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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

Posted Dec 29, 2009 by John Allman

Updated Dec 29, 2009 at 08:27 PM

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Genre: Comedy/Sequel
Directed by: John Putch
Run time: 94 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Format: Blu-Ray

The Lowdown: The seventh film – yes, you read that right – in the unstoppable “American Pie” franchise, and fourth direct-to-DVD entry, finds the pie getting pretty stale.

But somebody must be buying and renting these movies, right?

Fans of the original 1999 feature that started it all, in itself a sticky-sweet coming-of-age concoction that delivered laughs aplenty, will find plenty that’s familiar.

Instead of Jason Biggs humping a pie, we get implied and computer-generated beastiality. Instead of four guys trying to lose their virginity, we get a girl wanting to do the deed before graduation. Instead of Steve Stifler, we get Stifler’s younger brother (John Patrick Jordan), who is a misogynistic teen-age pig lacking all the charm that made Seann William Scott such an amusing jackass in the original.

We also get to see a fake CGI moose hump someone. We get young male characters trying to pay for sex. And we get Eugene Levy, who really shouldn’t need the paycheck anymore, reprising his role as Mr. Levenstein in a thankless bit part near the movie’s end.

The Stuff You Care About:
Hot chicks – Kind of.
Nudity – Yes.
Gore – No.
Drug use – No.
Bad Guys/Killers – None.
Buy/Rent – Rent it.
Blu-Ray Bonus Features – Pocket BLU enabled, BD-Live and social BLU-compatible. Additional features: Behind the scenes making-of, “Just the tips: The Love Manual” featurette, American Pie trivia, deleted scenes, gag reel and interviews.
On the Web – http://www.americanpiemovie.com/
Release Date – Dec. 22, 2009