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33 out of 41 people found the following comment useful :-
Gotta love Stifler's lines..., 17 January 2004

Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

With a number of the original characters now missing, this latest entry in the outrageous and wild comedy series shows us that Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are getting married. Amidst the barrage of bad-taste gags, Stifler (Seann William Scott) gets wind of the wedding and plans the ultimate bachelor party, while Jim tries to convince Michelle's parents (Fred Willard, Deborah Rush) that he is worthy of their daughter...and, oh, I should mention that Stifler is also h**lbent on scoring with Michelle's younger sister (January Jones).

A decent sequel that I must say runs hot and cold. While there are some jokes that are uproarious (or repulsive, depending on your sensibilities), there are also scenes that go on way too long: yet another instance where I wondered if the film-makers intended to pad the movie's running time. Highlight is a bachelor party (without Jim!) that turns into an absurd farce; the most disgusting scene - as I'm sure many will agree - concerns the fate of the wedding ring.

Often very funny, although I would recommend it mostly to people who loved the first two movies. I can't see the series winning any new fans - if you thought these movies were repulsive before, you'll REALLY hate this one.

As always, Seann William Scott is a riot as the obnoxious, amusingly hammy Stifler, getting most of the good lines - and often suffering indignities rival to those of Jim's.

I like these movies but I can see why some people wouldn't.

7/10

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30 out of 40 people found the following comment useful :-
Best entry in the "American Pie" series, 3 January 2004

Author: dead_parrot from Canada

OK, I admit it. American Pie movies are tasteless, goofy and hilariously stupid...but I love them! This movie, in my opinion, was the best in the series because it was...well, the funniest. And also a little touching. You grow kind of attached to the characters and it's nice to see them moving ahead in life. If you don't like grossness and ridiculous situations, then this film is not for you. It'll probably appeal to people in the 13-18 age range most, but pretty much everyone who watches it will laugh at least once.

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Long Live the Stifman!, 9 May 2004
Author: Roland E. Zwick (magneteach@aol.com) from United States

There's one thing you have to say for `American Wedding': like the two `American Pie' films that came before it, it is unapologetically unashamed of its shamelessness. Here's a film that doesn't try to hide its gleeful perverseness under a bushel of coy double entendres; instead the film revels in its frank and openhearted treatment of sexuality and lust. `American Wedding' is clearly a comedy about sex and it doesn't pretend to be anything but. Whether this is a good thing or a bad will, I suppose, depend on your own affinity and tolerance for jokes and images that routinely push the boundaries of common decency and good taste. In fact, the film wears its tastelessness almost as a badge of honor. And just in case you're unfamiliar with this series and its brand of humor, subtlety and wit are not considered virtues in an `American Pie' world.

In `American Wedding,' Jim and Michelle - he a self-described pervert and she a self-described nympho - have finally agreed to tie the knot. The film centers around Jim's attempts to convince Michelle's square, uptight, sexually repressed parents that he is indeed husband material for their less-than-innocent daughter. The problem is that his efforts are consistently being undermined by the inane, out-of-control antics of Steve Stifler, the foulest-mouthed, dirtiest-minded professional adolescent this side of Bluto Blutarsky. Seann William Scott, in fact, steals the show as Stifler, providing an over-the-top manic energy that is both endearing and infectious.

Indeed, without Stifler, there would be precious little to recommend this particular `American' outing. The jokes and setups, for the most part, are crude and graphic without being very imaginative, and writer Adam Herz and director Jesse Dylan, even when they hit on an inspired piece of silliness (as when Stiffler winds up dancing mano a mano with a guy in a gay bar), end up diluting the humor by letting the scenes drag on well past the point where they're truly funny anymore. This is not to say that there aren't a few good laughs in `American Wedding,' just that they don't come often enough to really lift the film much above the ordinary. Luckily, the funny moments increase a bit in the final stretches of the movie. In the film's defense, I would also add that, like its two predecessors and unlike many sexually charged teen comedies, `American Wedding' conveys a certain affection for its characters. In addition to Stifler, Jason Biggs as Jim and Eugene Levy as Jim's befuddled but strangely tolerant and supportive father come across as decent, well-meaning and likable individuals.

The film itself may be uneven, but as a character actor who makes an indelible impression on the material at hand, Scott is the genuine article. He transforms what is essentially cinematic rotgut into sweet-tasting vintage wine. All hail the Stifman!

