American Pie
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 9, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
11
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
TNT RoughCutM. Meghan McCarthy
What is refreshing about this film is that most of the characters seem like real people.
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Cheesy homage to a level of horniness Austin Powers could only imagine will be a dream movie for many a teenage boy. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
The movie lover in you will recoil; your inner sophomore will rejoice. Read full review
60
NewsweekJeff Giles
A surprisingly earnest and cautionary movie, careful to attract female viewers and not freak parents out too badly. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Another giggly gross-out comedy for teenagers. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The story was primitive, the characters unmemorable, the direction unsophisticated, the writing cliched, the photography and music drab, the pacing uneven, the acting varying from adroitly funny to exaggerated.
50
SalonMary Elizabeth Williams
I'd appreciate toilet humor more if it weren't so often so unimaginative. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
A limp excuse for a coming-of-age flick, more interested in sexploits than sex, more adept at gross-out than girls. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A go-for-the-lowest-common-denominator grab bag of raunchy sex gags and freakish outbursts. The cool thing is that it works. Read full review
40
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Returns the teen movie to the uncomplicated glory days of "Porky's" and "Losin' It." Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Among this year's bumper crop of shallow teen-age movies, it is the shallowest and the most prurient. Read full review
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