5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
American Reunion (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.6
Overview
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Overview
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is rated as neutral because its central subject matter revolves around universal themes of friendship, nostalgia, and personal relationships, offering solutions that are entirely personal and relational rather than political or ideological.
The movie primarily features a traditional cast consistent with its established franchise, showing no explicit race or gender swaps of its core roles. Its narrative does not center on or explicitly critique traditional identities or promote DEI themes, maintaining a neutral to positive framing of its characters within a comedic context.
Secondary
The film features a lesbian character, Kara, whose identity is primarily used for comedic effect, reducing her to a plot device for awkward humor. While a minor scene involving Jim's dad at a gay bar is benign, it does not offset the overall problematic portrayal that uses LGBTQ+ identity as a source of ridicule rather than depicting it with dignity or complexity.
American Reunion features a transsexual character, Kara, whose identity is revealed for shock value. The narrative uses the male protagonists' discomfort, panic, and transphobic remarks as a source of humor, reinforcing negative stereotypes and offering no counter-narrative or positive portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
American Reunion is a direct sequel to previous films in the franchise, featuring the original cast. All established characters maintain their canonical genders from prior installments, with no instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender.
American Reunion is a direct sequel bringing back the original cast from the American Pie franchise. All established characters are portrayed by the same actors, maintaining their original race from previous installments. No character's race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.3
Critic Ratings
4.5
4.9
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