American Reunion

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg Jon Hurwitz

Overview

The American Pie series comes full circle as the characters from the 1999 comedy classic return to East Great Falls for their ten-year high-school reunion and experience a weekend they will never forget. While some couples, like Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), got serious and tied the knot, others, like Oz (Chris Klein) and Heather (Mena Suvari), went their separate ways. Meanwhile, Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) still looks back with lust at that perfect evening he spent with Stifler's mom. Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Shannon Elizabeth, Eugene Levy, and Natasha Lyonne co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/10/2012
UPC:	0025192114106
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:47:00
Sales rank:	46,877

Special Features

Deleted scenes; Gag reel; Jim's Dad; Ouch! My Balls!; The "Reunion" reunion: re-launching the series; Feature commentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alyson Hannigan	Michelle Flaherty
Jason Biggs	Jim Levinstein
Chris Klein	Oz
Thomas Ian Nicholas	Kevin
Tara Reid	Vicky
Seann William Scott	Steve Stifler
Mena Suvari	Heather
Eddie Kaye Thomas	Finch
Eugene Levy	Jim's Dad,Actor
Shannon Elizabeth	Nadia
Dania Ramirez	Trisha
Katrina Bowden	Actor
Natasha Lyonne	Jessica
Justin Isfeld	Actor
John Cho	Actor
Jennifer Coolidge	Actor
Jay Harrington	Actor
Ali Cobrin	Actor
Chuck Hittinger	Actor,AJ
Chris Owen	Actor
Charlene Amoia	Actor
Jesse Malinowski	Actor
Robert Hayes	Actor
Vik Sahay	Actor
Stevie Ray Dallimore	Actor
Kim Wall	Actor
Neil Patrick Harris	Actor
George Christopher Bianchi	Actor
Jennifer Bell	Actor
Autumn Dial	Actor
Rebecca Field	Actor
Vince Pisani	Actor
Terri James	Actor
Jennifer Kober	Actor,Ingrid
Raheem Babalola	Actor
Valarie Kobrovsky	Actor
Benjamin G. Arthur	Actor,Chester
Hart Turner	Actor
Matt Mangum	Actor
Molly Cheek	Actor
Brian Mahoney	Actor
Chad Ochocinco	Actor
Zane Wind	Actor
Randy Hurwitz	Actor,Actor,Actor
Michael Beasley	Actor
Pam Green	Actor
Joseph Kaiser	Actor
Michael May	Actor
Logan Van Sickle	Actor
Chase Krepp	Actor
Maximiliano Wissinger	Actor
John Jason Bailey	Actor
Rod C. Rich	Actor
Jenna Willis	Voices
Lyle Workman	Composer
Jennifer Sun Bell	Madison
Hayden Schlossberg	Actor

Technical Credits

Hayden Schlossberg

Adam Herz

Jon Hurwitz	Director
Hayden Schlossberg	Director,Screenwriter
Adam Herz	Screenwriter,Producer
Chris Moore	Producer
Craig Perry	Producer
Warren Zide	Producer
Jason Biggs	Executive Producer
Louis G. Friedman	Executive Producer,Producer
Seann William Scott	Executive Producer
Chris Weitz	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Jay Scully	Casting
Tom McComas	Stunts
Pam Fuller	Script Supervisor
Travis Baumann	Special Effects
Beau Borders	Sound Effects
Kerry Carmean-Williams	Sound Effects
Michael P. Clark	Sound Effects
Mark DeSimone	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

In order to breathe new life into the American Pie franchise, the studio asked Harold & Kumar creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg if they wanted to take a crack at writing and directing a feature about the circle of friends going to a class reunion. It turned out that the duo had grown up with the series and reveled in the opportunity to revive Jim, Stifler, Finch, Kevin, and the rest of the gang. The phrase "rest of the gang" isn't used lightly. For their American Reunion, the pair bring back seemingly every single character from the first movie -- even Nadia and Sherman get a scene -- and make sure that each of them gets at least one bit of business or laugh. All of these callbacks make American Reunion a joy for those who really have lived with that first film in their hearts for over a decade. Thirteen years after graduating, Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are married with a child, and the toll of everyday domestic life has sapped away the erotic elements of their relationship -- a point driven home in the very funny opening scene, a comedic set piece about sexual frustration that promises more than the movie eventually delivers. Jim and Michelle soon head back home for a high-school reunion, where they meet up with Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), a devoted househusband who finds himself succumbing to feelings for his old girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid); Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), who has spent the last decade traveling the globe like the twentysomething version of the Dos Equis pitchman; Oz (Chris Klein), a successful television sports reporter who is married to a shallow hottie; and Stifler (Seann William Scott), who works as an office temp and has to take a voluminous amount of crap from a boss just as sarcastic, obnoxious, and offensive as he is. Over the next few days, a lot of people see Jim naked, Oz realizes he's still in love with Heather (Mena Suvari), Stifler gets revenge on some sarcastic high schoolers by dropping a deuce in their beer-filled cooler, and Jim's widower dad finds a surprising but age-appropriate partner for his first time back out on the dating scene. Nothing unexpected or surprising happens in the movie, but there are some good laughs, especially when Jim's dad crashes an epic house party thrown by Stifler. The comfortable familiarity of the characters will be welcomed by those who just want to spend more time with these people, but the problem with American Reunion is that while American Pie balanced heart and raunch in unexpected ways in 1999, comedy has evolved since then. Judd Apatow and his many collaborators have come close to perfecting how to draw characters that we emotionally identify with while still reveling in a barrage of vulgar dialogue and outrageous situations. This 31-year-old married guy not getting any just doesn't have the complexity or the richness of The 40-Year-Old Virgin. American Reunion ends up capturing what it feels like to go to an actual high-school reunion. If you loved those days, odds are good you'll have a fine time, but you will quickly realize things aren't the way they used to be.