American Pie: The class reunion
| Movie | |
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| German title | American Pie: The class reunion |
| Original title | American reunion |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 14 |
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| Director |
Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg |
| script | Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg |
| production |
Chris Moore Craig Perry Warren Zide Chris Weitz |
| music | Lyle Workman |
| camera | Daryn Okada |
| cut | Jeff Betancourt |
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| chronology | |
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American Pie: The Class Reunion (Original title: American Reunion ) is a comedy film in the American Pie series from 2012 , in which Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote and directed the script. The film is the eighth in the series and fourth with the original cast of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), and American Pie 3 (2003).
The premiere took place on March 20, 2012 in Los Angeles. The film was released in American cinemas on April 6, 2012 and in German cinemas on April 26, 2012.
action
13 years after leaving school, friends Jim Levenstein, Kevin Myers, Chris “Oz” Ostreicher and Paul Finch return to their hometown for a class reunion . There they also meet Steve "Stifmeister" Stifler. Jim and his wife Michelle have a two-year-old child and have increasingly had marital problems since the child was born. Kevin is also married and works as an architect. Oz is a sports television presenter and lives in Los Angeles with his model girlfriend Mia. Finch's whereabouts are unknown. Stifler works as a temporary employee at an investment company and has problems with his manager.
When Jim and Michelle arrive at Jim's father Noah, Jim meets neighbor Kara, for whom he used to be the babysitter and who wants to celebrate her 18th birthday the next day. While Jim, Oz and Kevin are meeting in front of a bar, Finch suddenly turns up on a fast motorcycle who pretends to his friends that they have lived an adventurous life in various states in South America in recent years. Stifler happened to be the last to join the group, although he was not invited. It turns out that bartender Selena is a former classmate of the boys and also knows Michelle from camp.
After Jim woke up naked in his kitchen, the group visits the beach the next day, where Oz meets his first love, Heather, and her new boyfriend, a doctor named Ron. Kevin meets his school friend Vicky again. There is an argument with Kara's friend AJ and his gang. Stifler takes revenge on the group by using their cool box for the beer as a toilet and pulling their jet skis out of the water with his pickup and destroying them.
The same evening the boys happened to be attending Kara's birthday party. Jim drives the drunk Kara home. She tries to convince him to have sex in the car. Still a virgin, Kara wants to lose her innocence with her former babysitter, Jim, whom she always looked up to. Jim stays true to Michelle and tries to fight off Kara. This leads to a traffic accident in which Kara passes out. Oz, Finch, and Stifler help Jim bring Kara to her parents' house. However, they are watched by AJ as they sneak out of their room outside.
The next morning, Kevin wakes up next to Vicky after a blackout, assuming they had sex but can't remember it.
Stifler organizes a party for the next day, but with the older guests it turns into a boring standing party . Jim and Michelle want to spice up their sleepy sex life during the party. They also bring Jim's father, who has been slightly depressed since Jim's mother's death, to the party. He gets drunk with Stifler and gets to know Stifler's mother Janine. Meanwhile, Kevin confronts Vicky with his premonitions about the night before, which she firmly denies. Mia takes ecstasy at the party, and Ron makes fun of him with an older tap of Oz's participation in a TV dance show. When Heather tries to comfort Oz, they talk about their past relationship and a kiss ensues. Heather leaves the room briefly and Mia shows up, forcing Oz to have sex. When Heather reappears, there is a tussle between her and Mia. While preparing for an RPG with Michelle at the party, Jim is surprised by Kara, who wants to sleep with him again. They are discovered by the angry AJ, which ends in a fight in front of all the party guests. When the police arrive, however, the police are not particularly interested in the argument, but instead arrest Finch for stealing the motorcycle.
Mia leaves Oz. Michelle, who feels betrayed by Jim, moves in with her grandmother. Stifler is annoyed by all of this and decides to work on the day of the class reunion to save his job. At the class reunion, Finch confesses that the stories he told of the adventurous life in South America were a lie and that he stole the motorcycle from his boss after a promised raise did not materialize. Finch works as an assistant store manager at a Staples store .
Stifler can no longer be used by his boss either and quits his job in the presence of his friends. Instead, a gay couple friend from his former lacrosse team encourages him to become a party planner and to organize their wedding first. Kevin and Vicky make up again. Finch gets together with Selena. Oz and Heather and Jim and Michelle also find each other again. At the party, Stifler also meets Finch's mother Rachel and can finally “take revenge” on Finch after he slept with his mother several times.
