Perhaps the most crude, vulgar, profane movie of all time... and one of the funniest, too.

Rating: 9/10 (19 August 2007)

We've all been there  "there" being high school  and we've all encountered that certain awkwardness when dealing with such things as partying and, well, girls. 'Superbad' is a movie about that uncomfortable space  the space between cool and un-cool, fun and sex, and, essentially, friendship and all that comes after. The team that brought us 2005's '40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' back in June has again raised the bar for future R-rated comedies with this raunchy teen sex romp that immerses itself in crudity and profanity, so much even, it surpasses the level of vulgarity and reaches an impossible gauche nirvana. The film's dialogue is shocking, shameful, outrageous and offensive, and comes at an alarming rate, never-before seen and you know what? It's hilarious! 'Superbad,' written by 'Knocked Up''s own Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who executive-produced 'KU,' makes 'Fargo' seem like a daycare nap time movie and turns Borat into a boy scout, with its aggressive, foul-mouthed approach. Yet despite its obnoxious script, it somehow manages to win over its audience with its genuine portrayal of high school life and the sincerity of its two main characters, Seth and Evan.
Jonah Hill plays Seth, Evan's dirty-minded best friend who used to have a condition, "shared by 8% of all kids" we're told, which caused him to draw unlimited pictures of the male sex organ. Evan, played by 'Arrested Development''s Michael Cera, is the straight-faced good-hearted guy whose sarcasm mediates Seth's smuttiness. Seth and Evan are socially inept high school seniors with the looming days of college initiating their separation. All Seth wants to do is hook up with a girl before he goes to college, whereas Evan has his eyes, and hopes, set on a relationship with his longtime crush. When the two boys are invited to the biggest party of the year, at which Evan's crush and Seth's target will be "wasted," their world takes a turn for the lucky. That is until, in their mindless attempt to be "cool," they're stuck with the responsibility of providing the party with its alcohol. That presents a huge problem. Insert: McLovin. The "25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor," known to his classmates as Fogell (played by riotous newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse), offers to do his only two friends, Seth and Evan, the favor of their life by buying the alcohol with his brand-new false ID.
The movie is sharply filmed, for a comedy or otherwise, and its unadulterated editing makes its subject matter feel fresh and authentic. Much like 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up,' 'Superbad' is laden with pop culture references and rings the bell of high school renditions in the vein of Linklater's 'Dazed and Confused.' The insight of producer Judd Apatow, director Greg Mottola's appetite for a retro-80's feel, Jonah Hill's potty-mouth, Michael Cera's deadpan sarcasm, and, well, McLovin, make 'Superbad' the funniest movie of the year and an instant classic for the coming ages. For the 18 to mid-thirties male demographic, there's perhaps no funnier, more vulgar movie ever. However, those who don't fit that demographic might want to take their earmuffs, or maybe even skip this one altogether.