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Here comes the bride, but this is American Pie so how could it be a traditional wedding in every sense of the word?
After two American Pie films have brought back the teen genre in a great way, a third brings up a situation that most teens would gasp at - Jim and Michelle are getting married. Hence the title, American Pie: The Wedding.
Whilst there have been two follow-up films in the American Pie series since this release in 2003, this film completes the original trilogy being the last to feature Jason Biggs, who plays the main character. Over the first two films we have seen him in sticky situations with apple pies and super glue, as well as finally coming to relise that love is not all about looks when he turned down his goodlooking exchange student friend for the band geek (Michelle) he had came to understand he had more in common with.
To start the film we are thrown straight into the proposal situation, to show that no second will be wasted in getting to the serious
business of the wedding. With a run time of an hour and 39mins I see no reason though why they shouldn't be able to fit everything in. This is AP though and there will be no typical proposal, because as Jim thinks he has sneakily slipped the ring into Michelle's napkin she takes him asking her to use it as sex talk to which Michelle replies she doesn't need to use her napkin, and suddenly disappears under the table.
Before Jim knows it he is ready to explode, but gets a call from his dad (who features heavily in most of the films, he maybe wise but he knows how to make an embarrassing situation even worse). The call explains to Jim he has forgotten the ring, so when Jim's dad arrives with the ring and Michelle is under the table there we have another one of those embarrassing moments.
Then the soundtrack hits and we get well and truly into the film. Stifler returns and whilst he has grown up he is still the party animal he was in the first two films. Stifler has more of a centre role this time however, and pretty much saves the movie as all of the laughs come through him. Jim and Michelle will do anything to not have Stifler involved, but somehow that is not possible.
Whilst in other AP films there have been side stories of other characters relationships, Finch and Kevin are the only characters to have survived the cast cut from the first two films and they only feature to be the best men as well as for Finch to have his obvious rendevous with Stifler's mum. Apparently there was going to be a side story of Kevin having a relationship but was cut out, which is an example of how centred around the wedding this film really is.
Although The Wedding is essentially a teens film I feel a much more broader audiance has been reached with this film. Whilst watching AP1 & 2 with my parents was awful because of all the sex references, The Wedding is much more easier watching with them - Stifler appearing entertaining to all ages (although the film is a 15+ certificate). Scenes where Stifler accidently enters a gaybar and has a dance off as well as Stifler eating dog poo are two of the biggest offenders at making even my mum laugh.
The film is not all Stifler however, even know he does have a love story on the side with him acting like a nice guy to get a relative of Michelle's into bed. That is where the new characters do come in, with people like Michelle's parents and Jim's mum that you hardly ever saw before. Obviously they don't have much of a role but they are there, and Jim's mum is sure to have words with Jim after he shaves his pubic hair and accidently ruins the wedding cake with the remains.
This was not going to be the wedding without a hitch though and will the wedding finally be able to go through and be as perfect as 'virgin' Michelle would like it is the big question. Stifler is there to ruin it all by just being himself, but could it actually be him in the end that saves it all?
If you saw the first two American Pie films you should watch this to complete the series for yourself, because I see this film as the true ending to American Pie with AP4 & 5 being more money making spin-offs to the series. If you never saw American Pie or didn't like it then I wouldn't rush out to buy the boxset, it's wouldn't be worth your time. One thing is for sure though and that is that American Pie will go down in teen film history and the hero of the franchise is Stifler.
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