The next morning Jim can also apologize to Kara. Oz has put his job on hold for a while and is staying with Heather. Finch wants to travel to Europe with Selena. Finally, the friends decide to meet again in a year.
production
Development and casting
After several years of announcement of a sequel, pre-production of the film began in April 2010 . Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg were hired to write and direct the film. For this part, the entire original cast should be reunited. The slogan "Save the best piece for last" suggests that this film could be the last in the American Pie series.
In March 2011, the signing of Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy for the film was announced. Biggs and Scott served as executive producers and helped persuade the remaining original cast to return. In April 2011, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein and Mena Suvari signed for their roles. The following month, Thomas Ian Nicholas , Tara Reid , Eddie Kaye Thomas , Shannon Elizabeth and Jennifer Coolidge signed up. In June and July 2011, the last original cast members were John Cho and Natasha Lyonne.
Filming
With a budget of $ 50 million, the film ran from early June to August 2011 in Atlanta , Georgia . In late June, the film was filmed in Conyers, Monroe and Woodruff Park. The main part was then filmed at Newton High School in Covington from July 11th to July 15th.
In the last week of July the film was filmed in Cumming on Lake Lanier in Mary Alice Park.
reception
Reviews
According to the film review website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received rather mixed reception from critics. In 170 reviews with an average of 5.2 out of 10 points, the film received a value of 43 percent (97 negative reviews compared to 73 positive). At Metacritic it received a value of 49 percent based on 34 reviews.
The reviews from German media were also average to negative:
"Tired clothes as a continuation of the first three 'American Pie' films, which does not rebel against social prudery with abandoned sex gags, but only nostalgically warms up the successful concept."
"'American Pie: The Class Reunion' - a humorous, but ultimately despondent revival of a successful series whose gags are as set as its actors!"
“But no matter how you turn it, there is actually no 13th anniversary. It is one of the best jokes in the comedy sequel 'American Pie: The Class Reunion' when the two directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg ('Harold & Kumar 2') save themselves contortions and the 'American Pie' high school Just let clique get together for the 'anniversary' 13 years after their graduation - round number or not. This is justified nonchalantly with a half-sentence. However, 'American Pie: Das Klassentreffen' offers too little of this immediate, seemingly spontaneous comedy over the entire season. Hurwitz and Schlossberg try to revive the cheeky and frivolous joke of the three original films, but some of the actors lack the freshness to present it as carefree as they once were. "
Some critics rated the numerous reminiscences of the first parts and the associated “nostalgia bonus” positively. On the other hand, the film is therefore mainly recommended for fans of the first parts:
“American Pie 4 - The class reunion offers a good portion of gags, scores with the nostalgia bonus and even with one or two moving moments that are only occasionally disfigured by Strecker scenes. And at the latest when Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge) hooks up with Jim's dad (Eugene Levy), we know we're right in the middle again! "
There are also critics who describe the film as an absolutely successful class reunion:
“But let's not forget what happened back then, in that extraordinary summer of 1999, and let's make a desperate attempt to reconnect with this light-heartedness and coolness. And so we have a film full of gags that cause diaphragmatic pain and tears of laughter, which fully catches the 'spirit of 99' and lets it come to life. Everyone who was there at the time will be blown away and even those who only get on now will laugh themselves out loud! "
The film was rated 6.8 out of 10 on the film portal IMDb . 155,069 viewers rated the film there. (As of March 22, 2015)
Cinema charts
In Germany, the film went straight to first place in the first week with 668,000 viewers, ahead of Marvel's The Avengers , which started at the same time, with 545,000 viewers. The film had the strongest theatrical release of the year to date. In the second week, the film stayed at number 1 in the cinema charts ahead of Marvel's The Avengers and by then had a total of 1.579 million viewers in Germany. In the third week, American Pie (225,000) stayed in first place ahead of the Avengers (215,000).
In Germany, 2,505,608 viewers saw the film, making it the second most successful film of the first half of the year. (As of July 25, 2012)
Financial success
The film grossed approximately $ 235 million at box offices worldwide on a budget of $ 50 million. The box office earnings of US $ 21.5 million on the first weekend (April 6-8, 2012), which is particularly important for the American film industry, were at the box office in the United States. In the United States, the film grossed a total of $ 57 million. The other most successful countries were: United Kingdom with Ireland and Malta (25.9 million US dollars), Germany (22.9 million US dollars), Australia (15.4 million US dollars), France with Algeria , Monaco, Morocco and Tunisia ($ 12.6 million) and Russia ($ 11.7 million).
It is the third most successful film in the series. However, American Pie: The Reunion is the most successful film in the series outside of America. At $ 177.9 million, it is ahead of the previous leader American Pie 2 at $ 142.4 million.
