For the love of McLovin

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2010)

Superbad is the gold nugget of teen high school comedies that has sorely been missed since the American Pie days of the late 90's. I was anticipating this movie during the last couple weeks, having seen hilarious bits and pieces from the trailers and online ads, but I had no idea it was going to be the definitive high school movie of this generation.
What makes Superbad so super-badass is it never for a second relents on its brash and lewd mentality and humor. Written by Seth Rogen (The Knocked Up dude) and Evan Goldberg, who supposedly been writing this semi autobiographical yarn since their high school days let their inner teens pour out in all its uncensored glory. The script is written in such crudeness, its almost ridiculous that they got away with it, yet not once while sitting in the theater did I get offended or feel it was ever unnecessary. Probably because this kind of language does exist in today's high school world, and even if it's a bit exaggerated, coming out the mouth of lead actors Johah Hill and Micheal Cera its sounds almost sophisticated.
Even though it was only produced by Judd Apatow (Director 40 year old Virgin, Knocked Up) he seems to be the iGeneration's/millennial's John Hughes; recently standing behind hit after hit of teen and adult comedic movies. His device of choice; the realism and awkwardness of the coming of age (or in 40 year old virgin's case, the awkwardness of never have came of age). Apatow, who started this type of writing during his tenure on "freaks and geeks" and "undeclared", has discovered that some of our most hilarious moments come through the nervous and awkward situations of our adolescence. Seth Rogan and Evan Golberg continue in this vein as their lead characters (named after them) suffer through the utter painful events of trying to hookup with their dream girls at a party and be recognized as somebody's before high school is out.
It is so straightforward in its motives, and dialogue so disgustingly witty that you hardly notice the absurdity (and immorality) behind its non stop hilarity. I mean Evan and Seth's whole motive is to get two girls drunk enough so they can hook up with them. Not to mention two cops who offer a horrifying portrayal of what being an officer of the law is truly about. Handled incorrectly this movie could have set off a lot of bad reaction, yet this movie is so unfalteringly funny with such endearing characters its hard to take it all to serious. It excusable cause at its core it is a movie about the value of friendship and how it is as important as any other relationship you may have in your life. So see it with a good bud, and don't be afraid to tell him/her you love 'em, even if their name is already McLovin'.