I laughed hard and often

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2007)

There are many different kinds of comedies out there. Some that make you smile, some that make you chuckle occasionally, and then the actual funny ones that make you laugh out loud. Superbad is one of those. I went to see this movie because of Michael Cera who I thought was the funniest person on the funniest television series in history, "Arrested Development". And he's hilarious in this as well, but so are all three of the lead characters. I'd nominate them for something if I could.
I grew up in the 80s when movies about kids trying to "lose it" before graduation seemed like it's own genre. So I was interested to see an update since I figured the newer generation were already grandparents at 25. Well it's good to see that nerds are still nerds and the entire populace hasn't gone crazy. It was interesting also because the people in it who are my age, like Rogen and Hader, are clearly the old people trying to recapture their youth, when I think most of us haven't completely grown up yet. It was sort of painful to see how the movie-isms we find funny are just old to the new kids. But this movie is definitely fun for people in their 30s we just have to realize that we're not them anymore and I think it helps. And it's smart. The jokes are really sharp and you have to listen because they almost roll into each other.
There is a lot of cursing in this movie and I only say that because I know someone who doesn't like that sort of thing. If I didn't know someone like that I probably wouldn't notice. But since I do if you're one of those people that might bother you. And although the goal of the main characters is sex, it isn't a sex comedy in the traditional sense. It's mostly a quest for booze. And there is one thing that's kinda gross but I don't know how to describe it without spoiling it. But if any of that bothers you enough to deter from seeing this, I can't imagine you'd be interested in this anyway. Otherwise I think it'd be fun for anyone from 13-45 with a sense of humor.