success of the first two movies is the spiritual journey that the friends undertake as their lives change, the writers of American Wedding throw one gross out comedic scene after another. The jokes wear very thin by the end.
The story is very simple. Jim and Michelle have been dating for a few years and now want to get married. The rest of the movie is a series of goof ups, gross outs, and scene after scene of Steve Stifler doing stupid things. With so much focus on the antics of Stifler, the wedding plot is almost completely drowned out.
The worst part of the movie is not the juvenile humor, though. The problem is that the jokes are telegraphed so that the audience already knows exactly what the punchline will be before the joke is actually executed. It's one thing to cleverly set up a joke, but this movie shouts from the rooftops, "Hey, we're telling a joke here! Haha! Stifler doesn't realize it's actually Jim's grandmother in the closet! Haha! Get it??"
This movie could have been written and executed much better. Instead of trying to build heart around the humor, the writers could have (as they did in the first two movies) built the humor around the heart.
The cast did the best they could, especially Eugene Levy reprising his role as the ever-caring dad. However, the script is not salvageable and the movie falls flat despite the best efforts of all the actors involved.
This movie is not one you will want to own. It really isn't even worth renting. 1.5 stars rounded up to 2 stars for this one.
14 No Wonder Marriage Never Appealed To Me!
After watching this movie I am even more convinced that the original "American Pie" film was a fluke....it worked....the other's in the series suffer from trying way too hard.
This film has all of the usual actors in their roles with Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan on their way to the altar. So while the women plan a wedding the "men" run around town still in search of sexual pleasure in all of its most inane of forms. Stifler (Sean William Scott) is full of his typical gross antics, this time with dogs, dog waste and a focus upon the only thing he seems capable of understanding.....sex. While most of the silliness and surprise of the original "Pie" film worked that same vulgar effort misses sorely in this film, basically just grossing people out with the worst of gags and a really stupid and entirely gratuitous T&A scene that could have easily been thrown on the editing floor.
The filmmakers were smart enough to stay with Eugene Levy, Molly Cheek, Fred Willard and Deborah Rush as the parents who birthed all of these nincompoops! The humor found in the older actors is the only redeeming quality of this movie. Maybe on the next "American Divorce," something will change!
15 American Garbage
The first movie in this trilogy is a classic, the second film was above average, this one is atrocious.
How could film critics give this movie good reviews? They had the premise right, focus most of the attention on Stifler...but in the first two films he was a wise-cracking smart aleck. In this one, he's just a loser and most of his hijinks are absolutely idiotic. The dance club scene-STUPID, the dog and ring scene- STUPID. The dog and food scene with Jim???
Every character in this film has changed for the worst...Sure Jim still gets caught in goofy situations, but his character has lost all his humor, he's so serious now. Michelle is far removed from her band camp days (minus the opening scene) Finch isn't funny, Kevin is pretty much eliminated from the script (that's the best part of the movie because his character has been worthless since the first film)...Michelle's parents are completely NOT believable and that Mr. Belvedere guy is a real hoot.
And now there's rumor out there that another film could be in the works...Michelle having a baby "American Family" Gee, can hardly wait to see what Stifler does inside a hospital, and Stifler's Mom can make another ridiculous cameo at the end.
Time to pull the plug on this series...should have done so before making this joke
16 Abysmal - a new low
I gave this DVD a quick spin (borrowed it, didn't buy it - thank GOD!) only because I'm a big Alyson Hannigan fan, and boy what a puerile MESS this movie is; I ended up fast-forwarding through 85% of the film and even then it was too long.
Alyson Hannigan is totally WASTED in this film - hardly even used, actually, much to its detriment - although even her considerable talents couldn't save this travesty. No, instead we're left with Jason Biggs and that gaggle of three-name actors who are the most witless, insipid and unpleasant screen performers in a long time. Talk about flop-sweat!! Watching these guys flail away in an effort to enliven the sagging, unfunny and juvenile script is akin to witnessing a really bad car wreck - you know you should avert your eyes, but you're stupefied with morbid interest. The writers obviously followed the hacker's trusty adage: "when in doubt - or simply out of ideas, use the "F" word, and profusely." Foul language flies like cake sprinkles in this sorry concoction - why anyone would debase themselves by participating in this project is beyond me. And the DVD extras? Who cares? The whole THING blows!! To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, "this is not a movie to be taken lightly, it should be tossed aside with great force."
17 Foul language all around
They almost destroyed the movie by giving Sean William Scott so much room and transforming Stifler character in a machine gun spitting foul language along two hours of movie time. Amazing!
18 It left me laughin', but.....
American Pie will always be a good classic wild comedy to remember. If you've watched the good old time classic of "Revenge Of The Nerds", "Porky's", "Road Trip" and "Van Wilder" then you'll like American Wedding which also can be called American Pie 3.
The only flaw of the movie is some characters are missing. Oz, Heather, Vanessa and that other chick that had no interest with Finch. The Sherminator was left out too. What's the deal with that?
But it still was a good flick. Stifler still made us laugh like never before. He goes in to ruin Jim's party. He was almost convicted of raping a dog while Stifler fell down because one of the dogs knocked him down and licked off the cake frosting to you know where.
Makes you wonder if Stifler is gay. Well, he didn't hesitate to kiss with Ashton in "Dude where's my car?". And poor Stifler lost the wedding ring while the little dog ate it and "dumped" it in the grass. Boy was that funny trying to play it off like it was chocolate and you should've seen Finche's reaction.
Once again, it hasn't lost its touch where Finch scores with Stifler's mom at the end. But poor Stifler ends up scoring with the band chick's grandma-Uuuggghhh! Gross!
A good comedy indeed.
19 Laugh Out loud comedy
This is a great conclusion to all of the American Pie moives. The jokes are more sharp the before. Adam Herz did a great job of writting the finale to the trilogy. Stifler has more depth in this movie thn he had in the other 2. He is funnier and is more of a jerk than before.Also Jim is funnier and just a lil more perverted which is kind of hard to believe but it's true. Michelle is still the same nympho in the movie but has some funny scenes. Finch just made me laugh out loud of some of the things he gets into in this movie. Kevin has not that many scenes but he is still funny in this movie. Jim's dad is still the same funny guy like always but he is more funny than before, thank you Eugene Levy who plays that part you did a great job. And the movie soars with the addition of Michelle's parents ( Actors Fred Willard and Deborah Rush). The funniest scene has to be the right after the bachelor party when Jim and Michelle's parents are cluless of what just happened at Jim's house. But i will leave what happens in that scene to you all. The bonus material on the dvd is great. They have delated scenes, funny outakes, a documeantary on how stifler speaks, and more! What is also great about this dvd is that it has the rated version and the unrated version. So those who didnt see the movie in the theater can see the theatrical release( rated version) and the one with new scenes and extended parts of scenes(unrated version). The commentary is funny too. Sean William Scott and Jesse Dylan commentate and on the other feature commentary is Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Thomas Ian Nicholas all comentating on the movie( in my opinion the one with the 4 actors is funnier thant the one with Sean and Jesse but my opinion about that doesnt really count cause its up to you the one who buys this movie) All of the acotrs in this movie do great jobs and this is a deffinete must buy for ur DVD collection. So what are you waiting for go buy this movie now!
20 Not as good as previous "PIES"
I am a HUGE fan of the first 2 pie films. My high school life was nowhere near as fun and exciting as this so I was intrigued from the start. The films had interesting and fun characters and it was easy to want to see more.
I missed the 3rd film "American Wedding" when it was in the theatre. I wasn't pleased that a majority of the cast was absent from this outing, so I just didn't bother.
I just picked up the DVD, and watched it last night. I was to say it was better than I thought it would be, but still just average.
What's sad is the premise had so much promise and with all that was built up about the bachelor party scene, I thought I was in for a rare treat.
Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan are still both excellent in their roles. There was a level of sweetness that really isn't seen in the first 2. Eugene Levy has an expanded role in this 3rd film. He is so welcomed. I have enjoyed his character and never think he's "too much". It's nice to see this guy get some comedic respect after all these years.
The biggest problem I have is with the "Stifler" character. In the beginning of this movie... his foul-mouthed antics are so over the top that it's annoying. It appears as if he didn't want to do the movie so decided to do a parody of Stifler. His character is just as unwanted onscreen as it is by the viewing audience.
The other BIG letdown is the "Bachelor Party scene". Don't get me wrong; I like naked women just as much as the next guy, but this was lame; especially when much of the hype was about this scene. Sure the girls are smoking hot (most notably Nikki Schieler as the cop). But the scene falls desperately flat soon after. To the point where the gags are no longer funny but just sad. What should have happened is the Bachelor Party should have been the focus of the film, much like the first 2 where a major party was the focus. That would have been a nice way to draw in the other cast members to come back.
After seeing the movie, it's easy to see why most of the cast did not comeback. The only question I have is, while Shannon Elizabeth will no longer do nudity and Mena Suvari is married to a very successful cinematographer, what is Chris Klein so busy doing that he can't come back as Oz? He's gone nowhere since the first 2 films.
There are some great "toilet humor" gags in the film. I am a big fan of toilet humor and just watching Jim land into awkward situations is funny. Also seeing someone eat poop, while gross, is still pretty funny.
All in all this was just an average film, a decent ending to an otherwise great franchise. I think it could have been much better if the creators paid more to substance than to cashing in on the name.
If you are looking for a really funny college movie, I say get your hands on Van Wilder, that's a film that won't let you down.
-Mark
21 Godawful
This movie just tries to squeeze out a few more million out of our pockets by reusing all the jokes from the previous two movies. What you saw in the previews was about the extent of the jokes -- and those weren't funny at that.
The only worthwhile part of the movie -- if a part can be called worthwhile; nothing could have saved this disaster -- would be the acting of Seann William Scott. His ability to critique each moment with one of his memorable quips was somewhat interesting. Even with him, I still give the movie only 2 stars.
If you must see the movie in order to finish out the series, get it from the rental store or a friend, but do not buy it. You will regret it.
22 No Stars! Zero Rating!
Insufferable, contrived, foul-mouthed drivel with absolutely NO redeeming features. Obscenity for the sake of obscenity. Like the 8-year-old who has just learnd his first "F" word and is going to 'impress' us all by repeating it over and over again. I can, unfortunately, see this junk appealing to certain groups of brain-dead teens. So can the Hollywood powers-that-be who are banking on the lemming-like stupidity of these unfortunates to part with their hard-earned bucks and soak up this boring slop! If you think this is even remotely funny, please NEVER talk to me. "0" out of "10".