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful :-
Stifler Is The Man, 27 October 2005

Author: observationalist from United States

American wedding is the final installment to the hilarious trilogy of teen comedies. American Wedding may not be the best of the three, but is still absolutely a funny, funny movie.

Stifler shines in this film, and is perfectly acted by Sean William Scott, he is one of the best characters and is almost the main character in this one. Jim and Michelle are getting married and Stifler finds out, throughout the movie he unleashes his hail of swears and distasteful language, but does it in a great way.

I love this series, they are very funny. The great comedy train continues with this last of the three and it goes out with a bang. I have to say the American Pie series is one of the few movies that had made sequels and i actually enjoyed them as much as the first.

Just watch this one if you've seen the others and realize that Stifler's one-liners are what kept these films going.

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21 out of 30 people found the following comment useful :-
Good conclusion, but missing some good characters, 11 November 2004

Author: afaithfulday from Michigan

American Wedding is exactly the type of ending that suits the American Pie trilogy. It's not like the typical TV sitcom where it's feel good and lacking on humor. The traditional gross out honest humor is still present. Unfortunately not all the characters are due to scheduling conflicts.

The directors do a good job of covering the absent characters by simply not mentioning them but there lack of presence is felt. Oz isn't present during Jim's speech with the best men. Michele is the only returning female lead. Even some of the returning characters play a smaller role. Kevin is almost not seen in most of the film. He serves very little important role and is more in the background. Finch and Stifler seem to be the lead story, at times more than the wedding itself. It does work to create a funny story.

The story is well wrapped up and that hopefully means that no additional and poorly conceived sequels are made. There seems to be three rules that follow in all of these films.

1) Jim does something bizarre sexual act that embarrasses him.

2) Stifler ingest some bodily excretion

3) Finch has sex with Stifler's Mom

Obviously they've hit Stifler with about every funny excretion. The only options left are blood, pus, or earwax. Rule #2 is going to be hard to follow.

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19 out of 30 people found the following comment useful :-
Chocolate truffles anyone?, 5 July 2005

Author: jotix100 from New York

This is the third installment in the life of Jim Levenstein and his friends. "American Wedding" seems to point out there will be follow up movies perhaps. Why not? This formula has produced three films and could "American Children", "American Divorce", "American Single Dad", etc. will be too far behind? Jesse Dylan directs this one.

The film is typical of the gross movie genre. The only excuse to watch this one is Seann William Scott, who as the obnoxious Steve Stifler, is at his nastiest self in the film. Stifler has great moments, such as in the sequence involving the rescue of the ring that one of the dogs has have swallowed! Jason Biggs, the groom of the film, seems to be playing second fiddle as Seann William Scott's part was made more important to his own, which in a way is what keeps the film alive because the nerdy Jim doesn't elicit much fun when he shows on screen. Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and Deborah Rush have good moments in the film.

Let's just hope the people behind these installments will see the light and put all these characters to rest and give us more of Mr. Scott in his own vehicles.

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23 out of 38 people found the following comment useful :-
If you liked the other two then you'll like this one despite it being a weak end to the trilogy, 2 September 2003
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Despite an embarrassing scene at a restaurant, Jim proposes to his long-time girlfriend Michelle. For their wedding Jim enlists the help of Finch and Kevin to make everything smooth – and keep Stifler out of the way. However a ceremony is hard work and is made harder when things just always seem to go wrong and when Stifler seems to be determined to f**k the bride's sister – even if it means pretending to be mild mannered and polite.

Trying to think about this film or the series itself is like trying to argue with mud, basically you just need to accept that this is a silly, stupid gross out comedy that relies on poor taste jokes and unlikely set ups. If this is a problem for you then don't watch it. If you have accepted it and are watching it then it all comes down to, is it a GOOD gross out comedy with poor taste jokes? As much as I know I should be above it, I did laugh at the other 2 films and was happy to go and see this and, for the most part, I laughed at this. However this was the weakest of the three and the silence in the cinema was quite often uncomfortable – usually silence in a cinema is a good thing, but this was often an uncomfortable `I should be laughing more' type of silence.

In my review of part 2 I said `lets not do a 3'. Watching this I'm sort of glad they managed to do it but I can see the strain despite their best efforts. The main set up sequences are gross and funny but the gaps between are where the silence comes, there ain't enough comedy to cover the whole film. I'm not talking about the sweet stuff near the end, I just talking about all the scenes between the banner scenes. Plus the sequences are very forced at times (many you can see coming for miles), but this isn't too bad as they still manage to be hilariously gross! For those who like the nudity (and who didn't like the bi-sexual teasing scene from part 2?) there is a long sequence of strippers with large fake breasts, if that's your thing (I'm a man, so yes!) which is funny but also serves up the mandatory t&a. There are also some scenes that are TOO forced – eg the dance in the gay bar is funny but is too long and feels like a good idea with average delivery.

The film bravely loses something like half the cast and makes the film better in that regard. In fact Kevin has so little to do that they could have lost his character all together. However this is offset by the change to Stifler. In the first 2 he is obnoxious and rude but he is also the brunt of more jokes than he is the punisher. In the first half here, he is very rude and annoying and you hate him for how he treats his friends. That makes all his early antics hard to laugh at because now all you can see is a jerk hurting people. In the second half this is less of an issue as he changes a little and gets what's coming to him (and how!). I have a theory that Scott knows he has been pigeon holed in this role and is desperate to get out of it – in fact when I saw Bullet Proof Monk I did think to myself that he is just playing a kung-fu Stifler. Knowing this I think he played Stifler at full volume so that his next role would be nowhere near this performance. Thus he has a weird crazed sneer on his face, he is ultra cruel and rude and is a real jerk – hard to laugh with (but luckily still easy to laugh at).

The rest of the cast do quite well. Biggs manages to make more of his role than the victim and is sensitive when he needs to be – I think it will be hard for him to shake off Jim (pardon the pun) but he shows he can do acting when he needs to. Hannigan's innocent girlie voice is a little grating now and doesn't sit with her image as a woman – it suited her to be a geek. Luckily she doesn't have that much to do after the funny opening scene. Thomas is OK but Nicholas just kind of hangs around with a half smile of his face and nothing to do. Levy is still brillant as Jim's Dad but misses his `awkward moment' relationship (which they give him with Michelle to repeat it). Jones is eye candy and the return of Stifler's Mon (forget her name) is pointless and a mistake that is happily kept to a few moments.

Overall this is as poor a film as you expect – rude, in poor taste, lacking a strong plot or performances, but none of these things are really fair comments as the film still manages to be funny. The character of Stifler makes the first half very hard to enjoy and there are too many bits that don't work or where I didn't laugh but I still laughed. Many viewers will feel that the series has simply fizzled out despite it still being funny.

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
the final chapter, 15 January 2007

Author: StanMakitadonuts

This was an awesome closure to the American pie series (with the original cast) Stifler is pretty good in this, he always steps it up. The cast kinda gets smaller and smaller as the series goes on, but we are left with the core of the group. Jim again has some great comedic moments, Jason Biggs by now has perfected the role of Jim. This as the second movie, plays it's part as a sequel, series or a trilogy. If you have seen the first two, this will be a good ending to the story for those who haven't seen the first two, or only part one, go out and get caught up before seeing this one. You missed a lot of the action. icing on the cake

9/10

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The funniest film in the series, and my personal favorite, I could not think of a better way to end this fantastic series!, 9 January 2006

Author: (callanvass@hotmail.com) from victoria b.c canada

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This is the funniest film in the series, and my personal favorite I could not think of a better way to end this fantastic series!. All the characters are wonderful once again, and the story is awesome, plus Seann William Scott is simply amazing in this!. The opening is simply a scream, and William Scott is at his funniest here!, plus while I think American Pie is better made, I enjoyed it a little more, even though American Pie is one of the best teen films ever (along with American Pie 2!). One of my favorite scenes in the movie is Stiffler's and Eric Allan Kramer's (Bear) dancing scene! and the film had a great soundtrack as well just like the 1st 2, plus the performances are just wonderful yet again. I wish they gave Thomas Ian Nichols (Kevin) more to do, and while i found the crude jokes to be sidesplitting, I can see why some people would be offended by them, plus I loved the ending with Finch and Stiffler's mom. It did lack Chris Klein (Oz), Tara Reid (Vickie) and Mena Suvari's (Heather) presence however that's a minor thing as the rest of the film is just wonderful, plus The Bachelor party scene may have you in tears.

