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Top Movies Eight Below Date Movie The Pink Panther Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall Freedomland When a Stranger Calls Big Momma's House 2 Nanny McPhee New Releases Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall The Pink Panther Date Movie Eight Below Freedomland Something New Failure to Launch When a Stranger Calls Top Celebs Reese Witherspoon Brad Pitt Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Lindsay Lohan Scarlett Johansson Phil Collins Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Jodie Marsh	American Pie 2  Release Date - August 10, 2001 Nationwide  Distributor - Universal Pictures  Duration - 100 Mins  Type - Comedy. ( Rated R )  Writer : Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg.  Producer : Warren Zide, Craig Perry and Chris Moore.  Director : J.B. Rogers.  Starring : Jason Biggs, Tara Reid, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas.  Synopsis The East Great Falls High graduates are back again and up to more zany hijinks. Jim and the guys, Heather and the girls, and even the smarmy Sherman return in this sequel to the surprise comedy hit of 1999. This time around, they've all gone off to college, but it's the summer after their first year, and they're back in Michigan for their break, catching up with each other and no doubt getting involved in outrageous antics. The original cast is back, reprising their star-making roles.  Critic Reviews The first film's four horsemen — hapless Jim (Jason Biggs), ringleader Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), finicky Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and gentle jock Oz (Chris Klein) — saddle up again, with oafish Stifler (Seann William Scott) becoming a fifth amigo. Back in East Lansing, Mich., following their first year of college, the boys decide to rent a beach house and spend the summer together. Sultry exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) and band-camper Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) both figure prominently in the good-times agenda; golden girl Vicky (Tara Reid), sassy Jessica (Natasha Lyonne), and schoolgirlish Heather (Mena Suvari) are much more incidentally involved. Everyone remembers his or her character type and replays it faithfully. Call it acting if you like, though only geeky Hannigan, a veteran of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, really gets to stretch. Michelle was mostly a cheap punch line in the first Pie, and, while that hasn't entirely changed, Hannigan finds layers in her alter ego's chirpy optimism and makes for a sweetly romantic Right Girl. Biggs' Jim is the only other character with even a flimsy story line, though Herz and Rogers impressively manage to work in at least one or two scenes for every returnee, including the peripheral ones. Chuck "The Shermanator" Sherman (Chris Owen), Stifler's brother (Eli Marienthal), and Jim's serially well-meaning dad (Eugene Levy) are all accounted for — even the M.I.L.F. guys (John Cho and Justin Isfeld) have their moment to shine. Does all of the familiarity mean that American Pie 2 is a good movie? Not really. The first Pie had rite-of-passage sexual curiosity and end-of-high-school uncertainty to infuse its prurient antics with the warm glow of nostalgia. Pie 2 has neither undercurrent, and hence what was passably cute the first time seems much more puerile and shrill here. The plot is driven entirely by the necessity of getting to the next nominally shocking set piece, nearly every one of which is an obvious attempt to trump a corresponding moment from the first movie. Herz and Rogers mechanically take aim at our memories of Jim's abortive cable surfing, Stifler's swilling of semen-spiked suds, Jim's unintentional Internet broadcast, and Jim's experimental pastry probing. Only a recapitulation of Finch's obsession with Stifler's mom, patiently seeded over the course of the entire movie and perfectly punctuated, really pays off. Lest you feel stained by the incessant leering, Herz again includes some stale speechifying affirming the importance of friendships. This wholesome posturing is as empty as it is predictable — vapid moralizing is plainly as integral to the franchise as is vapid titillation. In the first Pie, Jim responds to Oz's assertion that third base feels "like warm apple pie" with the question "McDonald's or homemade?" The answer is now plain: Herz loves to see you smile.   For rating reasons : filmrating.com, mpaa.com                                    For Parents : Parentalguide.com
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