Silly... and hilarious.

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2013)

A who's who of Gen Y comedy turn out for this offensive, dirty-minded flick that revels in toilet humour, sex jokes and showing off a building-tall demon with massive genitalia. It's completely silly... and completely hilarious. The major drawcard is that everyone is playing (jerk) versions of themselves, which means there are Hollywood references galore and a wonderfully blurred line of what parts of their on screen personalities are real and what parts are fake. Nothing is off limits here; Jonah Hill gets teased for his Oscar nomination, Seth Rogen cops abuse about being a sell out and James Franco's often speculated-on sexual preferences are made even more ambiguous. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. Rogen and regular collaborator Evan Goldberg throw everything including the kitchen sink into the script and they achieve an impressively high hit rate with their gags, only the over-the-top final 20 minutes running dry on laughs. Being the current 'it' group in comedy has its perks too, the cameos come thick and fast in the opening act with Michael Cera stealing the spotlight and Emma Watson further expanding her post-Potter career. This raucous movie is not for all tastes, but inbuilt fans will have a blast.