Bad attempt at Teen Party film

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2008)

This is a bad imitation of 70's and 80's teen party films. Ironically they used some great tunes from that era as background.
In one scene Bill Hader (as police officer) whacks the high school bully in head with baton and makes fun of the bullie's hairstyle saying, "Nice Mullet,(expletive)!". The bullie's (long, straight, pony tail) hair style was NOT a "mullet" (a style Rick Springfield and Lionel Richie made popularin the 80's).
Michael Cera, is expressionless, unsexy, can't sing, and lacks energy. How did he get the lead?! Jonah Hill played his role well as did Christopher Mintz-Plasse as the geeky friend. I hear he's like that in real life. This genre goes all the way back to "American Graffiti" and the "Porky's" series. This attempt falls flat because of some bad casting and several lame gags and story lines.
The whole inept-police-partners schtick is not very funny because Seth Rogan and Bill Hader don't have the physical comedy chops. The film doesn't hold up to an "American Pie" or a "rat pack" movie like "Wierd Science" or "Pretty in Pink" or "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". This has too much criminality and not enough funny.