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i recall the trials and tribulations of my high school years .
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it was a period that would mercilessly force me to exit boyhood and thrust me into the unwelcome arms of adulthood .
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but of all the experiences that i collected throughout those tender years , i can honestly say that the toughest and the scariest thing that i had to cope with was my raging hormones and my crazed curiosity about girls and sex .
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yes , more scarier than my seventh grade english teacher and even scarier than the bullies that constantly hounded me , trying to deal with my personal wonderment about sex was like trying to fight an invisible monster .
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for all teenagers , it's almost like a rite of passage .
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and what we did was sometimes downright nasty , sometimes funny , and sometimes shocking .
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and all of that is terrifically and shamelessly brought to light in what might be the funniest movie this summer .
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`american pie' is a comedy about four sexually frustrated seniors that enter into a pact to lose their virginity by the end of the school year .
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just how great are their hormones raging ?
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one of them notes , after watching disney's the little mermaid , that ariel is soooo hot .
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the four schoolmates are kevin , oz , finch and jim .
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kevin is the only one with a steady girlfriend , but doesn't want to have sex until the time is just right .
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but what is the perfect time ?
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there is just no way to know , and that frightens him .
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oz is the big jock who decides that the way to score with the girls is to listen to them and to be more sensitive .
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he joins up with a jazz choir and discovers that getting in touch with his feminine side has some tremendous advantages .
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finch is the phobic hermit who doesn't stand a chance with any girl .
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so , he pays someone $200 to start spreading rumors about his prowess .
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suddenly , girls are lining up to go out with him .
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but among these friends , it is jim that is the most curious and the most fearful .
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when he has a chance to romp with a pretty exchange student , his inexperience comes shining through .
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he has much to learn , and will do anything to seek out this kind of knowledge .
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this may include watching scrambled porn channels or experimenting with mom's apple pie in a scene that is completely shocking , raunchy , yet unbelievably funny .
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the one thing that i want to say about this film is that it well deserves its `r' rating .
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there is stuff in here that is completely gross in the same manner that `there's something about mary' was gloriously ribald .
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in fact , at first this film received a sinful nc-17 rating before a couple of more cuts finally brought it down to a teen-accessible rating .
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but i guess after seeing the no-holds-barred coarseness of south park , this seems tame by comparison .
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teens and anyone who can still remember their acne years are the ones that will laugh hardest .
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but unlike many teen sex comedies , there is a genuine intelligence at work here .
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these are four normal boys who have a natural curiosity about sex .
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their plans of action are thoughtful and they think about the consequences .
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they know what they want , yet temper it with responsibility .
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but almost always , it's impossible to know how to fight the invisible monster , and it's these episodes that make `american pie' such a carnal delight to watch .
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