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.

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.

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

What once looked like warm apple pie, now resembles the pie after Jim is done with it. a difficult rewatch of a film I used to love. Parts of it are still objectively funny, and Eugene Levy is still one of the great dads’s of cinema.