Hilarious, relateable and memorable

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2018)

Superbad is a 2007 film that follows 3 friends (Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Christoper Mintz-Plasse) on their quest to get alcohol for a party being thrown by Emma Stone's character Jules. Since they are graduating and going off to different colleges, they've made it their goal to get laid at the party before college. It's primarily a comedy but you could argue that it has a few elements of a coming of age film. It's filled with funny moments, relateable situations and memorable dialogue.
The humour in this movie is very similar to that of Pineapple Express and This is the End, it's not that dark and a lot more grounded in reality than the other two but the humour is still noticeably similar. One of the funniest scenes in the movie sees Jonah Hills's character Seth consider buying alcohol despite being under 21. He imagines different scenarious that could unfold one of which has the security guard slit is throat with a broken bottle. The humour in the movie stems a lot of the time from relateable situations that are being blown out of proportion. For example, a lot of people would probably have embarassed themselves in front of a crush. However, they probably wouldn't have passed out and head butted them.
While there may be a lot of moments in Superbad that are relateable for being Embarassing or Awkward, there are also a few that are relateable in a more positive way. For example, the end of the movie sees Seth and Michael Cera's character Evan saying goodbye to each other after the events of the film, knowing thay they will now be seeing a lot less of each other, which could at first be considered sad but when you think about it, it's something that pretty much everyone goes through, it could then be seen as Reassuring as it shows the audience that it's natural for you to drift apart from people who you thought would be in your life forever.
The dialogue and writing in Suoerbad is also great. The two funniest characters in the film are a pair of dimwitted cops played by Seth Rogen and Bill Hader who take Christopher Mintz-Plasse's McLovin under their wing. One of my favourite lines in the film is When Bill Hader's Officer Slater asks McLovin if he's "familiar with Yoda from Attack of the Clones." Equally the dialogue between the main 3 teenagers is just as funny. From the crewd insults to the drunken slurs, everything they say in the film is something you'd expect a 18 year old to say.
Superbad's status as a cult comedy future classic is well deserved. While it's yet to see if it will hold up, Superbad is currentlt one of the best, most relateable teen comedies available. I'd put it on the same level as other great teen comedies like the Breakfast Club and Dazed & Confused.