American Reunion

Actors:  Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mena Suvari, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy and John Cho

Rating:  6 out of 10, I actually enjoyed this when it came out in theaters a couple of months ago but when I watched it at home it had lost a lot of its comedic punch.  It was clear that some of the leads are less than gifted actors and were merely reading their lines instead of trying to emote.  It was interesting to catch up with the characters from the original American Pie movie and see them wrestling with adulthood.  The best part of the movie was the relationship between Jason Biggs and his dad Eugene Levy, who’s still the funniest guy in the movie.  Stifler‘s act is a little lame now and they made no attempt to make the high schoolers look anything less than mid-twenties in age.  Jim and Michelle’s relationship was the sweetest thing about the other movies and it didn’t seem right to threaten it.  I loved the turn about between Finch and Stifler and their respective maternal quests.  Overall this was a nice, little movie where hopefully these characters are saying goodbye to us, one can hope.
MVP:  Levy as Jim’s Dad once again steals every scene he’s in and tries to show the younger actors what comedic acting is all about