'American Reunion' is Thank God the Last Piece Of the Pie.

I went to the theaters to see Stifler again, and I wasn't really disappointed with him. In usual events, he carries the film outshining his co-stars and that's what really happened in here. However, albeit Stifler is maneuvering the film into an entertaining height, it is still hard to picture another 'American Pie' that comes even to the sparkles of the beginning films. Certainly, the film will leave you floating with nostalgia, but in the end of the day, with the tired sexually-centered plot and conventional punchlines, you would find yourself diving down with a throbbing sting of nausea, and disappointment, too.

'American Reunion', as to what the production has been saying, is thank God the last piece of the 'pie', but then again, it would be "tragical" to end a franchise that was once compelling and truthful to the American and non-American movie-goers.

Everything that you expect in a reunion movie is in here (as if on cue, I remembered a recent Adam Sandler tripe, 'Grown Ups'): on-the-rocks relationships, empty-headed partners, a guy overdosed with bragging rights and people who stays the same (Stifler, being Stifler, still). The ensemble of a used-to-be-frustrated-virgin, Jim (Jason Biggs), the high school jock who sings at the choir, Oz (Chris Klein), the good guy, Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicole) and the adorable Stifler-mom's doer, Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) are all grown ups now and are up to reminisce their 1999 adventures of bangin' and sometimes embarrassment.

With over a decade that had past, many things have happened, Jim and Michelle (Allison Hanningan, "How I Met Your Mother") are now married; Kevin and Vicky aren't together; and so does Oz and Heather. Finch, though is still longing for some action with Stifler's mom. Stifler (Seann William Scott, 'Final Destination') is still horny but for newer stuff, he has a temporary job, and Jim's dad wants to feel young again. It may sound chaotic, and mean, whacky, but think again. This slice of the pie is slightly more awful than the beginning films.

With over a decade of longing for the whacky gang, we were left disappointed by this franchise-finisher (then again, we reiterate: we hope that they'd end the franchise with something more than this all-obvious comedy). Obvious. Oh obvious, oh you'd be sure that this one'd be predictable stuff. Cheaper jokes than the fraud installments (Naked Mile; Book of Love; etc.) and you'd be enveloped by disappoint. 

Weirdly, though, it is a tasteful nostalgia to follow the gang of chaotic fun once more in a humongous silver screen. Subtly, Kevin, Oz, Jim, Finch are given even moments to shine; although it is apparent that Jim is front row. Stifler, played by Seann William Scott, who is certainly the one who went farthest with his career among the cast, outshines his co-stars with his comic timing that is tested through films. Jim's dad is innately adorable as he tries to bang some chick and Neil Patrick-Harris sparkle immediately in a short cameo.

Simply, the goodness or the awfulness of 'Reunion' is greatly dependent on your purpose of watching. If you watch it to reminisce the old days with the Stifmeister, then this is a passable slice. Any purpose outside that, darn, this would taste awful!