an extended barrage of brainless fun

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2007)

Taking its cue from the burgeoning geek vogue, Superbad audiences will get what they came in for: an extended barrage of brainless fun.
When they were still 13 years old, Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and Evan Goldberg wrote the screenplay about two high school seniors, aptly named Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), who are at a crossroads in their lives: slacker Seth will not be going to the same college as the more studious Evan, who will be going to Dartmouth. The boys deal with their separation anxiety on top of managing to get some illegally-obtained booze for a party they have miraculously been invited to by the girls of their dreams.
Seth Rogen also appears as Officer Michaels and Bill Hader as Officer Slater, who somehow get embroiled after stumbling in on the hilarious attempt of Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) to buy the booze with a fake ID posing as 'McLovin'.
If you plan to enjoy this flick, leave all pretensions at the door. Superbad is what it is: the jokes are crass, but spot on. The connection between the best friends seem very genuine, so despite all the gross out moments, they still make for ridiculously fun geeks.