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Rating: Null/10 (27 September 2007)

Seen this for the second time this week tonight and it still held up brilliantly. Both times, I have literally had sore jaws from laughing and smiling so much and tonight I actually laughed more than I did the first time, mainly because the characters are so believably funny and entertaining in the way they have been written. The only thing that bogged down the film for me -and I can't believe it- was that it focused at times, too much on dialogue that failed to move the plot along or the characters. Sometimes it was like watching a conversation going very slowly from start to beginning, but flapping its wings very intensely, so much so that it gets tiresome. This, and just a lack of that special something is what makes the film a high 9 rather than perfect 10.
This aside though, Superbad is a fantastic comedy and hails up there amongst the best contemporary comedies to grace the silver screen. I recommend this to everyone... well maybe not everyone, but for anyone looking for a series of relentless laughs on the most touchy of subjects revolving around memorably written characters, this is for you.