Mildly entertaining

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2010)

If you're looking for an uncomplicated and funny movie, Superbad does the job. The characters are witty and the dialogue is sometimes hilarious. Jonah Hill and Michael Cera both performs decently as the main characters Seth and Evan. Personally I think the two police officers, played by Bill Hader and Seth Rogen, were priceless, and performed far better.
The first half of the movie is actually quite good comedy. You are taken along on a ride alongside three high school losers that are willing to go to great lengths to score with the girls, and get involved in several messed up situations. The second half of the movie is unfortunately terrible. The movie turns into an American Pie clone with the stereotype brainless girls that are ready to get down on the first loser they pass along the way. The second half is also packed with scenes that are painful to watch, due to both the awkward settings, the awkward acting, and the awkward script.
Despite a promising start, the movie ends up like a standard highschool comedy that you've seen many times before. And finally: why do they insist on using 25 year olds to play high school kids? It's so incredibly lame.