23 Lacking Heart and Adding Cringe
The amount of times I laughed (or even smiled) during this movie was more than offset by the number of times I cringed. With Pie 1 and 2, I never seriously thought: "Maybe I should just turn it off." With this movie, I wanted to quit watching many times. In hindsight, I wish I would've. The problems:
HEART
All it takes is one movie without Christ Klein's character (who balanced out some of the stupidity in the earlier films) and something becomes obvious. This movie doesn't stand up well at all. It comes off more like some bad Saturday Night Live skit crafted by a kid who just learned his expletives. The lack of a character like Klein's is a big reason why. Not having his or his girlfriend's character (or Tara Reid's) hurts big time. In the first two movies, there was crassness but still some heart. Taking out the characters who balanced things and all your left with is stupidity with some minor platitudes thrown in (mostly from Jim's dad in this movie). They have all the effectiveness of listening to headphones during a car crash. Which leads me to...
STIFLER
Specifically, there's too much of him. Actually, I think he's worse--especially in the movie's early stages--in this one than the other two combined. Admittedly, his overall shtick has a level of entertainment value. But in this movie, they didn't hit it. You wish he would just drop dead.
THE CONTRIVED SCENARIOS
How many flippin' gross outs does one movie need? They aren't even funny any more. The scene with Stifler, the cake, Jim, and the dogs is so contrived, you're almost embarrassed for all involved. The scene in the gay bar--besides being unconvincingly set up--goes on forever: You chuckle at the initial silly dance moves he does, but then it just goes on and one and on and on. And Finch and Stifler's mom again to cap the movie? In the second movie this seemed a little tacked on. The third time...yeesh. And that's not even the worst part...
THE STRIPPER SCENE
This too goes on forever. And it comes off about as convincing as the silicone breasts that grace the screen. Everyone involved with this scene should be ashamed (it's a sad day when this is the best they could come up with). I was particularly appalled at the involvement of the actors who play Jim's future in-laws--Does everyone have to have their faces shoved in breasts? Please...I'm sufficating. I like the female form and all, but this was something beyond cringe-worthy. Watching this scene I felt reminded of one of the reviewer comments for Madonna's Swept Away movie, "New ways to express bad need to be invented to accurately describe this."
THE WRITING
Okay, here's the painfully obvious truth: Adam Herz (the writer of the Pie series) is out of ideas. This script is the cinematic equivalent of standing up to give a toast at your best friend's wedding, uttering nothing but obscenities, then throwing in a "But love can be good," comment with a belch.
Overall, this is a sad conclusion to the American Pie series. If you haven't seen it, spare yourself. Go count weeds in your backyard or something. The people involved with this movie have created something not worthy of your time or money.
24 Only for diehard American Pie fans
The interesting thing I noticed about the reviews for this movie is that every review literally has a completely different opinion of it, regardless of how they rated it. Basically, I liked the original American Pie, and I thought American Pie 2 was even better. THIS movie was okay, but I think only people that are really, REALLY into the first two movies can appreciate it.
Jim has been dating Michelle for years, and he finally asks her for her hand in marriage, which she accepts. Eventually, Stifler decides to throw Jim a bachelor party, along with Jim's usual friends Kevin, Finch, and Oz -- wait, Oz isn't there. He wasn't even mentioned in the whole movie! What's up with that?
I read somewhere that someone said this movie should have been called The Steve Stifler Show. I totally see where that reviewer is coming from (especially since Seann William Scott got higher billing than Alyson Hannigan). Yeah, Stifler WAS the funniest character in the first two movies, but in comparing those movies to THIS one, it seems like the antics and situations he was in have gone from funny and dumb to just dumb -- well, during the first half of the movie, anyway. And you have to admit that the scene in the gay bar wasn't 100% necessary.
To me, the only character that was completely funny throughout the whole movie was Jim's dad (I have yet to see Eugene Levy on screen when he isn't extremely funny). The DVD extras weren't all that, either (but are they ever?) The "Enter the Dominatrix" thing was really kind of pointless, and the "Stifler Speak" segment (starring...who else?) really makes you start to wonder just whose movie this is. All in all, though, while not a total waste of time, I'm glad I only rented this movie. But if you already own the other two movies, you might as well add this one to your collection. American Wedding really helped make 2002 the year of Sequels That Nobody Went to See along with Legally Blonde 2 and Analyze That.
Anthony Rupert
P.S. One thing that's been bothering me for a while...people complain about how vulgar and distasteful these American Pie movies are, yet nobody had a problem with Porky's?
25 Long Live the Stifman!
There's one thing you have to say for "American Wedding": like the two "American Pie" films that came before it, it is unapologetically unashamed of its shamelessness. Here's a film that doesn't try to hide its gleeful perverseness under a bushel of coy double entendres; instead the film revels in its frank and openhearted treatment of sexuality and lust. "American Wedding" is clearly a comedy about sex and it doesn't pretend to be anything but. Whether this is a good thing or a bad will, I suppose, depend on your own affinity and tolerance for jokes and images that routinely push the boundaries of common decency and good taste. In fact, the film wears its tastelessness almost as a badge of honor. And just in case you're unfamiliar with this series and its brand of humor, subtlety and wit are not considered virtues in an "American Pie" world.
In "American Wedding," Jim and Michelle - he a self-described pervert and she a self-described nympho - have finally agreed to tie the knot. The film centers around Jim's attempts to convince Michelle's square, uptight, sexually repressed parents that he is indeed husband material for their less-than-innocent daughter. The problem is that his efforts are consistently being undermined by the inane, out-of-control antics of Steve Stifler, the foulest-mouthed, dirtiest-minded professional adolescent this side of Bluto Blutarsky. Seann William Scott, in fact, steals the show as Stifler, providing an over-the-top manic energy that is both endearing and infectious.
Indeed, without Stifler, there would be precious little to recommend this particular "American" outing. The jokes and setups, for the most part, are crude and graphic without being very imaginative, and writer Adam Herz and director Jesse Dylan, even when they hit on an inspired piece of silliness (as when Stiffler winds up dancing mano a mano with a guy in a gay bar), end up diluting the humor by letting the scenes drag on well past the point where they're truly funny anymore. This is not to say that there aren't a few good laughs in "American Wedding," just that they don't come often enough to really lift the film much above the ordinary. Luckily, the funny moments increase a bit in the final stretches of the movie. In the film's defense, I would also add that, like its two predecessors and unlike many sexually charged teen comedies, "American Wedding" conveys a certain affection for its characters. In addition to Stifler, Jason Biggs as Jim and Eugene Levy as Jim's befuddled but strangely tolerant and supportive father come across as decent, well-meaning and likable individuals.
The film itself may be uneven, but as a character actor who makes an indelible impression on the material at hand, Scott is the genuine article. He transforms what is essentially cinematic rotgut into sweet-tasting vintage wine. All hail the Stifman!
26 Not as good as the first 2
This will be short and sweet. 2 Stars for the movie. It was alright. But the rest of the stars go for Alyson Hannigan. The hottest woman going.
27 not too original
this is another teen party movie where the producers feel they need to make an unrated version for each american pie, road trip type of movie they make. its ridiculous.
too bad the stars of this series(except Eugene Levy) have sold themselves out. any other movie they star in that offers anything less than the mindless pathetic repeated sex jokes they do, noone would see it.
28 The trilogy concludes
American Wedding, like its two predecessors, is, to some extent, reviewproof. After all, teen sex comedies are rarely ambitious enough to try and earn critical praise. Nonetheless, while it would be silly to judge American Wedding as a piece of art, it is fair to assess it on its own merits within its genre, and on that level, it is a decent, though not great, movie.
The first movie in the trilogy - American Pie - was rightly regarded as a very good movie. While it had some of the standard teen movie humor, it also was something better, primarily because of the characters who were both likable and not the standard cliches. By the third movie, however, most of the characters who were so endearing before are either gone or relegated to minor roles. Instead, the less serious characters - ones such as Finch and Stiffler and even the two principals in Wedding - Jim and Michelle - are the ones in the spotlight now. The result is a movie that still has some good points, but is also a pale imitation of the original.
The principal good things about the movie is the generally likable characters and the avoidance of some of the usual wedding-movie cliches. In particular, I find it refreshing to have a movie without the standard romantic crises arising from dumb misunderstandings; at least in this movie, Jim and Michelle never really waver from their commitment to marriage; the complications come from other events. On the other hand, the humor is often sporadic and even the events designed to get the biggest laughs - such as one involving two dogs and a cake - are hit-and-miss.
For fans of the other movies in this series, this movie may be worth watching, but because it is dependent on those earlier movies, I cannot recommend it to anyone unfamiliar with the earlier films. For the fans, however, this is a three-plus star effort, a bit above average but nothing really great.
29 Oh man! Why'd they have to go and kill it?
O.K first of all, the American Pie Trilogy was no way in line for being the greatest trilogy of all time. But that doesn't disregard the fact that for what the films were, they were good.
They were funny in an uncomfortable way, but then again I'm sure that by now you know that.
This one however was not. Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the film but it wasn't very good. The characters that originally made the films watchable in the first place became old hat and stretched. They weren't the same characters anymore.
Also the cinematography was extremely wierd for a comedy.
In the first two the look of the films was easy going and light. This one was dressed up witha lot of colour and styalised shots. None of which is needed in a comedy film.
Anyway, If your one of those people who lives for teen comedy such as this trilogy, Road trip and frankly anything starring Sean William Scott, then unfortunately you generally know nothing about film. Don't worry about it though, much of us fanatics would love to take your place so that we could like more films and criticise less. So if you are one of those people, then you will like this film alot.
However if your not, and you're more than happy to sit down and watch through a huge back catalogue of old films rather than the drivel that Hollywood is constantly spewing up, then you will be dissapointed with this film and it's lack of attention to detail.
You know who you are!
30 Okay
This movie was somewhat funny. Jim and Michelle are getting married and Stifler is back. This time eating (...) Jim is trying to impress his true love from the first movie, which is more hilarious.
American Wedding is okay compared to American Pie, which was hilariously off the hook. This movie was more romantic and serious than funny. Marriage is more than just sex. It's about true love, finding the right person to be with. Jim and Michelle prove that love is not dead.
31 Is a bad pie still an American Pie?
One of the things the producers behind 'American Pie 2' were proud of was that most of the cast (and all of the major players) of the first movie returned. Unfortunately, this was not the case here. Oz (Chris Klein), which was an integral part of the group in the first two movies, isn't even mentioned in 'American Wedding'. An actor's absemce (whether it's due to his unwillingness to rejoin the franchise or any other reason) is understandable. And since Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and Finch (Eddie Kay Thomas) had so little to do, Oz's absence was a blessing in a way. But a mention of him and his whereabouts would have made much more sense than completely erasing him from the American Pie 'mythology', hoping we (the viewers) won't notice.
While Finch & Kevin fade into the background, Stifler (Seann William Scott) gets a much bigger part than ever before. He's still an obnoxious girl chaser, who didn't seem to outgrow his highschool juvenile - jock personna, up until the end of the movie.
