American Wedding

American Pie 3: American Wedding 

This time, the big jerk, Stifler, steals the show. Stifler pretends to be a gentleman to get on the good side of Michelle's sister and her parents. However, she turns out to like bad boys.

This movie was freakin' hilarious. It's a great comedy, because it doesn't take itself too seriously. It knows that it's just about raunchy sex jokes, and that's why it excels. Other sex comedies like 40 Year Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers try to mix in some sort of sweet story to the movie. That's where they mess up, because with these types of movies, you've got to do one thing or another. American Wedding takes everything light heartedly and so the sweet side can be accepted as part of the plot. Once the producers try to send a message to an audience that just wants to see wild hijinks, it gets lost or comes off preachy.

I think it could be the funniest one in the already very humorous American Pie series. The situations that the gang gets in to are just so off-the-wall ridiculous. Some of the most memorable scenes are when Stifler has to eat dog poo because he didn't want the in-laws to think that he lost the ring, and when Jim shaves his pubic hair, throws it out the window, and gets stuck to the wedding cake. It's a great crass comedy movie to watch if you want light hearted humor.

My rating: A, 91.