In theaters. Rated R!, 114 minutes.
The latest installment in the Judd Apatow juggernaut (Talladega Nights, 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) is the extremely funny and crude Superbad. The film stars Jonah Hill (Knocked Up) and Michael Cera (Arrested Development) as best friends in high school on the fringes of being cool. The plot of the movie is a typical high school story: guys trying to get alcohol to bring to a party in the hopes of 'scoring' with the girl of their choice.
As is typical with any Apatow production, the film contains a moral sensitivity within a coarse and filthy exterior. Michael Cera is the more studious and nice of the two (the geeky duckling) and Hill is the loud and obnoxious one (the ugly duckling). Their interaction is first-rate comedy, but the film has a 'been there' feel after having seen Knocked Up (A-). Seth Rogen and Bill Hader have supporting roles as freewheeling cops, and both are funny and effective.
The film was written by Seth Rogen and his high school friend Evan Goldberg, and is generally good, with several laugh out loud moments. The problem is that there were 1 too many storylines and about 20 minutes should have been cut (the weird 'adult party' scenes especially). Worth seeing, but if you're easy or even hard to offend, it is a pretty raunchy trip.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Superbad - B
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2 comments:
It looks like a mix of Teen Wolf and American Pie, but I still hope to check it out in the theater.
My son brought this DVD over and we watched it together. I thought it was going to be the typical plot where a bunch of boys have the worst night of their life. However I was surprised when one of them has the BEST night of his life. I didn't see that coming.
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