Besides the big change in the group dynamics, this movie (unlike 'Pie 2') takes a big turn story wise. Jim, Michelle, and their wedding are now the center of the movie, instead of the group's friendship & dynamics. We don't get to see the 'stories' of Kevin or Finch, for instance, develop any further, or hear a word about their current relationships (besides the inevitable encounter with Stifler's Mom).
The laughs, though, are still there. They still are, or course, immature and pretty coarse, but by now, this is wat is expected of the 'American Pie' series.
32 Great pie!
I am really going to miss the AMERICAN PIE series. This is an excellent movie and is very much underated. It had a very good storyline (especially at the bucks night) and hilarious twists and turns which are guaranteed to make you crack up laughing. The intellegence of the characters(stifler) is also funny. This movie shows all the pros and cons of a wedding and how to impress the in laws. MUST SEE for anyone who liked any of the other american pie movies or a comedy fan.
33 Jim and Michelle compared to.
Michelle Flaherty been their for Jim for along time. After Jim was humalited in the net with Nadia, Michelle was right their in his corner and help him finish the pack. Michelle told us in the sequel why she left in the prom, she was afraid Jim would of dumped her, but you know Jim he would never do that he's committed guy. When Jim wanted to be with Nadia, he came to Michelle and helped him out. Michelle fell in love with Jim in the beginning, she made the right choice not to say anything having feeling for him and let Jim find out who wanted to be with. Jim was with Nadia, he always think about Michelle and he said good-bye to Nadia and went to Michelle. Out of all the love scenes in American Pie Jim going to the band camp stage playing the trombone and told Michelle he loved her is my favorite of all time. Do you think Alyson Hannigan ever invited Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jason Biggs, Chris Klein & Eddie Kay Thomas to set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even if they did they would of love meeting Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Breandon, Tony Head and Michelle Trachtenberg. Difference between Michelle and Cadence, Michelle went to East Great Falls High, joined the band, is an outcast and she also knows who Jim on the internet, who Stifler is and Paul Finch legendary status. Michelle dated the right guy and Jim dated the right girl. Cadence never went East Great Falls High even if she did she probably stayed away from Stifler and go for Finch or Kevin. I always rooted for Finch to win Cadence heart. Jim, Kevin or Oz ever went to Sunnydale and meet the scooby gang they would of been friends with Xander, Willow, Giles, Buffy and Dawn and survived any vampires that comes a way. If it was Stifler he wouldn't make it out of alive in two seconds if he was in Sunnydale or in Angel. Stifler is like Spike with a american accent. Jim and Michelle remind of a couple I always know Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg. I always wish Oz was their, Jim had a problem Oz always know what to do.
34 American Wedding
This movie is better than Just Married. Stifler and Cadence are like Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney a boring normal married couple who would be divorced three or four years that's why I didn't. Seann William Scott knew January Jones Dude's Where's My Car when she was dating Ashton Kutcher. Stifler didn't see a future with her when he and Finch didn't get the girl. If Kevin's girlfriend showed up I was always wish Sarah Michelle Gellar played his girlfriend. No way Stifler thought a beautiful girl go for Kevin. Of all the wedding movies I saw this one is my favorite, because I rooted for Jim Levinstein and Michelle Flaherty. Kevin, Finch and Jim's Dad loved Michelle that's why they rooted for Jim to Marry her.
35 Wasted Pie.
Expectantly, this will be the last attempted installment of The Pie.
Hopelessly crass and pervasively stupid humor is the only thing keeping this movie from being thrown into the incinerator. Anticipating some form of entertainment in this slapstick retardation, it was about as amusing as watching mushrooms grow; difficult to keep from nodding off in this one. Wait, I think I did! At moments when things are clearly dull, nudity; a certain death toll for ANY film who utilizes it like a life-preserver vest. On top of it all - seriously poor film editing. Story lines and scenes jump around as spastically as a gerbil on speed, leaving you to the subliminal pondering of "huh?" I dare say a high-school editing crew could have done a better job. Noticeable departures from the original cast include: Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, & Mena Suvari who are noticeably missed at times, but oddly never mentioned.
Once again, however, Eugene Levy does a commendable job keeping this one afloat with his father-be-wise humorous methodology to the underage diatribe that is relentless at best. I loved the original, tolerated the second pretty well, but this thing is an utter failure. It is certainly the kind of film that will undoubtedly mar any actor's filmography; leading one to strike it off their list of "movies they've been in."
36 Life according to Stifler?
For fans wanting to see the next step in the lives of this group, your view will be slightly skewed. Although the other characters are there, they seem to be more of a background and motivation for the character of Stifler. Kevin, played by Thomas Ian Nicholas, says very little throughout the entire movie. Jason Biggs, playing the future groom, does not have the big role you'd think he'd get. Alyson Hannigan also has a small role. Chris Klein absent from the movie altogether and is not even mentioned.
Since he stole the show, my guess is that the filmmakers decided to give his Seann William Scott, "Stifler," more screen time. As a result, he doesn't fit with the movie. Although important to the plot, the gags seem to be formulaic. If his ingesting something disgusting was funny before, it should be funny now. This time, however, it is a bit less believable.
Eugene Levy is always a treat, but even he couldn't save this one. I felt this would provide closure, but the movie was a bit disappointing. I would not recommend this unless you are renting it.
37 Now that's what a sequel should be like!
(...) In my opinion, American Wedding is absolutely hilarious (in parts) and the storyline moves along pretty quickly ..... contrary to what other reviewers might have said, I think that the parts with Stifler in them where so funny!
This should have been the movie to follow American Pie - I was a little disappointed in the storyline to American Pie II, whilst Tara Reid is a great actress I thought the storyline around her was somewhat flat and not at all funny .... which meant that American Pie II had some real downer moments ...... this is definitely not the case with American Pie the Wedding!
This movie has it all .... Jim, Jim's dad (he is really good in this one), Stifler, Finch and Stfler's mum, and a really, really funny bachelor party (and for you guys out there, lots and lots of breasts! or "boobs"), and even has a "granny" scene (not to be missed - I won't say anymore other than a granny and Stifler - what do you think happened?).
This movie made me laugh out loud ..... and I think that's what a good comedy can do! So, I say, rent it, borrow it, buy it - hey just watch it ...... I don't think you'll be disappointed! I give this one an A+.
PS if you don't have a sense of humour don't bother to get it out ..... you will be disappointed!
38 Very enjoyable
I fully enjoyed this 3rd installment in the American Pie series. I think these characters become more and more likable as the movies are made. I have a feeling that there will be more to come. The trilogy was so popular that fans will insist on more. This movie was so funny, although goes 2 da x-treme at times. If you know what I mean. The chocolate truffle scene for instance. Very funny thanks to Seann William Scott, but very gross at the same time. The bachelor party was one of my favorite parts of the movie. Those two blondes were funny and sexy. I also liked the gay club scene, when Bear was introduced and he and Stifler had the dance-off. The film is loaded with laugh out loud humor, the DVD has plenty of extras. I recommend the whole series. It's like a really good on-going movie sitcom with nudity and language.
39 Glad it's the last!!!!!
This movie was funny, but the first American Pie will always be the best one out of the three movies. American Wedding should have been called "American Stiffler", seems like the focus was mostly on him with the bride and groom to be getting second and third billing. It's a fun movie, and there are some parts you will laugh at more then other parts. Good fun.
40 Can I give it minus 5?
If there were any concept of talent or justice in Hollywood, Jesse Dylan would not be allowed to direct another film as long as he lived. I watched this film with my expectations set about as low as I could possibly set them. And amazingly the film was even worse.
For those who don't know, the American Pie movies, of which this is the third, are a series of comedies that want to have their American Pie and eat it, by opting for both trying to gross us out and then claiming a kind of cloying moral message at the end,. These kids are desperate for sex, but of course at the end of it, they always do see that there's more to life than sex.
And, naturally, because the films have to cop out anyway to satisfy what they see as a hormonally challenged teen target audience, they get the sex as well.
The first of the films did surprise a little by the eventual maturity of its message, even though - as I said - it still compromised so thoroughly that the message rang kind of hollow. It wasn't much of a movie, but there was at least the claim of a sweet conventional morality to it. The second one was pretty much more of the same.
Still, average to weak as they were, they were Citizen Kane compared to American Pie 3, which is made with the lowest level of technical proficiency I've seen on the big screen in a long while.
In this chapter, which we've been told - thank the powers above for small blessings - will be the final one, Jim (Jason Biggs) and his longtime girlfriend Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) have decided to get married. Of course hilarity ensues even during the proposal which Jim fudges so completely that Michelle thinks he's requesting an embarrassing sexual favour in public. Jim's buddies Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) are willing to help on hand to help with the arrangments, but despite their best efforts they can't keep the obnoxious Steve "Stifmeister" Stifler (Seann William Scott) out of the picture. He's the one who - even more than the rest - has only one thing on his mind,
Both Finch and Stiffler find themselves in even more conflict when Michelle's younger sister, Cadence (January Jones), turns up, and they are both interested in her.
So, the scene is set. The movie has a lot to play with. After all, so many things can go wrong in the run up to a wedding, and there's always that old fall back of the disastrous bachelor party and losing the ring. Written by Adam Herz - you should know who to blame - American Pie 3 does every predictable thing you can think of but does most of them so badly that you hardly notice.
Director Jesse Dylan appears unable to direct, his cinematographer Lloyd Ahern II, appears unable to light, and editor Stuart Pappe appears to have two hands full of thumbs. And no sense of rhythm. If you doubt my comments on the cinematography and you are unfortunate enough to see this film, look particularly at the lighting in the car scenes, where a huge light seems to be hidden just under the dashboard. If you want to check out why I say the editing is so bad, just watch a dance scene in a gay bar where Stiffler struts his stuff to outdance a gay dancer. It's about as badly filmed and edited as you can possibly imagine such a sequence being.
I am a great fan of Allyson Hannigan, who I liked a lot as Willow in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, but she's wasted here, and you spend a lot of time feeling sorry for her - in the relatively brief sequences she's on screen. Seann William Scott has been much better than this, even in the awful Bulletproof Monk. And in Evolution. Here he mugs so excruciatingly at times you wonder whether the director is really this bad or whether Scott's doing it to get back at him for something. Eugene Levy as Jim's dad has a couple of good scenes, but it's all repetition from the earlier films.
And of course there's the gross out stuff. The pie of the first movie becomes an engagement cake, a dog licks someone's crotch, dog excrement gets mistaken for chocolate truffle, pubic hair ends up all over a wedding cake, and of course there are numerous scenes where dubious sexual activity, or actions mistaken for dubious sexual activity take place. It's all like an update of the old - and even then tiresome - Brian Rix farces that used to grace the English stage.
41 AMERICAN PIE III WAS VERY GOOD
IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO FUNNY IN THIS MOVIE...LOL.....STIFFLER WENT TO A GAY BAR AND THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA MEET A HOT GIRL AND MET A GUY.....AND THE DANCING SCENE WAS THE GREATEST....I LOVE ALL THOSE 80S SONGS.......BEAR WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL...AND DANCED GOOD TOO.....I DIDNT SEE THE REST BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD DANCING....STIFFLER IS PRETTY COOL SOMETIMES....SO GO OUT AND SEE IT IF YOU HAVENT YO!!!!!!! STRAIGHT UP FUNNY HILARIOUS GREAT GREAT SUPER GRETA MOVIE!!!!!!!!!
42 Better than the second one ...
This series was a goldmine for Universal. No one expected a raunchy story about high school kids trying to get laid to spawn and a franchise and make $350 million in US box office. The first film is a classic high school movie. The sequel was good, and funny, but hampered by too many characters and too many storylines. This one goes back more towards the original, with a few main characters and the rest just fading into the background. Some addition by subtraction in this movie are the removal of the following characters, Oz, Nadia, and Oz's and Kevin's girlfriends. See, some of those characters were so useless that I cannot even remember their names. As usual you get the shot of Jim's dad catching Jim in an embarrassing situation and you have something gross happen to Stiffler. One of the major flaws is the early incarnation of Stiffler. At the beginning he is a loudmouth who comes off more as nerd, than jerk. It takes a few scenes for Stiffler to resort back to being a jerk, the Stiffler that we know and love. In the end this film draws on the sweetness that made the first two more than gross our comedies. This is a funny film that, the second time around loses its luster, so this is not really built for repeat viewings.
About the DVD: Included on the DVD are deleted scenes. There is a rather useless documentary on Stiffler speak and a "Cheesy Wedding Video" which is just that, cheesy. One thing to take from this film is that Stiffler, is best suited as a background character, not as a main character.
T
43 bad mouthed
MAYBE AMERICAN WEDDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED AMERICAN DISASTER.TOO MUCH FOUL LANGUAGE THAT WAS OVERDONE THAT EVENTUALY LED TO THE MOVIES DEMISE,IT ALMOST BECAME A BIG BORE.IF NOT FOR THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE PLEASENT.NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS AMERICAN PIE,THE DIRECTOR JUST RAN OUT OF IDEAS HOPEFULY THIS WILL BE THE LAST.SEE IT AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
44 Terrible, low-class, coarse humor
If a screen writer intended to make a movie that was disgusting, not funny, focused on the lowest and basest instincts to such an extent that it would be even less interesting than a raunchy ... movie, this would be the movie that was created.
First, why is it necessary to end this series even more revolting than it started? When the series began, it certainly was sexually-explicit, but it was by no means close to obscene.
Also, every scene was highly predictable. All I had to do was think: "What is the easiest thing for a screen writer to create," and before my brain could process a result, I saw it on the screen. Certainly we, the movie-going audience expect to be somewhat entertained by substantive dialogue and an actual script. It is unfortunate that this movie fails on all counts.
45 Some Things are Better Left Unwed
When compared to a train wreck I suppose this movie, "American Wedding," the third in the American Pie trilogy, engages in a photo finish. How to say that more succinctly and clear? "American Wedding" is a cinematic disaster that should be avoided at all cost. I suppose there may be a use for a movie like this. After all the CIA still has Saddam Hussein and are surely interested in him telling all sorts of things. Hussein could be forced into watching "American Wedding," continuously looped until driven absolutely mad from being subjected to un-funny sight gags and tired forced American Pie I and II references until kicking and screaming he spills the Garbanzo beans. Just the threat of having to watch the character Stifler in an annoyingly abrasive performance would be enough.
Half of the cast bailed from American Pie I and II and for good reason. Chris Klien (Oz) and Shannon Elizabeth (Nadia) are most notably absent and surely happy about their career choices to sit this one out. While the majority of the movie industry have moved past the "let's see just how gross we can make the sight gags," the American Pie team has not. So, we are left with jokes about consumed dog poop and body hair from certain regions of the body making it's way into the air conditioner and all over the wedding food. Not much in American Wedding is funny. Not much in American Wedding is worth watching.
So surely there must be something redeemable here. Well die-hard fans of American Pie I and II may get a few yucks here and there and appreciate seeing Alyson Hannigan's "Michelle" character blossom beyond band camp. And actually the soundtrack is quite good, but I can't recall the last time I or anyone else went to see a movie to listen to the soundtrack. Save your money with American Wedding and skip the movie, go buy the soundtrack instead.
--MMW
46 boo
i didnt think it was even that funny. i had something to say about every "funny-part". some parts were all right but i believe the movie should have never been created. And that goes for the sequel. I wish i didn't waste my time watching it.
47 Didn't Really Like It!
"American Wedding" was not as good as many people said it was. It was basically just the same old story. It was also ridden with gross humor, profanity, and crude humor. I'm not saying that those are bad thing, but it just didn't work in this film. It wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't a good one. I have mixed thoughts on this one. "American Wedding" is part three in the American Pie movie seris, but it was weak. It didn't have the entire same cast, and most of the laughs come from Eugene Levy, who is the hilarious guy from "Bringing Down the House." He reprises his role from the previous films, and he is most of the comedy in the movie.
When the film starts, we see main character Jim, and his girlfriend Michelle. They have known each other for several years, and Jim proposes fresh out of collage, and she says "yes." Jim's parents are thrilled that their son is finally getting married. Jim's first problem is that he has to decide from his two best friends, Finch and Kevin, which one is going to be his best man. They both know that it is not going to be Stifler, a person who went to high school with them, and who is not liked by everyone else. Jim and Michelle don't even invite him to the wedding, for fear that his continuious profanity, and rude ways would ruin the event. But Stifler somehow gets Jim's parents to invite him to the wedding, and finally Jim allows him to plan the bachlor party. Michelle's parents Harold and Mary arive, as does her sister Candence, who both Finch and Stifer both set their eyes on. All in all, everybody is excited about the event, except Jim's grandmother who objects to the wedding because of Michelle not being Jewish, but the main thing on Jim and Michelle's mind is that they could get married without a hitch.
A main problem with "American Wedding" is that Stifler was unjustifly mean. It seemed that the only reason for him being in the movie is for him to ruin the wedding. There were a few funny parts in the movie-for example the scenes where Jim tries to learn how to dance for his wedding, or some of the things Stifler does throughout the film. Take this one scene where Stifler lost the best man ring when the dog eats it. He waits for it to come out of the other end, but when he goes off to clean it, somebody else mistakes it for some kind of a chocolate candy. I'm sure you could picture the rest. It was gross, but it was funny. "American Wedding" cannot be called a classic, but I guess it is worth the hour and a half that it takes. I have mixed feelings, and I didn't really care for it that much, but it was ok.
ENJOY!
Rated R for sexual content, language and crude humor.
48 A Cinematic Disaster
I would rather suck on a tail-pipe than watch this film again. If you like the first two films, and you are not moron, then I can assure you that you will hate this film. It was like the writers and the actors just stopped caring.
49 No more stiflers or stifler clones. please seann! More SRM
Stifler is one of my all time favorite characters and Seann Scott has more than delivered on this character that was little more than a minor character in t he first movie, and good for him. BUT, American Wedding was the least good of the three PIE films and I pray that there will NOT be a fourth. I was so disappointed in this film and how lacluster it was. All the movie executives at Universal who said this film was a "go" out there in Hollywood should lose their jobs. But not before paying back a lot of loyal fans whom they roped into seeing this piece of studio garbage.
On the other side of the coin, Seann's latest DVD,Stark Raving Mad - is a great film and I want to see Seann in more films like that... no more stiflers or stifler clones (The Rundown, road trip etc etc)
Go do some more edgy indie stuff. SRM rocked. Fire the American Pie guys at universal and go back to the indie guys from SRM and keep making real movies.
50 Laughed Until My Gut Ached.
Let me start off by saying...I LOVE the whole AMERICAN PIE series of movies...but I originally had my doubts about this one. To me the premise sounded a bit forced. An American Wedding? Come on. But...once I saw the movie I told everyone I knew they had to see this movie.
I was glad to see that Stifler was more of a main character in this movie...because he is always good for several laughs...and the whole mess-up with the flowers shows that Stifler is a multidementional character...not just one who likes to antagonize everyone.
As always the movie was chocked full of slapstick and bathroom humor. It was so funny I nearly peed my pants!
The only thing I was disappointed by was that the character of OZ wasn't brought back into the fold. It kind of left him up in the air.
I really don't think this is going to be the last American Pie movie...because I think American Pie: The Family would be a great one.
51 A disappointing finale
There's always a good way to end a great trilogy, and that's by a wedding. Most people say that American Pie the Wedding isn't great as the previous two, and nothing can beat the first one. But the finale to this movie is really sweet and romantic, and will definitely get the girls all a bit teary - well, me anyway!
You've got all the great characters from the first two - Jim, Michelle (they're kinda needed for this movie), Stifler, Finch, Kevin, and Jim's Dad, who's part seems to get extended with each movie, as he's so fantastic. But you're also missing quite a few of the cast members - Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth and Tara Reid. And Stifler's Mom only appears for the last couple of scenes, which see her reunited with Finch, in a bath full of bubbles. Who knows why those four didn't want to take part in this (hopefully) final part of American Pie? They were all much needed and very funny characters, and it would have been nice to see how the characters had developed over the three years that Jim and Michelle had apparently been dating.
Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan are back to their best in this movie, whether it's trying to write their vows, or having special haircuts. Alyson's hair is now longer, and looks a lot better than when it was in that awful bob, when she was definitely still a band geek.
You're introduced to quite a few new characters in this movie - Michelle's sister, who Finch and Stifler both fancy, and both try to outdo each other to win her affections, which provides some comic moments, when they seem to switch characters! There is also Jim's Gran, who gets offended at the fact Michelle isn't Jewish (never been an issue in the previous movies, so there's obviously been something cut out somewhere). You also get some cringe-worthy (for girls) or sexy (for the guys) scenes featuring two strippers - one a dominatrix cop (whatever), and the other a prissy maid? There's a lot of breast action in this sequence, and of course, any nice eye candy for the girls is left out. There's also Stifler in a gay bar, which is hilarious for the dancing alone, and him not even realising he's in a gay bar!
The uncut and unrated DVD is probably better to get. If you've seen it previously in the cinema, then you'll see lots of missing scenes, in-jokes etc. If this is your first viewing, then it won't really matter to you, that it's 8 minutes longer than in the cinemas and contains 17 minutes of `spiced up' footage - and all those 17 minutes seem to be included in the bachelor party sequence with the strippers. Whoopee.
The outtakes and deleted scenes in the extras aren't really up to much. One of the strippers "Nikki" shows you behind the scenes of the bachelor party, and a cameraman gets to follow her around while she prepares for the big premier. You've also got Seann William Scott introducing a few of the deleted scenes and also a feature on "Stifler Speak", in which you get to see his original audition for the role of Stifler.
