Most high school movies these days are all about cruelty and malice, especially towards (and among) the women. Moreover, it's heart is in the right place. Thankfully, they're two-dimensional, so right away it has an edge on 60-70% of all the movies ever made. For starters, the characters aren't all one-dimensional. I mean, almost none of the things that happen in this film would ever, ever come to pass in real life, but it doesn't matter. There's not much of that restricting, suffocating 'logic' stuff around, but 'American Pie' is immensely enjoyable. The director and the writer, Paul Weitz and Adam Herz respectively, will do anything for a laugh - that's good, as it turns out, because this movie has a great many laughs in it. The scene where Kevin goes down on Vicky was a little too long.When Nadia is seen masturbating to Jim's porn magazine, the filmmakers had to cut the sight of her placing her hand down her panties by a couple of seconds.The line was originally, 'Hey Stifler, how's the man-chowder'?, but the ratings board objected to 'man-chowder' and it had to be replaced. After Stifler swigs ejaculate-laced beer, Kevin asks him, 'Hey Stifler, how's the pale-ale'?.Also, the line 'spank my hairy ass' was originally 'play with my hairy balls'. The line 'ride me like a pony' was originally 'blow your wad on my tits'. Dirtier dialogue during the opening scrambled porno.The filmmakers and the MPAA wound up settling on two thrusts. In the original cut, Jim did four thrusts into the pastry - too many for an R. The main reason for the MPAA's NC-17 decision was the infamous pie scene.

A few scenes had to be edited or trimmed to achieve the rating: It took three resubmissions to obtain an R-rating. The film was originally rated NC-17 by the MPAA.

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