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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
In addition to being extremely funny, the film has a warm spirit and respect for the characters.
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80
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Unusual in its ability to mix bodily functions humor with a sincere and unlooked-for sense of decency.
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80
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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Pie has some nice surprises and is enjoyable in a smutty, sitcom way. It offers up the outrageousness of "There's Something About Mary" without wallowing in cruelty.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It is not inspired, but it's cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny, and--here's the important thing--it's not mean.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
A lively, disposable hybrid of the sincere and the synthetic.
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75
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USA Today Mike Clark
The presence of "Election's" Chris Klein as the male contingent's most sensitive member only emphasizes how much smarter that high school comedy was.
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75
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Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Exceptionally funny, unexpectedly tender, and lewder than a teenage boy's dreams.
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75
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New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The successful bits, along with an amiable cast of losers and their prom-night prey, make American Pie a winner.
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40
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The New York Times Stephen Holden
Among this year's bumper crop of shallow teen-age movies, it is the shallowest and the most prurient.
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25
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Boston Globe
Gross and tasteless...this high-school romp mixes the gross and tasteless with sentimental mush.
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