A great finale to a trilogy, but only see if you've seen the previous two - and you'll probably end up being disappointed.
52 Raunchy, and hilarious
After I got up out of my chair, I was shaking my head and laughing, asking the question, "Where do they come up with this stuff?" This movie was hands down, the funniest movie of 2003. When I watched the movie for the 2nd time, I realized I had missed many parts of the movie, due to laughter that carried over into another scene.
No mention of Oz, his girlfriend, or Tara Reid's character in the movie, which I found a bit strange. Other than that, the movie was extremely funny, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
53 One of the greatest movies i've seen
I've never seen american pie 1 or 2 but i still thought this movie was great.
54 The Final Slice.
Until today, my life was missing one thing. One unique moment that truly set itself apart from all previous others. That moment? Watching Seann William Scott's character, Steve Stifler, eating a dog doo truffle in the latest "American Pie" installment : "American Wedding". Now you might think that a film with a heinous stunt like this in it's content, would be nothing short of repellant. But I assure you that between dry heaves, you're own body will be ravished by uncontrollable laughter. Stifler, who is undeniably the anchor of all three pictures, comes alive in this outing and solidifies a place as one one of the most unforgettable characters of the last decade and obviously the funniest. There are, however, a few instances in which Seann's portrayal of a tactless, out of control & oversexed jock feels a bit contrived, but overall he does a solid job providing 2,000 Lbs. of hilarity. Another character that completely stands out, is that of Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas). The scenes in which he is trying to depict a bad boy facsimile of Stifler, are some of the most memorable. Now you might notice the absence of some of the core cast members from the first two films; namely Chris Klien, Tara Reid and Mena Suvari. But "Wedding" seems to work well despite this. Among the returning cast are Scott, Thomas, Eugene Levy (Mr. Levinstein), Thomas Ian Nicholas (Kevin), Jason Biggs (Jim) and Alyson Hannigan (Michelle). Yet, the presence of the engaged couple (Biggs & Hannigan) is virtually non-exsistent, especially since the entire movie is constructed around their wedding and the events leading up to it. In fact in most of the funniest scenes, i.e. the dog poo truffle, the bachelor party, the cadent gay club dance sequence, Biggs is practically nowhere to be found. But Scott and Thomas take up the reins and somehow it all comes together, as once again the film makers have created a disgustingly depraved shock-fest that also manages to come across as innocent and sweet (We actually see Stifler pining over the cute, virginal but horny Cadence, played by January Jones). Quite an acheivement in the over-saturated market of teen to twenty-something sex comedies, most of which are completely devoid of any true heart. "American Wedding" is the culmination of an outstanding trilogy of must see comedies from which fans of the first two films will no doubt procure particular enjoyment.
55 A Very Good Way to End!!!
"American Wedding" is the best film in the series in the sense that Oz is gone.Oz in my oppinion was a worthless character,but in the comedy case the second one was the best.Jim and Michelle
(Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan) finally decide to get married,and the way the proposing happens is quite hilarious and is a brilliant way to open the film.The first thing they do is invite everyone EXCEPT Stifler (Seann William Scott) whose role from the last film has considerably grown.After Stifler finds out he begins to plan the bachelor party.The films jokes are hilarious including one where Stifler ends up at a gay bar.I'm gonna miss these films a lot due to their sex jokes and gross out humor,another joke involving a dog and a ring was hilarious.
Now although the film is about Jim and Michelle getting married,the film is more about Stifler and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) isn't as big of a part as he was in the first and second one and is instead is replaced with Stifler as the second main character.This is definently a must see.A for the movie,A for the acting.Enjoy!!!
56 Underachieving, but still fun
When sequels reach their third installment, it's more like nostalgia or tradition that makes me want to see it. That's the case with American Wedding. It doesn't live up to it's hilarious predecessors, but it's still a fun trip with the characters that you've come to enjoy.
In this installment, Jim and Michelle plan their wedding, with just a little help from their friends. What started out as a one-joke character in part one, Stiffler, returns as still a one-joke character. In this instance, however, he is really over the top to the point that he was no longer funny. Perhaps that was the intention, however, as it became clear that he was the only member of this cast who hasn't matured in the past four years. It allowed room for him to grow, and he did, a little bit.
While Stiffler is a negative in this film, the other characters were funny and charming as usual. The storyline fit nicely into the trilogy and made for a fine conclusion. Unfortunately, sequels are often compared to it's predecessors, and this one fails. It lacks that one big scene the other two movies had and it lacked some of the sentimental storytelling as well.
While I enjoyed it as a stand alone movie, it's truly for the die-hard American Pie fans.
57 Why did they even bother.........?
Why must hollywood ruin everything? This is the final chapter in the American Pie movies & that's a good thing. Part of the problem with the last two 'Pie' movies is that there isn't much original material. They all follow the same formula: Humilate Jason Biggs, Stifler is the comedy & also does something disgusting (ex. eat dog poop), Finch & Stifler's mom, Jim's talks with his dad, & some blatent nudity scenes that don't need to be there.
The original was new, fresh, and a genius of a movie. This one is just awful. If you like Stifler, however, this is your movie. Don't get me wrong, I think he's hilarious at times. The other two films gave you his humor in doses. In this flick he is given free reign and he is sometimes irritating. I mean what 23 year old is still going to act like that? Honestly, I don't care about the marriage. You never get a romantic feel from the little chemistry Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan have. I don't even know why Thomas Ian Nichols is in this movie. He doesn't have much to do here. Eddie Kaye is back as Finch. Even his character is getting old. And if I have to hear about him & Stifler's mom again, I am going to throw up. Even the bachelor party (a.k.a. the nudity) felt forced. Does Jim only have three friends in his life? And the 'relationship' between Stifler and Michelle's sister is idiotic. There is NO WAY that a girl would go out with him after he treats her like he does in this movie. But, welcome to hollywood.
The movie is not a total loss, though. Jim's dad is back and as funny as ever. Stifler does have some really funny moments. His attempt at wooing Michelle's sister are quite funny. January Jones is incredibly hot. And that's about it.
The only reason I bought this movie was because I wanted the trilogy. I think it's the worst of the three, by far. I wasn't all that crazy about part two either, but at least it FELT like an American Pie movie. It had all of the characters (even though some were just there for show), & it had some funny moments for the other characters. This film is all about Stifler & it falls flat. It should have never been made in the first place. I can't recommend this movie for more than a rental.
Even the special features are somewhat disappointing. There are deleted scenes, outtakes, bachelor party featurette, a cheesy wedding video, etc. Nothing special here.
58 BEST OF THE THREE
yea this woz a really funny film out of all of the films this 1 woz the best 1 by far. as always this film makes u cringe as did the othas. its a sad ending tho. but u SHOULD BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
59 Bad movie.. Worse DVD...
I won't go into any great detail about the movie. I felt that it was bad. Even the editing was poor--scenes were cut in the middle of actor's lines.
The DVD quality is horrible. The colors are over-saturated and the wrong hue, and detail in the blacks is crushed. Overall a dark transfer with bright orange skin color.
60 This shouldn't have been made............
This film really is pushing it. In my opinion it shouldn't have been made - it does nothing to progress and mature the series, in fact, most of the characters have managed to regress from the previous movie - they don't seem to have done anything at all in the 3 years after the 2nd film and the dissaperance of the half of the cast that didn't return is totally unexplained. Theres no mention of Oz in the film at all, even though he was supposed to be their good friend. There just doesn't seem to have been any development in the characters since the last film, is the point I'm trying to make.
It falls far short of matching the comedy of the other two films. The gags came out as unbelievable and simply just forced in an attempt to make the 3rd instalment even more 'gross out' than the previous two. Thats not to say that most of the gags aren't funny, because they are, its just that they come across as very tiresome , which is why they fall short of being hilarious - you just feel like you've seen it before. I have no idea how the hell so many people can say that this film is better than the first two. The charm seems to have gone, the humour seems to have just been rehashed from the first two films and some of the characters just seem there out of obligation, Kevin and Jims Dad for example, I don't think Eugene Levey got even one funny line in this film.(He might have actually, I'm only posting this review after the first time I've watched it, a few hours ago / but the point is, that Eugene's talents just seem to have been wasted here).
Overall it comes off very tired and awkward, it left me a little dissapointed. By no means is it an awful film, it just strikes me as a bit of a letdown considering how good the other two films were. I won't bother putting any of the positive parts of the film here, partly because I can't be bothered to type anymore, but also because - it all seems to have been said before in all of these rave 5 star reviews posted by people who've seemingly watched a completely different version of this film to me. But I'll award it 3 stars anyways, its still funny and Stifler definately suceeds in stealing the film by being 'totally insane'(or mentally ill, whichever way you'd prefer to see it) as stated by Seann on the extras of the dvd. But by no means is this a classic teen-comedy - its just such a shame that this franchise has to be exploited so much.
61 So SAD
I loved this movie. I am very sad that Jim (Jason Biggs), Stifler (Seann W. Scott), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nichols) and the rest of the AMERICAN cast are leaving. I think it would have been funny if Stilfer proposed to Cadence. It was a great movie and it is a SAD ending to a great series of movies. Eugene Levy does a great job as Jim's dad. Boy, I wouldn't want a father like him though!! They will always loved and truely missed in American hearts. Jim, Michelle, Stifler, Kevin, Finch, Oz(remember him?? where did he go?), Vicky (where did she go?), Jim's Dad, The Shermanator (I thought he would show), Stilfer's Mom, Nadia (guest appearance? I guess not), and the two ushers at Jim's wedding (i forget their names). They will always be missed and LOVED.
62 Don't Waste your time
Watch the first two movies for laughs...this is a terrible transfer and a complete rehash of the previous two moives.
63 A great movie for a Friday night!
Oh my God - I watched this last night and could not stop laughing! It's a great comedy! This is the best of the American Pie series. in my opinion. Only one problem. There was one scene that was so disgusting I was gagging. I had to fast forward through it. But otherwise, no complaints!
64 A bad way to end
Of course there are laughs in this third installment of the "American Pie" series, but we have seen them all before. Every joke here seems recycled from the previous two films. We should have known that this movie would not live up to the high expectations set by the original two, since half the actors from the originals decided to take a pass on "Wedding". I can't blame them, because reading the script must have reminded them exactly of the first two.
I thought that after "American Pie 2" the producers would make a movie just for Stiffler, but watching "Wedding" made me realize how he cannot carry a movie all by himself. He is way over the top in this one, and becomes more annoying in the end than anything. He actually tries to redeem himself, and this is terrible for his character, because we loved him because he was not a good person, and did not want to be a good person. He can still swear with the best of them, but even the joy of the F-word is sucked out by the end of this movie.