DVD / Blu-ray
In the United States, the film entered the home video charts at number 1 on the first weekend of sales (July 11-15, 2012). Both Blu-ray and DVD have been available on the German market since August 30, 2012. The film was also approved for the first time from the age of 12. As with the first three parts, a longer unrated version was released in the foreign language area , but this is not available in Germany.
Awards
| year | Award | category | Nominees | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Teen Choice Awards | Best comedy film | American Pie 4: The class reunion | Nominated |
| Best Comedy Actor: Comedy | Jason Biggs | Nominated | ||
| Best Comedy Actress: Comedy | Alyson Hannigan | Nominated |
continuation
A fifth film, with the working title American Pie 5 , was originally announced on August 4, 2012, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg to return to directing and screenwriting. In May 2015, Tara Reid revealed that there were "talks" for a fifth movie that may be set in Las Vegas . However, in an August 2017 interview, Seann William Scott said that American Pie: The Reunion was likely not successful enough to warrant a fifth film.
Web links
- American Pie: Reunion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- American Pie: Reunion at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- American Pie: The class reunion at Metacritic (English)
- American Pie: The class reunion in the online movie database
- American Pie: The class reunion in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for American Pie: The Class Reunion . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2012 (PDF; test number: 132 001 K).
- ↑ Age rating for American Pie: The Class Reunion . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Premiere of The Class Reunion . In: Abendzeitung-Muenchen.de . Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ↑ American Reunion . In: ComingSoon.net . CraveOnline. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ Premiere of The Class Reunion . In: Abendzeitung-Muenchen.de . CraveOnline. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ↑ The Last American Pie Movie . In: MoviesBlog.mtv.com . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Josh Grossberg: New American Pie Sequel in Works — Can It Overcome the Curse of American Pie? . In: E! . March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2011.
- ↑ Mike Fleming: Alyson Hannigan Back For 'American Reunion' . In: Deadline.com , Mail.com Media , April 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ↑ Jennifer Garcia: Chris Klein Officially Back for More American Pie . In: People.com , Time Inc. , April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ Mena excited about American Reunion . In: Northwich Guardian , April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ↑ Aly Semigran: 'American Reunion' gets Thomas Ian Nicholas on board. What other classic '90s teen ensembles do you want to see get back together? . In: Entertainment Weekly , Time Inc. , May 10, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011.
- ↑ a b Nellie Andreeva: Reunion On 'American Reunion' Complete: Shannon Elizabeth Signs For Fourquel . In: Deadline.com , Mail.com Media , May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011.
- ↑ Jennifer Coolidge Joins American Pie Reunion . Contact Music . May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved on May 23, 2011.
- ↑ Tom Ayres: John Cho is back for 'American Reunion' . In: Digital Spy , Hachette Filipacchi Médias , June 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
- ↑ Zakia Uddin: Natasha Lyonne joins 'American Reunion' . In: Digital Spy , Hachette Fillipacchi Médias, July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011.
- ^ Matthew Belloni: Who Got Paid What for the 'American Pie' Reunion . In: The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media . September 29, 2011. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved on September 30, 2011.
- ↑ Bye, Bye American Pie . In: The Newton Citizen . August 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved on September 19, 2011.
- ↑ Michelle Floyd: NHS to be location in 'American Pie' movie . In: The Newton Citizen . June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011. Retrieved on August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Crews film 'American Pie Reunion' scenes at Lanier . In: Chicago Tribune , August 1, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ↑ Entry on American Reunion on Rotten Tomatoes , accessed March 22, 2015
- ^ Entry on American Reunion on Metacritic , accessed on March 22, 2015
- ↑ American Pie: The Class Reunion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Review on cinema.de, accessed on May 3, 2012.
- ^ Review on filmstarts.de , accessed on May 1, 2012.
- ↑ "American Pie 4 - The Class Reunion" movie review. In: Movie Jones. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013 ; accessed on February 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Review on einslive.de , accessed on August 24, 2012.
- ↑ “American Pie” beats superhero “Avengers” at focus.de, accessed on May 3, 2012.
- ↑ American Pie: The Class Reunion on boxofficemojo , accessed June 3, 2012
- ↑ Teen Choice Awards 2012: 'Breaking Dawn,' 'Snow White' Lead Second Wave of Nominees . Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Daniel Van Boom: One more serving? Tara Reid reveals there are talks for a fifth American Pie film that could be set in Las Vegas . In: Daily Mail . DMG Media . May 11, 2015. Accessed June 7, 2015.
- ↑ Simon Y. Thompson: Seann William Scott Talks 'Goon' Sequel, More 'American Pie' And 'Dude, Where's My Car?' (en) . In: Forbes , April 9, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2017.