American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

While the original trilogy was a nice three part story and the band camp spinoff was a nice entry into the franchise, this is the first time where it seems like the filmmakers were just making a teen movie full of sex, booze and partying and they just happened to receive the American Pie license so they shoe-horned some little references in here and there. You'll occasionally hear the characters refer to Jim and Michelle from the other two movies or other Stiflers and Eugene Levy still makes a couple appearances to make you believe that this is an American Pie film, but it isn't. This is an average teen movie that just happens to take place in the same timeline and area as those other films. It may sound like I hate this film already, but no, I thought this movie was entertaining as hell! Was it good? Not really. The story lacks any real conflict, the main character isn't dorky enough even though embarrassing things happen to him and Eugene Levy isn't given much funny material. So automatically, it falls short of the earlier entries. Erik Stifler is a likable protagonist, but they didn't make him dorky enough. They write him to be this extremely dorky guy who is the laughing stock of the whole school. I didn't buy that for a second. Sure, he is virgin and embarrassing things happen to him, but he still hangs out with the cool crowd and seems like a pretty chill guy. Not nearly as dorky as Jim or Finch from previous installments. Speaking of embarrassing things happening to main characters, each film has that one "gross-out/getting caught doing something stupid" scene. Obviously having sex with the apple pie is the most famous from the first movie, but since then we have had Steve Stifler getting pissed on, Jim getting his hand stuck with crazy glue while masturbating, and Steve Stifler eating poop while thinking it's brownie. Not to mention Band Camp's ejaculatory sunscreen. The Naked Mile might just be the most awkward, and poor taste one yet. The movie starts off with our main character getting caught masturbating to VHS porn by his grandmother where he ejaculates on her and she dies of a heart attack. Like, why do you start your movie like that?! Am I the only one who thinks that went a little too far? Even for a movie full of college kids running around campus naked? Whatever, you forget it happens eventually once the party starts. This movie has some great party scenes. Incredibly stupid and absolutely dumb, but it's so much fun. For that reason along with a likable protagonist and drunken shenanigans, The Naked Mile is a fun movie, nowhere near as good as the other entries, but a fun movie nevertheless.

PS - Was I also the only one to notice that there is only one black guy in the entire film? Racist American Pie... shame on you...