American Pie
Film199995 min

American Pie

Taste attributes: comedyromanceteentried & testedwholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agelove conquers all

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"There's nothing like your first piece."

Boxlist takeBreezy and straightforward: a stirring romantic comedy, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

coming of agelove conquers all

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Jason BiggsChris KleinThomas Ian NicholasAlyson HanniganShannon Elizabeth

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1999
Runtime
95 min
Status
Released
Studio
Summit Entertainment
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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