What makes it particularly appealing is that, although the story is told from the point of view of a group of male friends, their female counterpoints get equal dramatic weight, and a decent share of the funniest lines.

| Apr 5, 2024

American Pie has a likable cast, but the actors appear throttled back by a pedestrian script and direction. Consequently, one winds up liking the film more than it deserves because of the gameness of its attractive cast.

| Jul 9, 2019

Another giggly gross-out comedy for teenagers, this one somewhat better than most by virtue of a more satisfying ending.

| Nov 8, 2011

A crude piece of work, spottily acted and directed.

| Jun 24, 2006

More likely to gross out adults than kids.

| Jul 21, 2005

It casts actors who look plausible and treats sex with honesty and no apologies.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 19, 2002

Better than we might expect, but in the end it's simply a noble addition to the lower ranks of thoughtful teen comedies.

| Mar 5, 2002

Their honest reactions, complete with humiliation and their attempts to shrug it all off, create surprisingly endearing kids.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2001

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.

Full Review | May 11, 2001

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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2001

Any kind of conversation, such as the boys' gatherings at a diner, is beyond the powers of filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

There's a good balance struck between bite-size chuckles offered by the central caricatures, and belly-laughs provoked by the scrapes they get into.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Profound and ennobling!

| Original Score: B | Jan 1, 2000

Cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The king of gross-out comedy!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Deliriously raunchy!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Beyond nauseating and all too familiar!

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Pie is more like the C student who later makes a bundle, then comes back to endow the school.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Weitz is a director with a terrifically silly script and not too much to say.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000