Back in 1998 American Pie was released. This was a new take on the losing-your-virginity flick. I thoroughly enjoyed that film; it was following up by two successful sequels which seemed to tie up all plotlines in a nice trilogy. If you told me that there would be three direct-to-DVD sequels and I’d be enjoying them, I wouldn’t have believed you.
In 2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp was released, and last year brought us American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, which I enjoyed.
This year we get American Pie Presents: Beta House. This is a direct sequel to last year's release. Whereas last time Erik Stifler (John White) was a senior in high school visiting his cousin Adam (Steve Talley) on campus, this time he’s a freshman in college. He wants to rush Beta Delta Xi House; he's accepted but he and his cohorts have to accomplish 50 tasks before semester's end. In typical American Pie fashion everyone gets swept up in the hi-jinks, pranks and partying. When one of the tasks angers a rival house, a decades-banned competition - The Games - is resurrected to see which House will triumph.
No American Pie flick is complete without an appearance by Jim’s dad, Noah Levenstein (Eugene Levy), and here he is the Grandmaster of The Games.
Beta House has the gross-out humor we’ve come to expect from the American Pie series. They really pushed the boundaries in this film, but never crossed the line, and that’s because while it has its raunchy side, American Pie also has heart and that makes all the difference. I enjoyed this film, just as I have its predecessors.
American Pie Presents: Beta House is loaded with special features:
We get a feature commentary where everyone is having fun, and clearly enjoyed working on the film and with each other.
"Deleted Scenes" is one of my favorite features; there’s only a handful of deleted scenes which were funny, but there’s another section which is better --
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1 - Melissa
American Pie is so funny! I want to fuck Eric Stifler!!! hehe He is so hot!!!!