In addition to Stephanie Stifler, who may be a distant relation of Seann William Scott's infamous d-bag character, we're introduced to moony-eyed Annie (Madison Pettis), control freak Kayla (Piper Curda) and kinky Michelle (Natasha Behnam). It was a combination of shock value and charm. Forgot your password? But, it has just enough good humor from a terrific cast to be passably entertaining. © 2009-2020 Flickering Myth Limited. About Our Ads Sitemap | All rights reserved. Netflix's faux-feminist American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules plays as a gender-flipped reimagining of the 1999 film, which starred Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Eddie Kay Thomas and Thomas Ian Nicholas as four nerdy-to-average white Michigan teen boys who make a pact to lose their virginity before graduating high school. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. This is a group of people that got together deciding to make another American Pie movie while cashing in on any nostalgic idea they could think of, and who probably recently saw Booksmart deciding to use it as homework to poorly copy. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. Millennials like myself grew up on this comedy classic of late-90s cinema, which launched not only three canonical sequels, but also an array of direct-to-video spinoff movies that attempt to summon the sweet-n-spicy spirit of the original. Privacy | There’s a build-up to the moment, as there are to most of the enduringly crude moments in the original movies. There's none of the emotional core that carries the American Pie movies at their best, but at least no one gets anally raped by a moose. Fans have been talking about the new film on social media. All rights reserved. The premise is very simple, take the original, 1999 American Pie and flip the genders. Terms of Use | The Witches to receive PVOD release in the UK this month for £15.99, Movie Review – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), The tragic story behind the death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow. American Pie 9: Girls' Rules is the latest instalment of the American Pie series. Even if it's an "American Pie" movie. Later in the movie, some ben wa balls fall out of a seventeen-year-old girl in the middle of the school hallway. Don't have an account? That's legitimate progress, and Girls' Rules shows you can have just as much fun. Case in point: Within the opening moments, we meet brash Stephanie Stifler (Lizze Broadway) in the dank basement of her high school. Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games. Sounds enlightened, right? and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules is a 2020 sex comedy film produced & directed by Mike Elliott (The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Blue Crush 2, & Beethoven’s Big Break). And impetuous Stifler is finally ready to molt her tough-chick exoskeleton… for the right dude. Dashed together by a male director, two male screenwriters and a half-male producing team, the film appears to be the cinematic equivalent of two straight girls making out at a party for some bro's attention. In this spin-off of the American Pie franchise, the girls take over the quest for love. If you're making a raunchy comedy about high school hotties embracing their sexuality, it might help if you had, you know, a woman directing it and women writing it. How remarkable that after years of talk about slut shaming and possessive guys, in 2020 a straight to video American Pie sequel finally changed course. And the actual movie is terrible, so I’m assuming even the usual cameo staples just simply didn’t want to be a part of this. But instead of debauching him, she ambushes him, getting her #MeToo justice for the years he sexually harassed her and other students. FACEBOOK TWITTER by Check here for new reviews, friend me on Facebook, follow my Twitter or Letterboxd, check out my personal non-Flickering Myth affiliated Patreon, or email me at MetalGearSolid719@gmail.com, Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules, Barry Bostwick, Blayne Weaver, Camaron Engels, Christian Valderrama, Clint Howard, Danny Trejo, Darren Barnet, Dylan Lawson, Ed Quinn, Jeannie Elise Mai, Lily Bleu Andrew, lisa linke, Lizze Broadway, Lucas Adams, Madison Pettis, Mike Elliott, Natasha Behnam, Piper Curda, Rasheda Crockett, Robert Peters, Sara Rue, Stephanie Wong, Zachary Gordon, Zayne Emory. Directed by Mike Elliott. All I'll say is that for Sara Rue alone I'll give this film at least a modest thumbs up. Annie, Kayla, Michelle, and Stephanie decide to harness their girl power and band together to get what they want their last year of high school. | Cookie Settings, Courtesy of Netflix/Universal 1440 Entertainment. Sadly, there's nothing resembling a human female in this tasteless (but mildly tender) rom-com. American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules, 2020. It’s not even the only sexual sequence involving pies. It’s Senior year at East Great Falls. A quiet under the radar Netflix release as we bring you our American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules Review. Male fantasy disguised as female liberation. What can be said is that, albeit far too late, Girls’ Rules eventually settles down and sees the girls working together towards what they want individually, admittedly coming to an overblown climax that at least has a bit of humanity. Nostalgia is a given when it comes to squeezing more out of this franchise like squeezing blood from a stone, but these filmmakers (directed by Mike Elliott and written by American Pie 2 story creator David H. Steinberg and co-writer Blayne Weaver) launch right into trying to top and update the now-infamous pie-fucking scene from the original. Cast: Madison Pettis, Lizze Broadway, Piper Curda, Natasha Behnam, Darren Barnet, Zachary Gordon, Camaron Engels, Christian Valderrama, Sara Rue. Directed by Mike Elliott.Starring Madison Pettis, Piper Curda, Darren Barnet, Lizze Broadway, Sara Rue, Jeannie Elise Mai, Lily Bleu Andrew, Stephanie Wong, Natasha Behnam, Lucas Adams, Barry Bostwick, Lisa Linke, Rasheda Crockett, Zayne Emory, Camaron Engels, Zachary Gordon, Clint Howard, Dylan Lawson, Robert Peters, Ed Quinn, Danny Trejo, Christian Valderrama, and Blayne Weaver.