American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Three awkward East Great Falls students follow a damaged sex-advice Bible into a raunchy, misbegotten quest for romantic and sexual experience.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- raunchy
- bawdy
- awkward
- late night comedy viewing
- franchise marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded this direct-to-video sequel as a low-rent and unnecessary continuation that only weakly recaptures the original series' heartfelt tone.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rob, Lube, and Nathan use the damaged school-library Bible as guidance while trying to lose their virginity.
The ruined Bible contains incomplete advice and functions as the central plot-driving object.
The story returns to East Great Falls High ten years after the original film with a new trio of protagonists.
The plot centers on explicit adolescent sexual anxiety while critics specifically noted an attempt to recover the series' earlier heartfelt tone.
Films like American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, and why
American Pie
Shares raunchy teen comedy, sexual coming-of-age themes, hapless male friends, and an ensemble high-school setting.
The Girl Next Door
Shares crude sexual humor, adolescent romantic anxiety, and a quest-driven teen comedy structure.
Superbad
Shares bawdy high-school comedy, virginity-focused humor, and socially awkward teenage protagonists.
EuroTrip
Shares broad teen sexuality jokes, friendship-centered misadventures, and a conventional romantic comedy resolution.
Movie Details
- Director
- John Putch
- Release Date
- 2009-12-02
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (1866)
Cast
- Bug Hall
- Brandon Hardesty
- Kevin M. Horton
- Beth Behrs
- Melanie Papalia
- Jennifer Holland
- John Patrick Jordan
- Louisa Lytton
- Sherman Hemsley
- Eugene Levy
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is American Pie Presents: The Book of Love about?
- Three awkward East Great Falls students follow a damaged sex-advice Bible into a raunchy, misbegotten quest for romantic and sexual experience.
- What is American Pie Presents: The Book of Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of American Pie Presents: The Book of Love as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is American Pie Presents: The Book of Love violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love.
- What did critics think of American Pie Presents: The Book of Love?
- Critics broadly regarded this direct-to-video sequel as a low-rent and unnecessary continuation that only weakly recaptures the original series' heartfelt tone.
- Which films are like American Pie Presents: The Book of Love?
- Films with a similar feel include American Pie, The Girl Next Door, Superbad, and EuroTrip.
- How long is American Pie Presents: The Book of Love?
- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch American Pie Presents: The Book of Love?
- In United States, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
