Very funny, sometimes too raunchy for it's own good.

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2007)

After reading man great reviews for this, I had high expectations, and this didn't live up to it. However, this is a very funny movie with a lot of great scenes, and something that many teen movies don't have..a heart. The main characters Seth and Evan are actually very likable, despite their flaws. Seth is the profane, sex starved fat kid and Evan, along with also being sex starved, is the shy and nerdy kid. When popular girl Jules asks Seth to the party, he claims he can get alcohol with his new fake I.D., when their acquaintance Fogel was actually getting one. The whole movie is about obtaining alcohol and getting to a party, but their are many problems along the way. Evan and Seth try to steal the beer, while Fogel is taken by 2 police officers to the party after being involved in a robbery.
"Superbad" is obviously written based on true experiences, because so much of the writing sounded like true to life situations. The movie had me constantly laughing, but sometimes I couldn't bring myself to laugh at all the vulgarity, and I like vulgarity, but this was sometimes over the top. The characters were all really good, especially Fogel aka McLovin. Occasionally the two cops (Bill Hader, Seth Rogan) are annoying because they are just too stupid, but they mostly made the movie more enjoyable. When you go into "Superbad" expect a funny, good movie, but don't put your expectations really high (like mine).
My rating: *** out of ****. 110 mins. Rated R for nonstop sexual content, violence, language, nudity.