Who doesn’t love pie? Especially when it’s American Pie. Even though it came out a couple of weeks ago, I headed across town to Canyon View Cinema to watch the fourth installment of the successful American Pie series, “American Reunion.”

I love a good comedy. So when it was time to review a movie I thought “American Reunion” would be a lot of fun. “American Pie,” “American Pie 2” and “American Wedding” all came out before I was old enough to see a rated R movie. So instead of waiting for “American Reunion” to be aired on TV in all of its butchered and censored glory, I figured it would be fun to go see this one in theaters.

The one thing that’s weird about reviewing these movies for the Crite is the “Oh you poor thing” looks I get by people in the theater when I sit down by myself, or the “Oh my god, he’s gonna eat all that?” when I get a large popcorn and have no one to share it with. That look is one of my favorites.

American Reunion catches us up with the cast that we have learned to love. The film is set in present day, well after Jim and Michelle’s wedding (who now have a young son) and catches us up on what all the guys are up to. No one seems to know where Finch is, Oz is a sportscaster, and everyone’s favorite partier, Stifler, is bouncing from job to job and is currently a temp. All of them head back to East Great Falls for their class reunion.

The movie will leave a pretty strong taste of nostalgia in your mouth after you see it. Not only because it looks back on the long ago time of the late 90’s (American Pie came out and took place in 1999) but it can be felt just in the sense that it’s the first time that the cast has been back together in nearly ten years.

One move that I found interesting about Reunion was that Molly Cheek, who plays Jims mom, is not in the film as her character has died, leaving Jims dad a widower (which could in itself be its own movie).

Stifler portrays the guy that most of us already know, the guy who is still living in high school and doesn’t want to leave the party scene even though everyone else already has. I have to say that keeping Stifler his same, crazy self for this movie was the right move. Seeing Sean William Scott play a role that he is so well known for any differently would be just wrong.

“American Reunion” is a very funny movie, and I say that if you enjoyed the previous American Pie films, it’s a must see.

“Twilight” could take a note on how to make a series of great movies.