American Reunion
A raunchy reunion weekend forces an old group of friends to measure adult responsibilities against the reckless intimacy of their teenage years.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- raunchy
- nostalgic
- irreverent
- nostalgic movie night
- adult comedy night
What critics said
Critics found familiar nostalgic comfort and occasional ensemble laughs for franchise fans, but judged the sequel insufficiently fresh and inconsistently funny.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The former high school friends return to East Great Falls after more than a decade and compare their adult lives with their remembered adolescence.
Jim, Michelle, Oz, Kevin, Vicky, Finch, Stifler, and others gather for a high school reunion weekend.
The film revisits the franchise's sex-comedy premise through virginity anxiety, masturbation jokes, scatological humor, and recurring sexual embarrassment.
Critics specifically noted its nostalgic callbacks to thirteen-year-old jokes and its familiar ensemble interplay.
Films like American Reunion, and why
American Pie 2
raunchy sex comedy built around returning friends, nostalgic callbacks, and escalating social embarrassment
American Wedding
adult ensemble sex comedy combining high school nostalgia, friendship, and bawdy relationship misadventures
Grown Ups
reunion-centered comedy that revisits youthful characters through familiar jokes, sexual awkwardness, and sentimental nostalgia
Movie Details
- Directors
- Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
- Release Date
- 2012-04-04
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (4822)
Cast
- Jason Biggs
- Alyson Hannigan
- Seann William Scott
- Chris Klein
- Thomas Ian Nicholas
- Tara Reid
- Mena Suvari
- Eddie Kaye Thomas
- John Cho
- Jennifer Coolidge
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 Reunion about?
- A raunchy reunion weekend forces an old group of friends to measure adult responsibilities against the reckless intimacy of their teenage years.
- What is American Reunion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of American Reunion as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is American Reunion violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in American Reunion.
- What did critics think of American Reunion?
- Critics found familiar nostalgic comfort and occasional ensemble laughs for franchise fans, but judged the sequel insufficiently fresh and inconsistently funny.
- Which films are like American Reunion?
- Films with a similar feel include American Pie 2, American Wedding, and Grown Ups.
- How long is American Reunion?
- American Reunion runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch American Reunion?
- In United States, American Reunion is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