It turns out that Stiffler does have a heart after all, and can like a girl, and I thought Stiffler trying to be a nice guy was just plain hilarious, plus Scott had some of the funniest lines ever!. Another one of my favorite scenes is when Jim (Biggs) shaves all of his ball hair off!, plus the scene involving Stiffler with the dog poop is absolutely disgusting but hilarious at the same time!. This movie wasn't afraid to go over the limit in crudeness and I just loved that!, and I thought Biggs and Alyson Hannigan had excellent chemistry together once again, plus not only was January Jones fantastic eye candy, she also brought in another fantastic character!., and had great chemistry with Seann William Scott. All the characters are extremely likable once again, and Eugene Levy cracked me up throughout, plus I think they should have stopped the series here, and not done the direct to video sequel. This is the funniest film in the series (in my opinion), and my personal favorite, I could not think of a better way to end this fantastic series, and if You Haven't seen it and loved American Pie 1 and 2 what are you waiting for?, do so immediately you shouldn't regret it.

The Direction is fantastic. Jesse Dylan does a fantastic job here, with excellent camera work, cool angles, and keeping the film hilarious and at a very fast pace.

The Acting is wonderful!. Jason Biggs is fantastic here once again, he gives his best performance in the series, is extremely likable, had excellent chemistry with Alyson Hannigan, was very funny, and had really matured as Jim this time around, the scenes with William Scott teaching him to dance was clever and very funny, he was fantastic! (Biggs Rules!!!!). Seann William Scott is amazing as always and is amazing here, he is just sidesplitting, gives his funniest performance in the series, carried the film at times (although not very often since he had awesome actors with him), had great chemistry with January Jones, had a very funny scene involving a cake, and had some of the funniest lines ever! (William Scott Rules!!!!!!!).Alyson Hannigan is stunningly beautiful and does fantastic with what she had to do, she had excellent chemistry with Biggs, and was surprisingly serious in a lot of scenes as she has also matured!, I loved her. (Hannigan Rules!!!). Eddie Kaye Thomas is just awesome as Finch once again, he had some great lines, and really seemed to be enjoying himself, his bantering with William Scott was just great. Thomas Ian Nicholas is OK here but had nothing to do but go with the motions, it wasn't his fault though. January Jones is stunningly gorgeous, and is excellent here, she was fantastic eye candy, but also added a new great and interesting character, I really liked her. Eugene Levy is absolutely hilarious as Jim's dad and does his thing, and I loved it!. Deborah Rush and Fred Willard are very funny and likable as Michelle's parents. Eric Allan Kramer is funny as the gay guy I liked him. Nikki Schieler Ziering(kinky officer) and Amanda Swisten(kinky housekeeper) are both way hot, and did fine. Rest of the cast do fine.

Overall Go see it now!. ***** out of 5

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The Weakest of the Series but Still Worth Watching, 6 July 2005

Author: christian123

American Wedding is the weakest of the series but its still very funny and very enjoyable to watch. Jim and Michelle are getting married and Jim wants nothing wrong to happen. Stifler is going to the wedding against the wishes of Jim and Michelle. He is more interested in Cadence who is Michelle's sister and one of her bridesmaids. The wedding is close and there are a lot of things left to do. However, some of the wedding plans go wrong and it looks like this wedding is going to be a disaster, Can Jim pull it together and make it through the wedding? The plot is interesting as one of the guys get married. With this type of film though, the plot is a non issue. People who see this type of movie just want to have a good laugh and they won't be disappointed. The bets thing about this sequel is defiantly Stifler. Sean William Scott gives a really funny performance and pretty much carries this film. He goes over the top sometimes but for the most part he is pretty good. Jason Biggs gives a god performance as Jim. He is pretty much the same as the first two films so if you liked him before then you will like him again. Alyson Hannigan plays Michelle and I find her character really annoying and not funny. Eddie Kaye Thomas does an okay job as Finch, he just isn't as funny as he is in the previous films. Thomas Ian Nicholas plays Kevin and he is sort of just there. He doesn't do anything memorable his character is kind of countless at times. Eugene Levy is back as Jim's dad and he gives a funny performance. Compared to the first two though, its not as strong. January Jones plays Cadence and does a really bad job. If she wasn't pretty then she probably wouldn't be in Hollywood. Fred Willard and Deborah Rush play Michelle's parents. They both are very funny and nice additions to the cast. Missing from the film this time around are Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne and Mena Suvari. They are not missed and their characters wouldn't really feel right in this film either. James B. Rogers directs and does a good job. The jokes in the film may be funny but they are not as good as the first two. Its surprising how good this film turned out to be as the second sequel is usually stale and bad. Running time is 106 minutes with the directors cut and it's the version you should see. The movie is also a bit more serious at times then the other two. This isn't a bad thing but its just a little different mood then expected. In the end, this is a very funny sequel that's worth checking out. Rating 7.2/10

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