So, here we are then with the third installment of the American Pie series. The first one was a refreshing take on the teen comedy. I'm not a massive fan of the genre, but thanks to good writing and interesting characters, the film worked. The second one was more of the same, but in spite of that it still managed to be entertaining enough to be considered 'good'. This third part again can be considered 'more of the same', except this time there's a wedding theme and, thankfully, the writers have isolated the dead wood from the other two films and dropped it. The dumb jock, Mena Suvari (good actress, crap character), Kevin's girlfriend...you get the point, have been dropped. This leaves us to concentrate on the more interesting characters - Jim, obviously but more notably Stifler, Finch and Jim's dad; who are the real stars of the series anyway. As usual, they're the ones that are relied on to bring in the laughs, and they do it to the standard that you'd expect. None of them are quite as funny as they have been and Stifler's character seems to have become more outrageous, rather than keeping in with what's gone before...but who cares in a film like this? Character coherency isn't too much of an issue anyway.
The central theme of the wedding is how most of the jokes come about, and it creates four big set-pieces; two of which work, and two of which don't. Seeing Stifler dancing in a gay bar is hilarious and sure to delight everyone that sees the film, but even funnier than that is the part where Stifler hires two exotic dancers to 'entertain' the boys...at the same time that Jim has invited Michele's parents round for a 'chat'...oops! The two that don't work are more disgusting than funny...and I'm sure you'll see which parts I mean upon seeing the movie. As you might expect from the conclusion (hopefully!) of a series and one that sees two of it's characters tie the knot, there's a degree of sentiment here; but it does work, and it's even kind of nice to see after watching the characters 'develop' (somewhat, anyway) over the last two films.
American Wedding is a decent comedy, and one that I would recommend to anyone that liked the other two films.
The central theme of the wedding is how most of the jokes come about, and it creates four big set-pieces; two of which work, and two of which don't. Seeing Stifler dancing in a gay bar is hilarious and sure to delight everyone that sees the film, but even funnier than that is the part where Stifler hires two exotic dancers to 'entertain' the boys...at the same time that Jim has invited Michele's parents round for a 'chat'...oops! The two that don't work are more disgusting than funny...and I'm sure you'll see which parts I mean upon seeing the movie. As you might expect from the conclusion (hopefully!) of a series and one that sees two of it's characters tie the knot, there's a degree of sentiment here; but it does work, and it's even kind of nice to see after watching the characters 'develop' (somewhat, anyway) over the last two films.
American Wedding is a decent comedy, and one that I would recommend to anyone that liked the other two films.