Way overrated

Rating: 4/10 (11 December 2010)

Drop an f-bomb a billion times, have Michael Cera deliver everything with his lack of emotion, Jonah Hill is a severely maladjusted, possibly Tourette's suffering character who had a "hilarious" compulsion to draw penises when he was young, two cops who have never made cops look more unprofessional, and a kid who thinks that getting a fake ID with the name "McLovin" is plausible. This is a really, really, really stupid, annoying film. And don't tell me this is the new "American Pie" or "Porky's". American Pie had its melancholic counterpoints, its awkwardness (Jason Biggs being caught wacking off with a sock on his dong) which allowed us to sympathize with its characters growing pains. Chris Klein's jock was a little bit soulful. They didn't need to use stupid forms of profanities every other word. These guys, yes, there is intelligence behind the script, and Seth Rogen captures the painfulness of being an awkward, insecure, a-bit-too-intelligent-to-be-really-popular kid, but does he need to use SO much profanity? I would say no.
American Pie was funny because the soulfulness was counteracted with the moments of cringeworthy embarrassment. I didn't have any interest in these characters. Their backstories either didn't exist and they weren't particularly likable characters. Honestly, Seth Rogen needs to learn that you don't need to use an "f word" every other word to make people laugh. I have no problem with it, but if coarseness and profanity is your only method of trying to make me laugh, I'll pass. This movie annoyed me within about 5 minutes and never really let up. In addition....just one more thing.....really....cops who bumble, play with guns, don't know how to collect basic information, and make utter folly of their commitment to protect and serve? Again...I have no problem with making fun of cops....but this was ridiculous. It went overboard and it was so obviously overboard that I didn't find it funny. Honestly, rent American Pie, watch Airplane, watch Monty Python, watch Naked Gun, watch Police Academy....but until Seth Rogen can come up with something other than nine uses of the eff word in one sentence, he's got no more shots in his locker.