Universal Pictures, Practical Pictures, Relativity Media,

Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cho, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Owen

The four buddies of East Great Falls High School are back in town for the High School Reunion, each trying to impress the others with how well they are doing.
Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) is back home with wife Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) and their son. It’s been 10 years and they’ve all changed, but they still, with the help of the Stiffmaeister, Stiffler (Seann William Scott) is ready to take on the town with party after party. But they have their issues. Some of them are very old and some are brand new problems, but as typical of the American Pie series, nothing ever goes smoothly. Jim’s Dad (Eugene Levy) and Stifler’s Mom (Jennifer Coolidge) are back and both very lonely. The date of the big reunion comes, along with a few punches thrown, a couple of arrests, some big time misunderstandings, and hook ups and breakups. A little potty humor can’t be far behind.

This film was made for the same reason the networks make Walton reunions, Gilligan’s Island reunions, and Brady Bunch reunions. People know and care about the characters and want to see what’s up with them. This is also the biggest weakness with the film, as well, just as with the previously mentioned reunion sequels. They didn’t do very much at all with the script. I’m thinking they just figured that a little catch up with the characters was good enough. To be honest, I enjoyed the first films in the series, but each one has gotten a little older and more stale as it goes along. This was fell flat for me. Though there were a few funny moments, most of it was just stuff that we’ve seen before, if not in this franchise, then in any of the number of copycat films. The kids acting stupid was a lot funnier when they were in high school. Now they mostly need to grow up. The funniest things is this movie are the ones that a really subtle that tie back to previous films. For example, this is the first American Pie film where Finch didn’t end up with Stifler’s Mom. There is a good reason which you’ll learn when you watch it. That was a funny bit. Otherwise, I really like Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs, but they don’t break any new ground here. They don’t carry the film (neither does Stifler who is sadly turning pathetic) and it’s too much like a “How I Met Your Mother” episode. They are good actors, but didn’t have very much script to work with. They should have gone back for another rewrite or two and get some meat on the bones of this script before they made it. As it is, it’s just not memorable enough to go out of your way to watch this. You already know what happens, as it’s all deja vu from here on.

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Kingsgate Films, Mandate Pictures, New Line Cinema

John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Amir Blumenfeld, Paula Garcés, Danneel Ackles, Thomas Lennon, Danny Trejo, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Patton Oswalt, Elias Koteas

Six Years have passed, and Harold and Kumar are now living very different lives. Kumar is still a pot head, and his apartment and his life are a total mess. But Harold is married and living in a great home and working in an office. His wife’s family, especially the father-in-law who doesn’t like him very much is coming to visit and brought the perfect Christmas tree. Harold and Kumar don’t see each other anymore. But on Christmas Eve when a strange package addressed to Harold arrives at the door of Kumar’s apartment, he decides to bring it over in person. While there, he burns down the perfect tree, and the two of them set off on a quest to find a replacement tree, all over Manhattan half the night. The movie is their travels all over town from one disaster to another to try to replace the tree.

This film was very funny! In fact, this was much better than I expected, and a vast improvement over the last one. We know these characters already, so they get right down to the humor from the very start. The jokes are rapid fire, and certainly there were a bunch of things I didn’t see coming. The jokes are really funny. The 3D is a real plus, simply because it’s cheesy. They joke around with the 3D effects and make fun of themselves all the while. This is what makes it really worthwhile to watch in 3D so you can be in the middle of the cheesy effects. There are some funny cameos too. Neil Patrick Harris is back again, and hysterical as the lead character in the Christmas Extravaganza. Now, Neil got killed in the last film, but we find out how he survived as well. It’s an adult film, for sure. There are some outrageous things, like a drug addicted baby, the Russian Mafia, and even a White Castle.

This was a fun film to watch in the theater, and I enjoyed it very much. I’m pretty sure it’ll be worth it to catch it on the big screen in 3D, so I’m sure the small screen DVD will work, but the humor is real, and it is a funny film. I enjoyed it a lot.

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