Not bad

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2007)

Like Knocked Up, this was a lot better than expected. Yeah, the jokes are a bit misogynistic - but it's about two 17 year old boys. The trousers bit is a bit too far though, but so what? it's there to gross people out just like the Farrelly Brothers and American Pie using similar bodily functions to hilarious effect.
Anyway, i digress. this film is very funny, touching, well written and well acted. Emily Stone (i think that's her name) is a stand-out. She could be great in years to come.
What's clever about this film is the two strong male characters and a plot that unfolds mostly over just one day and night. At times it is slightly preposterous, but not Harold Kumar preposterous, it stays fairly solid throughout, not taking itself too seriously like good comedies never do, but not extremely so, as the Scary Movie franchise does.
The relationship between the friends is being tested as college approaches, and so too is their ability to impress the ladies. It all makes for a good, enjoyable romp with a funky soundtrack (I loved the beginning credit sequence!) The higher brow crowd may not have taken to it, but who cares? They can't get everything, and let's face it, most of them are at least in their thirties, if not their forties or fifties. we'll leave u to your crossword grandad, u leave us to our youth culture.
Final verdict: well i liked it, but i am a 23 year old male teenager. superbad it is not, but pretty good it is.