Surprisingly painful.

Rating: 1/10 (14 March 2008)

It is with a great deal of surprise and disappointment that I have a negative review of Superbad. Many of my friends own this movie and were certain that I would love it; it was on their recommendations that we rented this piece of garbage yesterday and I want my 118 minutes back! Truth be told, I laughed out loud, and hard, several times, but as the movie plodded on, the laughs got to be fewer and fewer until I finally gave up hope in this truly awful film. We weren't expecting much of a plot, and we didn't get one. We expected lowbrow comedy, lots of sex jokes, and underage drinking. Check, check, and check. What we didn't expect were ponderous scenes that went far too long for the humor available, pointless scenes with irrelevant characters that did nothing to enhance the story or the laughs. I have read many reviews lavishing praise on this movie, and I just can't understand such effusive praise for a truly bad movie.