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AMERICAN
PIE PRESENTS:
THE NAKED MILE |
Movie Review by Nigel A. Messenger
aka AMERICAN PIE 5
Starring: John
White, Steve Talley, Candace Kroslak, Jessie Schram, Jon Cor
Director:
Joe Nussbaum
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I
started to watch this straight to video release with trepidation. I’m a
big fan of the AMERICAN PIE movies, my favourite being AMERICAN WEDDING,
so the fact that Eugene Levy as Mr Levenstein is the only character
retained from the original cast seemed a little disappointing. However, if
it says AMERICAN PIE on the disc I’ll give it a taste and as it turned
out it’s very tasty indeed!
The story centres around Eric
Stiffler (John White) as a high school senior who with thoughts of college
looming is the only Stiffler who at his age, has not yet lost his
virginity. To make matters worse his girlfriend Tracy (Jessie Schram) just
isn’t ready to give it up leaving Eric with a frustrating problem.
But this is an AMERICAN PIE movie so a solution is at hand when he goes on
a weekend away trip with his two best friends to visit his cousin Adam
Stiffler (Steve Talley) at college where an over the top annual event is
taking place - the Naked Mile - complete with a mass of gorgeous collage
chics. To make the weekend even better this girlfriend Tracy gives him a
‘guilty free pass’ to get having sex out of his system, which could
possibly give Eric the best weekend of his life!
The movie begins with an AMERICAN PIE trademark outrageous scene that lets
you know immediately which comedy franchise you are watching. The strange
thing is that the lead Stiffler character bears more of the traits of the
original Jim Levenstein character, made famous by Jason Biggs, than his
movie relative Steve Stiffler. But the Stiffler style humour is not
lacking as it’s eventually introduced by Steve Talley as cousin Adam and
although no one will ever beat Seann William Scott, Talley does manage to
find the right balance of likable mixed with extreme.
The similarities between Eric’s character and the original Jim
Levenstein continue throughout the film which almost makes me wonder if
the films makers are looking to mirror the themes of the first three films
rather than continue the original story. If that’s the case then I guess
looking at a new branch of the family does leave the way open for a
parallel franchise storyline with the possibility of a future return to
the antics of the original cast. This would make sense with Eugene
Levy’s Mr Levenstein character continuing to link the two storylines
together with numerous in film references.
THE NAKED MILE does itself have quite a lot going for it. It’s well
paced and has plenty of laughs along the way. The characters are well
played and this film probably has more naked girls actually on screen than
the original three put together. It’s also got the incredibly attractive
Brandy played by Candace Kroslak, possibly one of the hottest babes on the
planet! I know if she appears in more American Pies then I’ll be
watching them.
About the only let down in the film and this is not really a spoiler as
it’s so dammed obvious, is that no sane heterosexual guy would ever say
no to Brandy (Candace Kroslak) and future PIE franchise makers might want
to take note that the movie would have moved from enjoyable into the
excellent category if it had not gone down the romantic comedy route
toward the end of the film. This movie could have had all it’s
pie and eaten it if it had have broken trend and been more daring
in it’s conclusion.
That being said AMERICAN PIE 5 is still well worth watching and I would
personally recommend viewing the most unrated version you can get. Now for
another slice of pie!
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