Pleasantly surprised

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2007)

I was extremely and utterly disappointed and annoyed by "The 40 Year Old Virgin". There was not one joke in that movie that made me laugh. "Knocked Up" got some chuckles out of me, but it still wasn't the riot IMDb users and critics have made it out to be. With "Superbad" Apatow and Rogen finally deliver. It's all the more stunning since that story - three losers try to get laid before they go to collage - is as old as Catherine Zeta-Jones' husband. Still, the script is fresh and funny. Vulgar at some times but it never crosses the line to getting annoying. The actors are great (especially Rogen himself who shines as a member of an extremely idiotic cop team) and make the characters come alive. Like "La Boum", "Animal House", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" or "American Pie" before it, "Superbad" is an instant classic for a new generation of young (and old) moviegoers.