Apparently everyone forgot to have a 10 year reunion, so someone decided to hold one for their 13th. Pretty much all the characters from the first three have returned, even if just for a short while, including some holdouts from the 3rd movie (American Wedding). All of their lives have changed: Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) have a boy (who doesn't really figure into things), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is married and pretty much house-whipped, Oz (Chris Klein) is a TV star, Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is.. well, that's part of the fun of the movie, and Jim's dad is sadly single after Jim's mom passed away. Stifler is (Seann William Scott)... still Stifler.
As a 4th addition in a series, American Reunion isn't actually all that bad. It has both raunchy and endearing moments, which is what, in my mind really stood out in the original. Though it's not really a ground shattering film, it did have me in quite a bit of laughter at times. For those of you who haven't seen the first three, many of the jokes will likely go over your head. By 1999 standards this movie goes places that would be shocking, but after movies such as The Hangover and it's sequel this isn't all that shocking - though one part of it made me more disgusted than one part of Wedding.
Eugene Levy really does steal the show as Jim's Dad in his scenes and definitely adds to the awkwardness that really makes this movie. Way to support the home team, eh? (FYI, check his IMDB page to see his hometown and you'll understand my comment).
So if you want a good laugh and a nice walk down memory lane (a lot of the music is from the 90s as well) this is definitely worth a few dollars or pounds. If you get offended easily (hahaha, that's two movies in a row I've said this) I wouldn't go see this. If you don't like full frontal nudity (of the male variety) then I would also recommend you don't see this.
I give this two thumbs up (sorry, that's also an in-joke).
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