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dir JB Rogers scr Adam Herz with Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Coolidge release US 10.Aug.01; UK 12.Oct.01 Universal 01/US 1h45 ![]() See also: AMERICAN WEDDING (2003) • AMERICAN REUNION (2012) | ||||
![]() It's a year later and the boys (Biggs, Klein, Nicholas and Thomas) are hoping to get some action over the summer, so they rent a lakeside house and plan a big blowout party, getting up to all sorts of mischief along the way. Much of the chaos involves the presence of girl-mad Stifler (Scott). And like the first film, much of the actual comedy comes from the veteran comic Levy, who plays Biggs' eager-to-help dad. The first film was no masterpiece, but at least it had chaotic set pieces that made us cringe horrifically at the sheer horror and embarrassment layered upon our heroes. This time there really isn't anything that clever--the big set pieces all fall completely flat, and the film becomes a kind of treasure hunt in which we search for little gems of humour buried here and there. The cast is still very able and energetic, adding what little charm there is. Biggs and Klein continue to show promise, while Scott gives another of his smirking, far-out performances. And the girls are all quite good, actually, until the script turns them into mushy idiots. But director Rogers (who also hacked his way through Say it Isn't So) just can't sustain the comic tone at all, never delivering anything fresh and then falling back on warm, cuddly romance at the end. Wait for the much more inventive Slackers, written by David H Steinberg, who gets story credit here.
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