Superbad

Rating: 6/10 (30 January 2008)

From the creators of The 40-Year-Old Virdin and Knocked Up (out the same year) I was expecting this to be another great teen comedy similar to American Pie, but this wasn't what I had in mind. To me it was a bit too random, and more like trying to copy American Graffitti, i.e. all events happening in one night. But there are still some good chatty and giggly moments to be had. Basically best friends Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are nearing their last weeks at high school, and they are never seen at popular kids' parties, but they get lucky. Only thing they need to do, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell (introducing Christopher Mintz-Plasse), with his new fake ID (with adopted name "McLovin") is get plenty of alcohol to bring. So the action starts when Fogell first steps into a liquor store, cops Officer Slater (Bill Hader) and Officer Michaels (Knocked Up's Seth Rogen) come along and say they'll drop their new friend "McLovin" at the party, but they want to prove themselves just as fun and youthful as other teenagers, and Seth and Evan are going everywhere they can think of to get the alcohol, including other parties with some pot smokers, thugs and other threats. Eventually they all make it to the party, and with the alcohol they obviously all hope that it is also the opportunity to lose their virginity to their selected girls, which eventually give up on in the end. Also starring Martha MacIsaac as Becca, Emma Stone as Jules, Aviva as Nicola, Joe Lo Truglio as Francis the Driver and Kevin Corrigan as Mark. Like I said, a good film, I personally don't know if it deserves four our of five by the critics. Good!