American Pie: Critic Reviews

Director Paul Weitz never quite pulls off the balancing act of There's Something About Mary, in which the Farrellys managed to be goofy and sweet and gross all at once.

More likely to gross out adults than kids.

A sloppy mess!

Adam Herz's script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny.

Paul Weitz, who never directed before; Chris Weitz - his brother - who never produced before; and Adam Herz, who never wrote a screenplay before, have cooked up two hilarious hours of impure pow.

Unusual in its ability to mix bodily functions humor with a sincere and unlooked-for sense of decency

Ultra-raunchy sex comedy is a teen fave -- beware.

Rest of the rancid jokes, listless performances, and mild sauce mischief bury the basic boner novelty of American Pie alive. Eleven years later, it's still the same insufferable, meaningless hooey it always was.

American Pie shows us how little boys know about sex going into it, and how little the act really teaches them about it as well. But the true joy, for us in the audience anyway, is the chase. Vulgar and heartwarming!

It has likable characters and infectiously funny situations, and that's about all a comedy like this needs.

A surprisingly large amount of screen time devoted to the sickly sweet morality tales of the movie which would be fine on TV series...but are way too frothy and take up too much time here.

A crude piece of work, spottily acted and directed.

More mature audiences, beware, 'cause this ain't your film.

American Pie is pleasant movie experience, despite the fact that many viewers might feel guilty about it

American Pie is the latest in a long tradition of immature, self-indulgent comedies that celebrate the recklessness of adolescents.

It could have been a lot worse.

An affectionate rendering of adolescence in all its questionable glory.

Oh, goody - another movie about high school boys racing each other to get laid.

This is one of the greatest teen films of all time.

It takes almost 30 intolerably slack minutes to set it up and get it rolling.

The usual assortment of sex gags and bathroom jokes.

Its biggest attraction is that it's roll-in-the-aisles funny.

The four male leads are so engaging, and their exploits laced with such slices of real life, that anyone who has been there, done that won't be able to help but have twinges of real feeling for the fresh-faced lads.

Cheap, soft-core porn masquerading as comedy.

With no storyline to fall back on, the film essentially sinks into mediocrity.