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Superbad Superbad
will make you want
to go back to high school and try to have one night half as memorable
and
amazing as this one. Michael Cera and Jonah Hill
star as Evan and Seth – two geeky high school seniors who
long to be invited to
party with the cool kids and superhot girls.
Now, Evan has learned he has been admitted to a
college that rejected
Seth, and they have one last chance to have that amazing,
never-to-be-forgotten
night. They have
been invited to a
massive party where the girls they desire will be in attendance, but,
to get
in, Seth has promised to bring the booze.
Can Seth, Evan and their
buddy with the questionable fake ID, Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse),
get the
booze and the girls they have always admired from afar?
 It’s super funny,
super
vulgar, super filthy and super awesome!
Superbad
is a classic example of the movie that shows us one epic, lifechanging
day or
night in our characters’ lives, much like Ferris
Bueller’s Day Off, The
Breakfast Club or American
Graffiti and stands shoulder to shoulder with those
amazing movies as its generation’s teen adventure of a
lifetime. Writers Seth Rogan and Evan
Goldberg, with some guidance from producer Judd Apatow, do a great job
creating
hilarious, quick, fun dialogue, while also adding enough heart to make
you care
about these goofball characters and their challenges along the way. Beginning with the opening
scene, Rogan and
Goldberg set the tone for what will be a buddy comedy full of dirty
humor,
great discussions and responses far from the cliché. Then, Hill, Cera and
Mintz-Plasse take
advantage of this great script and bring the characters to life in ways
that
make you feel like you have known them or been friends with them your
whole
life.
Hill comes off like Vince
Vaughn’s little brother with the hyper fast talking charm
that reels you in and
makes you laugh by looking at him and his facial expressions. It’s a perfect
contrast to Cera, who is so
good at the subtle delivery that makes you think about the line, then
laugh
your butt off when you realize what he just said.
Both are fantastic at capturing the
discomfort and embarrassment all teens (and some of us adults) deal
with as
life doesn’t quite work out the way they hoped, but one
person in the movie
tops them. It is Mintz-Plasse who
steals the movie as the supernerd forever to be known as McLovin. He fills the movie with
natural reactions of
fear, shock, bravado and more, probably because this is the first movie
he has
ever been in. Yet,
you would think he is
a pro as he is perfect in every scene and might be the funniest nerd
since
Napoleon Dynamite. 4
Waffles (Out of 4) Superbad is rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens.
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