Tries hard to be funny, accomplishes

Rating: 8/10 (27 June 2013)

When I first watched this movie, I had very high expectations after hearing from my friends that it's the next Superbad, one of my favorite movies of all time. After watching it, I can tell you it is a hilarious movie, but it's a completely different animal from the almighty Superbad. Superbad was funny because of the awkward and relatable characters and situations, and the humor flowed naturally from that. This movie, on the other hand, finds its humor more in individual jokes: its one-liners, funny insults, and the self-deprecating humor of each of the hilarious cast, stemming from the wise decision to have each actor play themselves. The movie definitely delivered everything I was expecting from a Seth Rogen movie, with all the weed and sex jokes you could want. The only thing I didn't like is it was extremely obvious every time the movie was trying to get you to laugh. But hell, I was laughing the whole way through.