American Pie (1999)
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A group of high school friends make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation.
The story
At East Great Falls High School in Michigan, four friends—Jim, Oz, Paul, and Kevin—approach their graduation. After learning that a classmate has successfully lost his virginity, the four friends, who are all sexually inexperienced, form a pact to lose their virginity before prom night in three weeks. The film follows their various comedic and often awkward attempts to fulfill this goal as they navigate the social pressures and personal hurdles of their final weeks of high school.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
At East Great Falls High School in Michigan, four friends—Jim, Oz, Paul, and Kevin—make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation after learning a classmate has done so. Kevin tries to win over his girlfriend Vicky, while Paul uses rumors to gain popularity, and Oz joins the choir to find a girl. Jim ends up in a series of mishaps, including a publicly shared webcam incident with a foreign exchange student, Nadia. At the prom, the boys realize the pressure of the pact is overwhelming. Ultimately, they reconcile with Kevin's fears. After the prom, the group finds their own ways to fulfill the pact: Kevin and Vicky share a moment of love, Oz finds a connection with Heather, Paul ends up with Stifler's mom, and Jim finally loses his virginity to Michelle.
- Original title
- Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love
- First release year
- 1999
- Runtime (minutes)
- 95
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Paul Weitz
- Writers
- Adam Herz · writer
- Cast and characters
- Jason Biggs · Jim Levenstein; Chris Klein · Chris "Oz" Ostreicher; Thomas Ian Nicholas · Kevin Myers; Seann William Scott · Steve Stifler; Eddie Kaye Thomas · Paul Finch; Alyson Hannigan · Michelle Flaherty; Chris Owen · Chuck Sherman; Tara Reid · Vicky Lathum
- Genres
- teen comedy; coming-of-age
- Themes
- coming-of-age; sexual exploration; friendship
- Tone and mood
- raunchy; humorous
- Setting
- East Great Falls, Michigan during the final weeks before high school graduation.
- Premise and plot tags
- high school; sex comedy; buddy comedy
- Franchise connections
- American Pie
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics regarding its raunchy humor but was praised for its performances and was a significant box office success.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 58 · scale: 100 · review count: 30
- Awards and nominations
- Best Casting for Feature Film · Casting Society of America Awards · win
- Production trivia
- The film's success helped popularize the term 'MILF'.; A scene involving Jim and an apple pie became one of the most infamous scenes from the film.
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