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Superbad

Bad Boys, out the get the superbad kids

11th October 2007
Dan Cox

About this film

Title	Superbad
Director	Greg Mottola
Release Date	14 September 2007
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Our Rating	4.4/5.0
Shown at Union Films Wednesday 12th December 2007 7:00pm

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I had never imagined in my wildest dreams that a film christened with a name such as Superbad, would be worth even five minutes of my time, let alone two hours.

I sit here writing this, ashamed of my foolish presumption, but at the same time very happy that I have been proven wrong.

Superbad uses many of the bog-standard teen-comedy plot elements (foul language, hot girls, and nerdy guys in search of shameless one night stands), but this is partly where the brilliance of the film stems from.

The story follows best friends Seth (Hill) and Evan (Cera) on their quest to rid themselves of their lingering virginity at a grad party before parting ways to different colleges. In order to achieve their goal they enlist the help of their more-of-an-annoyance-than-friend buddy, Fogell – played by Mintz-Plasse, who is utterly hilarious throughout, considering he hasn’t acted before – to buy alcohol with his newly acquired fake ID (proudly brandishing the name ‘McLovin’) for the cool girls’ party, hopefully winning them a place in their pants. Needless to say, their journey is marred by a series of unfortunate (yet highly amusing) events, several of which involve two totally lawless cops (something it is likely you haven’t seen before in this setting), played by Bill Hader and Seth Rogen.

Though it may be familiar, the film is in no way annoying, and you don’t feel as if you’ve seen it all before. There are only a couple of potential problems; that being that there is at least one small scene that needn’t be there, consequently making the movie perhaps a little longer than it should be. However, this does not spoil what is essentially a great comedy, which it must be said, is largely due to the fantastic performances from Hill and Cera who, quite frankly, deserve to get laid every single day of the year after this. It is their ability to integrate real emotions and a convincing sense of love through friendship that make the movie distinctly accessible and warm, as well as side-splittingly funny. It is also the reason why Superbad can easily be heralded as the new American Pie.

Original misgivings about the title be damned! Superbad is without a doubt one of the funniest comedies I have seen for a long time. If you like this kind of comedy, and haven’t seen it by the time you read this, then put the paper down, and get your arse down the cinema, now!