Inspired Lunacy

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2008)

This wildly funny movie about two teenagers trying to get alcohol for a party starts rather slowly - I was on the fence about it for the first 20 minutes or so - but once it gets started it never stops, supplying a steady stream of insane situations and wacky comedy.
What makes this particularly successful is that the two central boys, as well as the two girls they want to hook up with, seem real, at least to the extent anyone can seem real is such an absurdly plotted film. The vulnerability of the leads counterbalances the utter insanity of a nerd and two cops whose scenes are the funniest in the movie.
In a movie that is basically just really silly, it's nice to see how they created just enough human emotion to keep the movie from feeling hollow but not enough to clog up the joke machine. It is just a wonderfully made movie that everyone should see.