Review

Though it may forever be remembered for discovering new uses for apple pie, American Pie is a consistently funny, often raunchy teen comedy that manages to capture the essence of coming-of-age while offering a succession of hilariously rude sex jokes and familiar teen shenanigans. Four friends make a vow to lose their virginity by the Senior Prom. Each goes about the task in amusing sketches of seduction, impersonation, voyeurism and public relations as the final hour draws near. Director Weitz and writer Adam Herz delight in their naughty concoction, tweaking the noses of good taste and cliché with just the right balance of travesty, cleverness and hormonal longing. The story isn't always as cutting as it wants to be, but comparisons to There's Something about Mary are inevitable. And with scenes of pastry fornication, spunk beer (don't ask) and internet spying, it comes awful close. Klein makes the best impression as a jock who infiltrates enemy territory: the choir! Unrated version.