American Pie IMDB
- Cast: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan
Director:
Paul Weitz
Categories: Comedy
Rated: R
Running Time: 95 minutes
Synopsis
It's said that most American men think about sex once every two or
three minutes, but this statistic would seriously underestimate the horniness
of Jim (Jason
Biggs), a high school senior in suburban Michigan. Jim is thoroughly
obsessed with sex, a fact of which his parents become aware when they discover
him performing the sin of Onan with a gym sock while watching scrambled
pay-per-view porn. Jim's buddies Kevin (Thomas
Ian Nicholas), Finch (Eddie
Kaye Thomas), and Oz (Chris
Klein) are no less anxious to relieve themselves of their virginity, so
they all make a pledge: they will go to bed with a woman in the three weeks
before senior prom or die trying. Kevin appears to have the advantage, since he
already has a girlfriend, Vicky (Tara
Reid), but before he ventures into the Final Frontier, Kevin is urged to
consult "The Bible," a hand-written how-to manual possessing erotic wisdom
passed down through the ages. Oz is a good-looking jock who is actually a nice
guy -- which is part of the problem, since he has his heart set on a nice girl,
Heather (Mena
Suvari), who does not seem the type to leap into bed within 21 days. Finch
has no immediate prospects, though Jessica (Natasha
Lyonne) is in a position to know if those rumors about him are true. And
Jim is a truly hopeless case -- after his attempted seduction of beautiful
Czech exchange student Nadia (Shannon
Elizabeth) turns out to be a disaster, he ends up going to the prom with
Michelle (Alyson
Hannigan), an annoyingly chatty band geek who does, however, have a
fascinating story about a flute.
American Pie was the directorial debut of
Paul Weitz, who, along with his brother
Chris Weitz (who served as producer), previously wrote several screenplays,
including
Antz and Madeline (where they presumably worked all their wholesome ideas
out of their system). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Back to Main Page