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The
world needed American Pie
about as badly as it needs Dubya leading it into oblivion.
It was Porky's for the next generation (believe
me, kids – that's no compliment); a funny, teen-oriented film
that people flocked to even though they already knew its biggest
gags. Aside from
the strong performance by Jason Biggs, the three other main
characters were so painfully bland, they could be described as
The Guy Who Acts Like He's 40 (Eddie Kaye Thomas), The Guy Who
Acts Like He's Retarded (Chris Klein) and The Guy Who May As
Well Not Even Be There (Thomas Ian Nicholas). And the aforementioned world needs a sequel to Pie as
badly as it needed Porky's 2: The Next Day.
When
we last saw our four Michigan misfits, Oz (Klein, Say
It Isn't So) had just fucked glee-club nerd Heather (Mena
Suvari, Sugar & Spice),
Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) had just fucked longtime girlfriend
Vicky (Tara Reid, Josie and the Pussycats), and Finch
(Eddie Kaye Thomas, Freddy Got Fingered)
had just fucked Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge, Legally
Blonde). Our
hero, the nebbish Jim (Biggs, Saving
Silverman), had fucked band geek Michelle (Alyson
Hannigan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), after, of course,
fucking a pie and coming really close (twice) to fucking Nadia,
a Czech exchange student with a really bad accent (Shannon
Elizabeth, Tomcats).
Hey,
why mince words? Pie
was a movie about fucking, and the sequel isn't any
different. Pie 2 opens just after the gang's freshman year of
college as they tackle the 12 weeks of summer with a
party-minded vengeance. Oz
is patiently waiting for Heather to return from a European trip
so he can fuck her. Kevin really wants to fuck Vicky again, but she just wants to
be friends. Finch
can't stop thinking about fucking Stifler's mom, and poor Jim is
about to fuck a classmate (Joelle Carter, Just
One Time) when his dad (Eugene Levy, Down
To Earth) walks in on them in the film's opening salvo.
It's
a funny scene, but just about the entire thing is shown in Pie
2's trailer, which was a big problem with the first film, as
well. When the
people sitting behind you at an advance screening recite the
dialogue along with the actors, you know they've divulged too
much of the film in the coming attractions.
Pie 2 is essentially built around five set pieces
that are very funny and extremely well-executed.
But two of these five scenes are shown in the trailer,
and everything that takes place between these five scenes is
crap.
When
Stifler's (Seann William Scott, Evolution)
summer party palace is busted up by the fuzz, Kevin's wise old
brother (Casey Affleck) suggests the quintet rent out a summer
home on Lake Michigan. Most
of the action takes place here, where the boys are forced to get
jobs as house painters to afford their swank new digs.
And, of course, they get themselves in various sexual
predicaments that usually lead to subtle-as-a-jackhammer Pepsi
product placement.
To
top it off, this Gen-Y Porky's is packed full of songs by
blink-182, 3 Doors Down, Sum 41 and a myriad of other lame
Abercrombie-core bands with numeric monikers (I think my musical
combo is going to be called Smell My Weiner 285).
It might be easy to overlook the fact that most of these
"kids" are too old for grad school, but it's downright
shocking to learn that 22-year-old Natasha Lyonne (Scary
Movie 2) is one of the youngest actresses involved in Pie
2 (Elizabeth is 28, Hannigan 27, Reid 26).
Original
directors Chris and Paul Weitz are producers here, handing the
reins over to James B. Rogers (Say
It Isn't So), who was an associate producer and
assistant director on the first Pie.
Grand Rapids native Adam Herz once again provides a
script full of shocking, gross-out humor that is rooted
exclusively in bodily fluids and copulation.
If you like that kind of humor, and aren't put off by the
fact that most of the laughs have already been given away for
free, then Pie 2 will be a surefire hit.
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