AMERICAN PIE 2 was one of the first R rated movies I ever saw. I remember staying up late and sneakily watching it on cable at midnight when I was staying over my grandparents’ house. It’s funny seeing what has aged and what hasn’t from the early aughts. What’s really clear is the T&A films like this and from back in the ‘70s and ‘80s only really worked for pre-teen/teenaged kids who had no access to pornography. The AMERICAN PIE films are so much more than a raunchy teen sex comedy. They were the last bastion of an era of films before sex and romance and coming of age were thrown into the world of the internet. I rewatched both of these (AMERICAN PIE and AMERICAN PIE 2) with my parents since we finished another movie and turned on the TV catching the end of the first one and watching the sequel in it’s entirety.
