Let's hope casting directors take note of this Emma... We've all had enough of Jennifer Aniston-like uglies.

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2008)

"Superbad" works very well primarily due to its realistic, not overly simplified main characters (talking about the adolescents here), and in particular as a result of the spot-on casting. The photography and the script are very good, too. This comedy succeeds in the washed-up teen genre because it has great acting, mostly convincing, colourful dialogue, and for the most part avoids the kind of overly goofy, animated buffoonery that is the hallmark of teen-movie rubbish such as "Animal House" and "American Pie".
The only criticism I have is that the film falls apart a bit in the last half-hour, which seems to be a disease that befalls just about every (U.S.) comedy: the "I love you" dialogue between the two male leads was embarrassing, unfunny and unrealistic. The other (minor) problem is the cop pair: they're funny early on, but by the time the two hit Seth with their car, they'd already become too exaggerated, too lacking in credibility in a movie that doesn't require that kind of nonsense to get laughs. The laid-back, unforced dialogue works better than some of the more visual gags.
The stand-outs are the fat kid, McLovin, and Emma Stone who plays Jules. Emma is drop-dead gorgeous and utterly charming, making her flirtation(?) with Seth all that much more absurd hence interesting.