If you feel like completely shutting off your brain for a little while, then this movie is not that bad, but it cannot be argued that this is the least funny of the three, and there is little of the surprising heart that made the other two decent films.
"American Wedding" is a perfect example of a studio flogging a dead horse, and hopefully we will not see an American Honeymoon or American Divorce.
65 Successful Tale Starts to Sink
I loved American Pie. I loved the sequel. American Wedding, however shows a downward movement of this widely successful tale of high school friends endlessly in search of gratification. Do not get me wrong, I enjoyed this film, but not nearly as much as I enjoyed the two previous installments. The acting in this film was of similar nature to its predecessors, and the jokes were in the same vein. Overall, however, I feel that this film did not live up to the legacy created by the original. Despite a few good laughs, and some gratuitous nudity, this film was not at all what I expected it to be. I give this film 3 stars.
66 You'll like it if you liked the first two
It wasn't too bad. It had its moments.
67 Not as good as the first two, but still good
If you're actually interested in this movie, then it's probably because you've seen and loved the first two American Pie films and loved them. If you didn't realize that American Wedding is actually American Pie 3, well now you do - and I'd highly recommend seeing those two movies first, since they do much to set up at least some of the humor in this film.
The American Pie series is surprisingly good considering it's T-and-A/gross-out humor genre. So many other movies have come and gone, trying to accomplish what American Pie has, and all of them made it seem as if potty humor and quality filmmaking were mutually exclusive. But in the case of American Pie, the humor is there, and so is the quality. Mostly because we love these characters; we care what happens to Jim and Michelle, to Jim's dad, even to Steve Stiffler. The movies have heart.
The basic premise is that the core gang from the first two films has graduated from college, and now they are looking toward the next major event in their lives - Jim and Michelle are getting married. But other than that, this is mostly the same type of film that the first two were, without being a complete retread of that which has gone before.
American Wedding does well to hold the mantle of the American Pie series; it belongs on the same shelf with its previous two siblings. But that's not to say this film is as good as its predecessors. For one thing, in the past films, the focus was primarily on Jim (Jason Biggs), with all of his friends receiving secondary billing essentially equal to each other. However, because of fan response to the character of Steve Stiffler (Seann William Scott), the Stiffmeister shares the spotlight with Jim. It throws the formula's balance slightly out of whack; the increased Stiffler time makes the whole film feel slightly different from the earlier two outings, and not necessarily as good as a result. Especially since this is supposed to be Jim and Michelle's wedding, and yet band-geek Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) is hardly on screen at all as a result of Stiffler's increased on-screen time. True, Michelle had her turn in the spotlight in American Pie 2, as she went from minor character in the first film to main theme. Yet it didn't feel right that this is her wedding, and yet we hardly see her involved in it.
The movie belongs to Stiffler, and that isn't a bad thing, mind you. Stiffler has some great moments, such as a dance-off in a gay bar or when he has to retrieve Michelle's wedding ring from a dog that ate it (and then creatively conceal it all for Michelle's parents). And these scenes are gut-busting funny. Yet there's a subplot with Michelle trying to define "love" for her vows which nearly goes ignored throughout the film, and even though Jason Biggs gets as much screen time as Seann William Scott, Jim is pretty much eclipsed by Stiffler's antics. Again, considering that this is Jim and Michelle's wedding, taking the focus off the bride and groom (especially considering they were the stars of the previous film, and the film before that in Jim's case) just doesn't feel right.
Now, a lot of talk has been made about the characters from the first two movies that aren't in this one. Most notably, Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia, Tara Reid as Vicky, and Chris Owen as the Shermanator are all absent. That didn't bother me; these were never significant characters, not to the same degree as Jim, Kevin, Finch or Stiffler, and not having them in the movie was representative of how people grow and move on. Rarely do we maintain every single friendship we had in high school, and that's where the American Pie movies started out. Their storylines were all resolved in the second movie, anyway. This film was about Jim and his closest friends, the ones who it made sense would be at his wedding, as it should have been.
So not as good as the first two. But still a great movie. If you're a fan of the first two American Pie films, then you need to see this one.
68 American Beauty
Sooner or later, it would have to happen...Teen sensations Jim and Michelle are finally going to get married in this third episode of the "American Pie" series. Like the first two movies, this one is an average comedy with some funny characters who can make for the lack of a decent and creative plot. The jokes haven`t changed, going from predictable slapstick to utterly childish stuff, and for the most part the laughs are forced as they deal with trivial, unsurprising situations. Even though Jim is the one who`s getting married, Stifler seems to be the central character here, getting all the attention and acting in a particularly annoying way. But I knew what to expect anyway, so this isn`t much of a disappointment, although it`s probably the worst movie of the series. Still, it`s a passable flick to watch with some friends and laugh once or twice. It isn`t supposed to me more than that, anyway.
69 hot movie
the makers of this movie have a hot francise and they know all the plot and twists of the teen age mind..
70 Are these reviewers on drugs?
I just got done seeting this movie and it was terrible! I loved American Pie #1, #2 was pretty good, #3 was so forced I was amazed. They crammed Stiffler in there so badly it ruined the movie.
71 Jim & Michelle Ties the Knot...
American Wedding is the third film in this series of comedies and in this episode Jim (Jason Biggs) is tying to tie the knot with Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Knowing Jim from the previous films, the story is about to go wrong somewhere and it does so right from the beginning when Jim is about to pop the question. In the shadow of continuous blunders, Jim's father (Eugene Levy) is spicing up the slap-stick humor with his intentional good-will. Despite the jokes, the story falls flat on it's face because it consists of one silly joke on top of another which prevents it from taking off. In the end the audience will have had several belly-aching laughs, but is left with an empty cinematic experience.
72 Fun and appropriate end for this series
First off, the movie is mistitled. The movie should have been called "American Stifler", cause Sean William Scott OWNS this movie. His interaction with the characters (namely Finch) is hysterical, and every moment he is on screen, you will be laughing. The dance scene is brilliantly executed. Stifler is great. Finch continues to nail his roll, and will keep you grinning. The rest of the cast doesn't really excel, though they all manage to pull off respectable performances. But they were all more interesting in the first 2 films.
73 Three Is Definitely Not a Charm.
In this third and final installment in the "American Pie" trilogy, Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are planning to get married. Jim, still as disaster-prone as ever, must convince Michelle's parents that he is worthy of their daughter's hand and go to great lengths to give his bride the wedding of her dreams. Stifler (Seann William Scott) plans a raunchy bachelor party, while he and Finch (Eddie Kay Thomas) both try to woo Michelle's younger sister Cadence (January Jones), who is in town for the wedding.
"American Wedding" was directed by Jesse Dylan, who is new to the "American Pie" franchise. It was written by Adam Herz, who created the characters and wrote the original "American Pie " movie. So it's a little surprising that " American Wedding" possesses none of the charm that the first film did. "American Pie" succeeded, not only because it was funny, but because the characters were lovable and their plight sympathetic. Jim, Finch, Stifler, Kevin, and Michelle are back for this film, but their characters are barely written. If they convey anything at all, it is pathological self-importance. Stifler was always an egomaniacal jerk who had an inflated opinion of himself, and that was funny. In "American Wedding" he is too obnoxious for words and comes across as actually being mentally ill, which isn't funny. The jokes are forced. The situations are less believable and consequently less entertaining than in "American Pie" or "American Pie 2". There's nothing in "American Wedding" that will strike a chord with the audience as being an authentic, if exaggerated, take on the emotional or social experiences of young people today. It's just bad writing. Eugene Levy, who added so much to the first two "American Pie" films, is wasted on this one. His lines aren't funny. The unrated version of the film contains extra footage from Jim's bachelor party. More boobs, essentially. How can you have a bunch of young men and two barely-clad women in a room and.... nothing funny? Lots of cleavage, little writing. Recommended as a rental only if you've seen the first two and don't want to be left ignorant of the conclusion.
The DVD: On the downside, there are 3 previews which cannot be avoided. Happily, both the R-rated theatrical version of the film and the unrated version are on the same disc. Bonus features include: deleted scenes, blooper reel, a featurette on "Stifler Speak", a featurette on the making of "The Bachelor Party" scenes, a "making of" Jim's grooming scene. And there are two commentaries, one by director Jesse Dylan and actor Seann William Scott, and the other by actors Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Eddie Kay thomas, and Thomas Ian Nicholas. If you really like Stifler, you might enjoy the "Stifler Speak" featurette. And there are more boobs in "The Bachelor Party" piece. But, truthfully, these are appropriately uninteresting bonus features for an unfortunately uninteresting movie.
74 Let down
The gross outs were fun in the first film, the second was ok but this one just reeks! Nothing new here & half the cast is missing. It just came off very awkward & very tired.
75 The movie is great, but the DVD ...
I won't go into the movie. Those who have seen it know it's a funny, yet heart-warming story in the end. The movie itself I would give about 3.5 stars. American Pie 1 and 2 are better, but AW is NOT a bad movie and is still an excellent final chapter to the entire American Pie series. My qualms lie with what Universal Studios has chosen to do with the ads, and it occured with a previous Universal DVD release, Animal House.
The AW DVD has some features that are cool, including deleted scenes and the Unrated version goes into why they created an unrated version. What I also like with the unrated DVD release is that you have both the theatrical release and the unrated version. I think that's an excellent marketing ploy. The extra scenes are okay, but I don't know if they are totally worth it except one part where Finch, Kevin and Stifler are asked if they would like to see the two strippers kiss. Their answer to it is hilarious and it pays a great homage to AP2.
But, the one annoying thing about this DVD (as it is with the Animal House DVD) and is the only reason I gave the DVD a 1-star rating, is the commercials. Now, supposedly, unlike the Animal House DVD, you can skip the commercials. Yet, I was unable to skip them with my particular DVD player except by stopping the movie and then restarting it. This is better than my Animal House DVD, in which my only recourse was to turn off the DVD player.
So, if you don't mind having the commercials thrown into your face and you haven't seen this movie, I would suggest possibly renting it first to see if you want it. I myself have already written my displeasure with Animal House and American Wedding to Universal. I have a feeling this is the route they will continue to take, which is sad as I have other Universal movies on DVD that I enjoy. However, if enough consumers write to them and complain, hopefully they will listen and change their tactics.
Again, the movie is funny and great (3.5 stars), but the DVD release with the adds forced upon the viewer is what kills the rating for this release. In fact, if we had the option, this DVD would have possibly gotten a zero from me. And believe me, I LOVE my movies!
76 And now it's over...
While this wasn't the strongest of the three 'Pie' movies, I really enjoyed it. I think that some of the secondary characters suffered a bit from lack of screentime, but the overall story was just as good as the other 2 movies.
