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Sharon Pian Chan, Seattle Times: In spite of yourself, you'll find yourself groaning and laughing through the movie. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Beyond nauseating and all too familiar! Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Manages to be both gross and sweet. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Among this year's bumper crop of shallow teen-age movies, it is the shallowest and the most prurient. Read more
Jeffrey Wells, Mr. Showbiz: Most of American Pie just isn't smart or clever enough. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Unusual in its ability to mix bodily functions humor with a sincere and unlooked-for sense of decency Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Another giggly gross-out comedy for teenagers, this one somewhat better than most by virtue of a more satisfying ending. Read more
Houston Chronicle: More likely to gross out adults than kids. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Profound and ennobling! Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Adam Herz's script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny. Read more
John Patterson, L.A. Weekly: It takes almost 30 intolerably slack minutes to set it up and get it rolling. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: American Pie is consistently funny and sporadically hilarious. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny! Read more
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com: Some of it does manage to be quite funny; some of it just lies there, all by itself, without even trying to wrap itself around a joke. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It casts actors who look plausible and treats sex with honesty and no apologies. Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Director Paul Weitz never quite pulls off the balancing act of There's Something About Mary, in which the Farrellys managed to be goofy and sweet and gross all at once. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Deliriously raunchy! Read more