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Year:    2001
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Feature: 3/5
DVD:     4/5

American Pie 2 is the sequel to the popular teen flick of 1999. The original cast is back, everybody has been in college for a year and it's summer vacation, and things pick up where they left off. The boys find coming back home kind of boring so they go off to the beach to spend the summer partying.

Jim (Jason Biggs) has to get ready for Nadia's (Shannon Elizabeth) visit at the end of summer. Jim goes to the only woman he's ever had sex with, Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), to learn how to please a woman. Oz (Chris Klein) and Heather (Mena Suvari) deal with the difficulties of a long-distance relationship as Heather spends the summer in Europe. Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) has to deal with being "just friends" with Vicky (Tara Reid), who is not in love with Kevin. Paul (Eddie Kaye Thomas) learns Tantra and waits for Stifler's mom to show up. Meanwhile Stifler (Seann William Scott) remains Stifler...

I think it was an ok movie. Not great though much in the same spirit as the original movie so for those who liked the first movie the sequel will also be entertaining. The main Jim-Nadia-Michelle romantic arc was well done and very nice. The other romantic arcs were neglected in favor of the main arc so they were really short.
Extras

The Baking of American Pice 2 (24:00) - behind the scenes.
Good Times with Cast and Crew (5:15) - production fun.
Feature Commentaries - four different commentary tracks
  Director JB Rogers
  Writer Adam Herz
  Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Thomas Ian Nicholas - lots of kidding around
  Eddie Kaye Thomas - sparse
Outtakes (5:30)
Original Casting Tapes from American Pie - each about 90 seconds long
  Jason Biggs
  Shannon Elizabeth
  Alyson Hannigan
  Chris Klein
  Thomas Ian Nicholas
  Eddie Kaye Thomas
Deleted Scenes (10:30)
3 Doors Down "Be Like That" Music Video
(uninteresting extras)

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