77 They Should've Quit After the Second Movie!
I watched this DVD over the weekend with some friends and was quite upset at how terribly boring this movie was! My expectations were pretty low to begin with considering it's incredibly rare for film franchises to remain fresh and original with sequels, but "American Wedding" managed to surprise me by being even worse than I had originally expected. This movie was so bad, that when it was over, my friends and I discussed all the different ways we could have better spent those 2 hours. Some of the suggestions included "planting a tree", "getting a head start on my taxes", and "finally getting that rash on my backside checked out"!
The jokes were lame and predictable and the plot (or what passed for one) was tired and uninspired. I mean, who wants to see these sophomoric characters married?! What's next, "An American Baby", followed by "An American Funeral"? They can only take these characters so far before the audience tires of them, which is exactly what happened here. Surprisingly, the most annoying character was Stifler! He seemed to digress completely into a junior highschool level of humor, as his entire repertoire was reduced to crotch jokes and curse words. In fact, the whole movie is simply about putting the characters in one ridiculously contrived situation after another, each one less funny and more forced than the last. All the jokes revolve around misunderstandings, or walking in at the wrong moment, or the hot for boobs clichˇ humor.
Not all of the cast returned for this final installment either (maybe they read the script), but those that were included seemed like they were just going through the motions with their roles. Maybe the problem is that I've grown up (I'm now 25) and these characters haven't...Or maybe this really was just a HORRIBLE film! Whatever the case, just rent this one if your curiosity gets the better of you, but do NOT buy it! I know "Gigli" got all the negative press this year for being the worst movie, but I can't imagine anything being more unfunny than this final nail in the coffin of the American Pie franchise.
78 A Lot Twisted and Really Funny
I really should dislike this movie, because the comedy is even more disgusting and base than the previous movies in this series, but when the movie is funny, it's hilarious, and I couldn't stop laughing. Be warned, however, that much of the humor comes from gross situations.
In this edition, Jim Levinstein (Jason Biggs) asks Michelle Flaherty (Alysson Hannigan) to marry him. The big moment is to happen in a very nice restaurant. Jim hints that he wants to ask Michelle a very important question, and his hinting about is misinterpreted by Michelle, who crawls under the table to do what she thinks Jim wants. In the mean time, Jim's dad, played by SCTV alumni Joe Levy, shows up and sits in Michelle's chair, unaware that she is under the table. Michelle goes unnoticed until Jim's dad mentions the wedding proposal, which causes Michelle to bump the underside of the table. Jim jumps up, his pants are down, and it's embarrassment and pandemonium. As funny as this scene is, it gets better, or worse, depending on how you look at it, from there.
The movie ends up being a series of gags from beginning to end, that are both funny and often disgusting. Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) is often involved in many of these scenes. In one scene Steve and Jim are in the library with a dog when an accident with a cake happens. When Jim's dad opens the library door to bring in Michelle's parents, Steve and Jim appear to be in a very bizarre position with respect to the dog. You'll have to see this one to understand it or believe it.
There are another pair of scenes that are related involving a gay bar, a bachelor party, with Stifler involved, of course, and Michelle's parents. While not every moment of these scenes are funny, they are in several places, and I found myself laughing all the way through the scene where Jim is supposed to be having dinner at home with Michelle's parents.
Stifler manages to get himself invited to the wedding, and even manages to convince Michelle's mother to let him carry the wedding ring. Unfortunately Stifler manages to lose the ring, which a small dog then eats. How Stifler gets the ring back is simultaneously funny and gross.
While Stifler acts like the jerk he is for much of the movie, near the end we see Stifler make a mistake, and then pull out the stops to correct his error. For just a moment we get to see Stifler actually act like a human, and the movie turns out all right.
I watched many of the extra features on the DVD. The two features I thought were the best were the deleted scenes and the outtakes. Watch them after seeing the movie.
I gave this movie three stars even though it was a laugh-fest all the way through. Much of the humor is gross and disgusting, and the situations used to get the laughs are totally unrealistic and bizarre (well, none of these have ever happened to anyone I know). If you enjoyed the first two "American Pie" movies, you'll enjoy this one as well. Definitely not a family movie and many adults will find portions of the movie a bit too bizarre to be enjoyable. However, for those who like Mad Magazine and can handle gross jokes, this movie is a blast.
79 The last piece
American Wedding, the third and final film in the American Pie series, is a bittersweet comedy. Bittersweet because only half of the cast has returned (no Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth, or Natasha Lyonne), but the film is surprisingly better without them. American Wedding finds Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) graduating college and preparing to marry, but not before Stifler (Seann William Scott) can hatch a bachelor party and nearly ruin the nuptuals. Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Eugene Levy as Jim's dad return to add to the comic relief, even though Nicholas is hardly used at all. Plenty of mishaps ensue naturally, and American Wedding almost becomes more of Scott's film (his performance goes from irritating to hilarious in the span of the film), but some of the gags (come on, the dog poop?) seem way out of place. That aside though, American Wedding is the last, and the best, piece of pie, and it is a fitting farewell to this surprisingly funny and fresh mainstream comedy franchise.
80 Great Addition to the series
If you liked 1 and 2, then you won't be disappointed with this movie!
81 Very funny, rauncy and surprisingly charming
I didn't expect a 3rd movie to work, I thought they should stop after part 2. I was wrong though. Although a lot of the cast from the first one didn't return, the movie is still hilarious. When you think about it, the ones that returned are the ones that made the movies so strong in the first place anyway. Okay Shannon Elizibeth isn't back and yes she is sexy but she was awful in the last one. Chris Klein played the normal one of the gang....so who needs him lol. They should've at least mentioned his character once though since he was supposed to be their good friend.
Anyway the movie would be totally pointless if Sean William Scott didn't return as Stiffler. Okay he has a little too much screen time and that laugh he does can get annoying too. However the movie smartly handles his character. He's supposed to be an annoying big mouthed jerk. That's why Jim (Jason Biggs) doesn't want him at his wedding. So Stiffler does everything he can to be part of the wedding. All that is hilarious too. We also get to see that he has a bit of a sensitive side a long the way as well.
The scenes where Finch ( Eddie Kaye Thomas) acts like Stiffler in-order to impress Michelle's sister is very funny too. Stiffler and Finch both have eyes for the same girl. Stiffler thinks he needs to act like Finch to get her and Finch thinks he needs to act like Stiffler. The result is hilarious. Lugene Levy (Jim's dad) is another strong point of the all the movies and they'd be boring without his pep talks that always embarrass Jim as well. So all the people that were the funniest in the other films are back and it makes for one entertaining movie.
82 This movie forces you till laugh till you can't laugh nomore
This is a must buy movie, it's just so funny. It's a great end to the series, I hope they release a special triolgy box set of America pie because it is one of those movies you can just watch and watch.
This movie shows how all of the characters have 'matured' into adults, parties are switched to bars and snack houses switched to restaurants. The humour is still all there though and I love it. It's the funniest of them all in my opinion and a must buy for any fan of the previous two movies!
5 Stars
83 Fast & Light - Good For A Few Laughs
"American Wedding" is not a great film...it is not even a good film. But I managed to watch it all the way through and was reasonably entertained, so I'm not going to complain about it. With the setup of the first two lackluster films, the bar was not set very high for the climax. One surprise is the rise of Stiffler, who has grown large enough to dominate the entire film. Though, in order to do so they have had to dumb down his character even more so than in the first two films.
I did not find "American Wedding" hilarious, but it certainly has enough laughs to keep the pace light and fast. If you're looking for a fun movie to rent and you liked the first two, you might try this film on for size. It's reasonably entertaining and requires no brain effort to watch.
84 the gangs all back with two exceptions
I laughed so hard at this movie but Nadia is very much missed.
85 This is the Sequel to JACKASS... not AMERICAN PIE!!
It's not a horrible way to spend two hours but really isn't anything special and I was very very disappointed.
American PIE had its share of gimmick jokes and gross out jokes, but it managed to combine them with relevance and SEXINESS!!
American WEDDING doesn't even try to be sexy. Which was a huge part of the success of American Pie. It was SEXY and FUNNY! We had a handful of beautiful girls and guys in REALISTIC, funny and SEXY moments.
American Wedding on the other hand, has NONE of that. Stiffler (Scott) pretends to be somebody else in order to beat out Finch (Thomas) and get into Michelle's (Alyson Hannigan) sister Cadence's (the very attractive January Jones) pants. This story line takes up about 70% of the movie and nobody actually does. It's like telling a story an entire movie and never delivering with the punchline. Instead we end up with a sex scene with Grandma.
The American Pie movies have made a lot of money for their studio. You'd think that they'd have the green light to do WHATEVER they wanted... and they did!
Well, they chose to use that power to do jokes typical of JACKASS like eating dog poo, dancing in gay bars, having sex with grandma, humping dogs and shaving pubic hair.
Me personally, I would have rather seen the sexiness brought back. Bottom line. American Wedding ISN'T sexy. It's mostly GROSS with some laughs. In fact, on the DVD, the Director even says that the studio recommended they add something to make it sexier. Preferably with Cadence, and they didn't.
The unrated version does feature an extended bachelor party. It isn't that big of deal. Would have rather seen Cadence do something MILDLY sexy. I mean, didn't January Jones see what American Pie did for Shannon Elizabeth, Mena Suvari and Tara Reid's careers!
86 Do not watch this movie on a full stomach. You were warned
You cannot accuse "American Wedding" of false advertising on the basis of the cover of the DVD, because the character of Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) is featured prominently, right in the center. Yes, it is rather amazing how the joke character from the original "American Pie" has taken over the series, and pretty much every memorable moment in this 2003 film belongs to Stifler. But I am a fan of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and so I want to point out to director Jesse Dylan that he has Allyson Hannigan in this movie and why not take advantage of that fact and give her some good scenes? After all, this is the actress who had the two biggest lines in the original "American Pie" (the second of which was ad-libbed). But you can make the same argument for Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, and most of the cast in this one (and why is Thomas Ian Nicholas even back as Kevin? He has nothing to do in this film).
The title is pretty much the plot of this film, as Jim (Biggs) proposes to Michelle (Hannigan), under the traditionally embarrassing situation we have come to expect from every major moment in Jim's life. Michelle wants the perfect wedding and Jim promises her one, which means learning to dance. Michelle's parents show up when Jim is having another one of his embarrassing situations, which means he has to redeem himself. But the person who most needs redemption is Stifler, who is not invited to the wedding and does not deal well with rejection. However, even the upcoming nuptials take a back seat when Stifler meets Michelle's younger sister Cadence (January Jones) and tries to act like a human being in order to seduce her. Meanwhile, Finch (Eddie Haye Thomas) is impressing Cadence by acting like Stifler and we are have totally jumped through the looking glass, boys and girls.
