Superbad: My review, seen it yet?

In Superbad, Seth (The pudgy, loud-mouthed one) and Evan (The slimmer, shy one) are two friends who are both unpopular high schoolers, urging for sex before they go off to two different colleges. They get their chance for sex when Jules, a popular girl, overhears a conversation between Seth and Fogell (Evan's awkward, nerdy friend). Fogell tells the boys he's planning to get a fake ID in order to buy booze. This leads Jules to ask Seth if he can get alcohol for her party, which also starts a very strange order of events which makes up the group's adventure.

Superbad is a movie about high school and the raging hormones of all teenagers. Even when parts should seem like fantasy, the movie retains the feeling of realness. Maybe it's because of the acting, or maybe it's because of how well the scenes are directed, or maybe it's both.

I saw the movie on the silver screen yesterday and I have to say it was a blast. Every minute was hilarious and delivered perfectly. I'm lucky I live up here because my teenage neighbours to the south won't be able to legally experience it until it reaches DVD.

The movie is extremely foul (drawings of male genitalia litter the credits and they must have said the f-word at least 50 times during the movie). But beyond all those potty jokes, the movie has heart. It builds up very believable relationships between the characters and makes you enjoy every one of them. It gives you a really true feeling of what it's like to be a high schooler. It delivers the feelings of loneliness, unpopularity, but most of all, raging hormones.

The movie has a message that we have to appreciate what we already have and that we can't be afraid of new experiences. I'm not going to tell you how it delivers this message to me, but I will say it does it very well and I'm glad I saw this movie.

4/5

Hilarious movie indeed

I saw it twice, hilarious both times . Nice review.

I should go see this, it sounds great.

Review must not be ignored.

I thought the movie just seemed like an overly vulgar version of Animal House that takes place in high school. It had its moments though, like the McLovin/police subplot. That was probably the best part of the movie.

I agree with Shadowman.

I'm not denying that it was funny; it definitely was, but I think they showed most of the funny parts in the previews. The McLovin/police subplot was hilarious, and the ***** drawings were awesome. I got kind of bored 3/4 of the way through... maybe it was because I wasn't with a great audience. I don't know. I think Knocked Up was funnier.

I give it a 6.5/10.

Yeah, I found Knocked Up funnier as well. But some parts were too serious for my tastes. And I can relate with Superbad more.

This post has been edited by Mariotroid on Sep 1 2007, 02:47 PM

While I saw this a month ago, it may be a good thing because the more I think about it the more I liked this movie. What I mean by that is, that after viewing this movie I didn't think it was so hot. Judd Apatow has brought us a ton of great things in the past years and I didn't think this movie was all up to snuff. But when I think back on it, I had a hell of a time.
The plot follows two young men with the dream of all high schoolers. Getting laid. The movie stars Michael Cera and Michael Cera from Arrested Development and Accepted respectively. The two play off each other perfectly and were the best only when they were together. However the funniest parts came from a McLovin' side story. The officers were also hilarious.
Overall the movie is very filthy, but not something you would not expect from a High School movie. The characters are greatly developed and the actors do a fantastic job of working with and off of each other. The plot is funny, but predictable. And while it may not seem like it when you come out, you will have had one of the best laughs of all year.