Ultimately, the American Pie movies follow a structure of the cinema releases (the 1999 original to the 2012 "reunion"), and then the unrelated straight-to-video additions. Plus, as you'll see, the films have the legendary Eugene Levy in some delightful performances, and it's worth the proverbial price of admission alone whenever Levy is in an American Pie (a metric which could, and will, be used to judge the value of these flicks). While dated in places (especially in its treatment of female characters as second-class citizens), the American Pies are still strong, well crafted movies that are simply, well, funny. And I think that’s probably a good thing." This echoes what star Seann William Scott has said, that American Pie couldn't be made today. In a very sobering and measured interview with The Independent in 2019, co-director of the first American Pie, Chris Weitz said, "I would be very surprised if a movie like this were released nowadays.
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