Consequently, in "American Wedding" Stifler reaches hitherto unsuspected heights as he starts thinking with totally different body parts than is his standard operating procedure. It is totally appropriate, given all the horrible things that have happened to Stifler in the previous films, that in this one he does the worst one yet, to himself, and on purpose. You have to stop and think about it a while to realize that Stifler is having an actuabl moment of nobility (the first of maybe two or three). Otherwise, outside of Samuel L. Jackson when one of his characters goes to town, Steve Stifler is the Picasso of profanity (with credit for the creativity of his profanity being shared between Seann William Scott and writer Adam Herz).
Besides, when I start complaining that "American Wedding" did have enough sweet moments between Jim and Michelle, who is going to agree with me? People watch the "American Pie Trilogy" for the vulgarity, both verbal and visual, so it seems rather ungracious to ask for something more (but they really should not have wasted Allyson Hannigan like this).
87 AP3 keeps the laughs alive!
When i went to see this movie i didnt know what to expect because i knew that the cast had drastically changed ( no oz naudia ozzes gf or sherman and alot of the other high schoolers) but i wasnt pleasantly surprised. Although it didnt feel like the first two it still had its gross but funny moments and the awesome bachelor party. great!
88 GOOD MOVIE
this has the bachlor party I jacked off so much to the nude women
89 American Stifler
Once Steve Stifler appears on screen, you realize that everyone else in the movie is just there for scenery. Stifler is the movie. Wedding? What wedding? It takes a backseat to Stifler on the onslaught of profanity and nudity. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily, but the movie really reaches to get it's laughs. Some are genuine, but many are very forced. I wouldn't say that this movie is a failure. It just tries too hard to recapture the glory of the first film.
90 american wedding is crap
me and my wife rented american wedding a few days ago.this movie is garbage and a waste of time and money.im glad i did not buy it.american pie 1&2 will always be the best.the bachelor party was only like 10 minutes long and jim was not even there.most of the actors didnt even seem like they wanted to be in this sequel.
another thing was chris klein was not even in this movie and a few of the other actors.i think they should have took more time in making this film.its a bore to the core.
91 Waste of Fred Willard
What a waste of comedic talent, such as Eugene Levy and Fred Willard. The first two American Pies were hilarious, but this one was a total waste of time.
92 Go Get her Jimmy!!!! AAAAA+++++++
First off, there are no broadcasts like in the other 2 movies- "Nadia Cam" and "The Big Broadcast". Stifler manages to make friends among the gay community in a dance-off, Jim pops the question among other things in a restaurant, Finch does a personality switch with Stifler, and for the first time, Kevin is absolutely speechless.
My favorite part is the dance-off in the gay bar featuring "She's a Maniac", "Heaven is a Place on Earth", and "Sweet Dreams". It's not Jim making a fool of himself but it is equally entertaining.
I would recommend this to anybody who loves "Animal House" and the other "American Pie" movies.
93 I just can't get enough Pie!!!
I saw this movie with a bunch of my friends, and it was so hilarious that we all almost fell off our seats! I had to get this movie once it came out, and the characters are just as funny as ever. Everything is just the same, but now, the band geek and the guy who couldn't get a girl, are getting married, and what their friends do, it's a wedding to remember!!
94 The best one by far!
The unrated version on the gift set DVD had me laughing the hardest I can remember in a long time! The 'Boom-Boom' T-Shirt and extra 'Making of...' all 3 movies DVD are like icing on the cake.
Seann William Scott is just perfect in this one!
95 funny but...
it was amusing, glad I saw it, will get the DVD eventualy, but nothing new. More of the same situations, lines, and embarrasing moments. I definatly think I would rate the movies in the series inline with their release (1, 2, then 3 as the worst of the bunch).
96 Here's Pie In Your Eye
The original American Pie took the teen sex comedy genre and gave it a lift. Sure, it had plenty of Animal House and Porky's style humor, but in the midst of all that, it also had a strong sense of honesty. There was an equal amount of both ingredients to make a better film. The second helping of "Pie" didn't quite have the same zing, or warmth of its predecessor. Given that, I didn't know what to expect from American Wedding...I am happy to report that the sequel is better than AP 2.
Jim Levinstein (Jason Biggs) and his girlfriend Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are about to be married. This allows for friends and family of the happy couple to come together. Jim's pals, Stifler (Seann William Scott), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) want to plan a Bachelor party to top them all. For the first time, Michelle's sister Cadence (January Jones), and her parents (Deborah Rush and Fred Wilard) are part of the fun. The film also benefits from series secret weapon Eugene Levy, as Jim's Dad, whose always good for extra laughs. Hannigan and Biggs are still a fairly goofy duo here, but play well off of each other. Stifler's Mom, (Martha Coolidge) makes her third series cameo, as well
Sadly, not all of the original cast decided to return and as good as AW is, sometimes it shows. Chris Klien, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Ried, and Meena Suvari, are all missed. In order to compensate for these no shows, the filmmakers give Stifler the "ball" on more occaisions this time out. Fortunately, Scott's character, is such a likeable "idiot" that it works out fine. Jim's relationship with his dad also gets more screen time for this installment. Directed by Jesse Dylan, the film is very funny and has some great moments for all AP fans.
The unrated version of the movie expands the bachelor party sequence and provides snipets of other material not found in the theatrical cut. Viewers may compare both versions of the movie on the disc. There's a generous helping of both deleted scenes and bloopers. This stuff provides a few chuckles but most of it is of the throwaway variety. There are 5 featurettes, 4 of which take you behind the scenes, while the fifth profiles actress Niki Ziering (Officer Krystal) with a day in the life. As for the other featurettes: Go inside the Bachelor Party Scene, learn how to speak Stiffler, see Jim & Michelle's Wedding Video, and my personal favorite, tips on Grooming the Groom. The disc's best extras though, are the 2 audio commentary tracks. Like the other DVD's in the series, these are lots of fun and worth a listen. The first has Dylan and Seann William Scott, while track 2 features Biggs, Hannigan, Thomas, and Nicholas. Rounding out the bonus material are cast/filmmaker notes and access to additional DVD-ROM stuff
If this is the last film in the series--it is a fine dessert and a good way to end a multicourse feast. Despite the missing "regulars", it still finds a way to entertain the masses. Recommended
97 Should be called STIFLER'S MOVIE"
What a shame. American Pie was a great film, 5 stars. Part 2 was not as good, but still had laugh out loud scenes. American Wedding should not be called American Wedding, as it is all about Stifler, and for some reason he has become one annoying character. It isnt about the characters we all know and care about, they become secondary in this movie. What were these filmakers thinking? They ruined a good movie franchise.
98 You will love,honor,and cherish American Wedding!
American Wedding is outrageously funny.Finally you can get this amazing film on a great DVD.With great features including a behind the scenes documentary,the American Wedding DVD is a perfect gift for others as well as yourself.While I deeply miss Vicky,Nadia,Jessica,Heather,Oz,The Sherminator,I really give it to the writers of this film for creating a total hilarious blast for everyone.If u want to own the funniest film of the decade,get American Wedding January 2,2004!
99 The Moose Hole - No 'Wedding' Time Blues Here
Here we go again. The summer season always starts off so promising with such big event films as this year's X2: X-Men United, The Matrix Reloaded, and Finding Nemo bringing in the masses for some solid entertainment. But as the season goes on, more and more films are released that don't seem to quite live up to the films the summer started off with. And finally as we arrive to the final month of summer fun, the studios seem to repeat their ploy for the summer in this one month. After the surprising success of The Sixth Sense in August 1999 as well as the success of films like Signs and xXx in the same time period three years later, the studios have began to stand up and take notice that the last month of the summer doesn't have to be entirely disastrous. With the right story as well as a decent marketing campaign, a studio can still open a film big in the first two weeks of the month while dumping any low budget trash in the closing weeks of the summer. Since there seems to be no Shyamalan film in sight this year, Universal is willing to fill up the slot with the third, and possibly final, installment of their successful American Pie series. After the surprising success of the original in 1999, the box office saw the rebirth of the teen sex comedy genre though few films following in the foot steps of the American Pie film failed to match up. After a successful sequel in 2001, the cast comes together one more time to serve up a slice of pie to the movie-going public. But in a time when sequels have underperformed at the box office, will American Wedding be able to break the curse or will there be nothing but wedding time blues?
The story centers around the marriage of Jim and Michelle as the rest of the American Pie clan clamors to get ready for the big day. The sexual confused group of kids from East Great Falls High has finally grown up and two of them are readying to take the big step into matrimony but there seems to be problems around every corner. Jim, who has subjected himself to a huge amount of public humiliation, has enough trouble trying to please Michelle's parents but soon realizes he has another problem: He can't dance. While Jim tries to figure out how to dance, his friends, Kevin and Finch, try to control Stifler, who seems to have plans of his own for the big day. Not only is he excited to through a bachelor party for Jim, with strippers of course, but eyes Michelle's younger sister, Cadence, who just happens to be a virgin. Like the previous American Pie films, things just seem to go from bad to worse as the day draws closer. The story for American Wedding seems to take itself seriously more then the previous efforts which works wonderfully. Even with that said, the film does seem to offer plenty of gross out humor that continues to surprising even the hardcore American Pie fans. Some of the gross out humor, as funny as it is, is a little too much especially one or more scenes involving Stifler, which the film seems to focus on more then in previous ventures.
Though several cast members of the original two films don't make appearances in this film, the remaining cast works well enough together that you barely notice the changes. Jason Biggs, who has subjected himself to public humiliation involving a pie as well as superglue, continues his hilarious antics in the third installment in the series that made him famous, in more ways then one. Biggs should have a real promising comedy career seeing that he is willing to do anything for a film including making himself look like a weirdo especially in scenes that showing off his rear end. Alyson Hannigan, who returns as Michelle, isn't given as much screen time as she should have had but when she is featured; she gives the film its heart which greatly needed outside of the gross humor. Sean William Scott, who returns as the eccentric Stifler, seems to subject himself to as much humiliation as Jason Biggs including a scene to that is so disgusting and so funny that you won't believe it even when you do see it. Though the character of Stifler seems to be focused on more then in the previous films, he isn't focused on too much that film distracts the audience from the real story. The real highlight of every American Pie film has to be Eugene Levy, who returns as Jim's father. Levy, who was the only real funny character in the comedy Bringing Down the House earlier this year, is absolutely hilarious as usual and will hopefully have a long and fruitful comedy career outside of this franchise should this be the last film. The only part of the cast that didn't seem to work well was Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin. He doesn't really do much for the film and, in fact, doesn't really even say much through the course of the two hour feature. Why was he included while other members of the cast were cut? Did they really need all the male leads back for the last film? Is that why he was included? There really seems to be no clear answer.
Overall, American Wedding is the one sequel this year that seems to outshine the previous efforts. Though the film is an achievement in that area, there are a few things to pick at. One of those things includes the number of cast members from the original films that were cut from this film. No clear explanation is given to why certain members of the original cast are not invited to the wedding. In fact, they are barely even mentioned outside of a passing no
