“American Reunion” or S+B2=Π

OK, that is sex plus beer squared equals pi (it’s a pun, get it?), for those of you who are formulaically impaired.  In other words, American Reunion faithfully follows the American Pie franchise formula that has been so effective for all the sequels. 

Unfortunately I don’t have much more to say about it.  The movie was entertaining, but there is nothing new to really talk about.  The characters, like all of us, are older, and for the most part their priorities have changed, but they continue to get into the same messes and make the same mistakes.  The only difference is that instead of youth, parents and school interfering with their sex lives it is now stress, kids and work that interfere with their sex lives.  But Jim is still a dork, Stifler is still a putz, Finch is still searching, Kevin is still stuck on Vicky and Oz is still a jock.  Even Stifler’s mom is still the same.

So, if you are looking for something new to have happened to these characters, you will come away disappointed.  But if all you want it so see them again, have some laughs and enjoy the same goofy complications as always, you can still enjoy this movie for what it is, a formula that works, but doesn’t change.