AMERICAN WEDDING (2003)

Directed By: Jessie Dylan
Written By: Adam Herz
Cinematography By: Lloyd Ahern
Editor: Stuart Pappe

CAST: Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, January Jones, Nikki Ziering, Fred Willard, Lawrence Pressman, Jennifer Coolidge


In this film Jim and Michelle are finally getting married and reunites the crew for his wedding celebration and the hi-jinks that go awry when trying to set up the wedding especially when Stifler is involved.

This Is still not living up to the original but at least feels like a true sequel. The fat was cut and many characters do not return. Thankfully there are some others who I wished could be cut like Thomas Ian Nicholas’s character he’s just there and bland and very uninteresting.

Even though Jason Biggs’s character is more the star this is really Seann William Scott’s movie as he has all the funny scenes and seems to do most of the heavy lifting. Thought the scenes never come close to the originals at least they are inspired and they try.

I just find it hard to beliee after all they have been through jim would ever let stifler back into his life.

The film tries to show growth but shows there is still a fun loving side to be had.

The film also actually has sex scenes and nudity something that was greatly missed in the last film. No Real Gross outs at least the comedy is maturing though still juvenile.

The films still lacks the original spirit it should have just stayed as one film instead of a trilogy. It just didn’t have the material or the characters to sustain this long. But looking at how quick these sequels kept coming out you never got a chance to miss the characters and of course the quality diminished as these seem to just being kept written after the success of the last.

It also feels in this film the actor are actually having fun instead of the last film where they seem like they are standing around waiting until filming is over to move onto there other projects since at the time they were hot commodities here they all have been there and done that they are more thankful to be here in the series that started there careers off plus a chance for another hit movie.

The film is Chuckle worthy but not hilarious. The film thinks it is funnier then it actually is. It is also a good ending for the characters you feel good leaving them and know they will be ok.

Wait for cable

GRADE: C-