American Pie 2 is the
sequel to the
comedy film American Pie, making it the second in the
American Pie franchise. It was written by
Adam Herz and
David H. Steinberg, and directed by James B. Rogers. The film picks up the story of the four friends from the first film as they reunite during the summer after their first year of
college. It was released in the
United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $145 million in the USA and $142 million overseas on a budget of $30 million. Its sequel is
American Wedding.
The film tells the story of four friends (Kevin, Jim, Chris (“Oz”) and Paul (“Finch”) and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever. Much of the film takes place at a summer beach house in Grant Harbour
Michigan, per Kevin's older brother's suggestion.
Plot
After breaking up for the summer, the four friends plan to take off to a beach house together, where they intend to spend the summer. Stifler, the oversexed college clown has also been invited along by Kevin, having worked out that they can only afford the house if they have a fifth member to work along with them. Stifler takes charge of much of the organizing, often ending up leading the group in their endeavors.
Oz is lonely, being away from his girlfriend Heather who is in
Spain. They proceed to start having
phone sex to vent some of their frustration, which ends up being interrupted by Stifler. Heather later shows up early to the party, ending the short storyline that Oz is involved in.
After arriving in Grant Harbor they manage to find work painting a house (based on the
Tuition Painters franchise) in the area together, mistaking the owners for lesbians and Jim, Stifler and Finch end up performing “like for like” sexual acts on each other in return for being able to watch the girls doing the same thing. Oz and Kevin take turns watching up a ladder and listening on the walkie-talkie also in the room, along with many other people in the
neighborhood.
After this, many concurrent stories run at the same time, some interacting with each other, other staying mainly separate.
When Nadia arrives early, Jim asks for help from
band geek Michelle (who he lost his
virginity to in the first film after
prom) making a fool out of himself in front of the audience when he pretends to be Petey, a mentally challenged boy who plays the trombone. They pretend to be in a relationship so that Nadia will not expect Jim to have sex (Jim is involved an incident involving a tube of super glue he mistook for lube and the pornographic movie "Pussy Palace", leaving him embarrassed and unable to perform). They break the relationship off once Jim is ready to have sex with Nadia, but Jim realises that he has fallen for Michelle, and plays the
trombone once more whilst she is at a major recital in order to show her that she is the one he wants to be with.
Finch has become involved in the sexual art of
Tantra, and claims that through Tantra he can “make an
orgasm last for days”. He is waiting for Stifler's Mom, who he had sex with in the first film, hoping she will show up and be willing to do it again. He thinks she arrives when a vehicle turns up after Stifler is talking on the phone, but it turns out to be his little brother Matt, the star of later films. He spends the night talking with a few girls, but he doesn't sleep with any of them.
The next morning, after the party, a Mercedes coupe with darkened windows turns up, Finch approaches and it turns out Stifler's Mom has come after all. He jumps at the chance and they drive off together, Stifler not realizing until after the car has driven off that it was Finch and his mother. After being asked, she reveals her name is Janine, but also instructs Finch to resume calling her “Stifler’s mom” as per usual.
The geeky Sherman gives up on getting anyone after he is turned down by the experienced and savvy Jessica, but the rejected Nadia, who wanted Jim because he was a geek, is turned on by his "Shermanator" gimmick, and they end up in bed together.
Kevin doesn't end up "getting off" with anyone, but he does seem to succeed in getting over Vicky after making advances on her throughout the film.
The film keeps the same
cult status as the first, and also holds true to the idea of piling on risqué scenes one after another.
Different Versions
Two versions of the movie have been released: the R-Rated and the Unrated Version. To obtain an R-Rating the movie had to be cut slightly. Altogether 19 scenes were altered.
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Cast
Soundtrack
- Blink-182 - "Everytime I Look For You"
- Green Day - "Scumbag"
- Left Front Tire - "Bring You Down"
- American Hi-Fi - "Vertigo"
- Uncle Kracker - "Split This Room in Half"
- 3 Doors Down - "Be Like That" (American Pie 2 Edit)
- Alien Ant Farm - "Good (For a Woman)"
- Angela Ammons - "Always Getting over You"
- Jettingham - "Cheating"
- Flying Blind - "Smokescreen"
- Fenix*TX - "Phoebe Cates"
- The Exit - "Susan"
- Sum 41 - "Fat Lip"
- Lucia - "I Will"
- Oleander - "Halo"
- Witness - "Here's One For You" (is on some soundtrack versions)
The following songs were included in the movie but were not featured on the soundtrack:
