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Superbad (2007)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 203
Fresh: 178 | Rotten: 25

Deftly balancing vulgarity and sincerity while placing its protagonists in excessive situations, Superbad is an authentic take on friendship and the overarching awkwardness of the high school experience.

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 6

Deftly balancing vulgarity and sincerity while placing its protagonists in excessive situations, Superbad is an authentic take on friendship and the overarching awkwardness of the high school experience.

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Operating under the assumption that by procuring alcohol for an upcoming party they will finally be able to break their longstanding losing streak with the fairer sex, socially inept high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) set out to secure the adult beverages that could get them off of the geek list before they even attend college orientation. Evan is a bright young student whose outward sweetness belies his suffocating fear of heading off to college without his lifelong

R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Comedy

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Dec 4, 2007

$121.5M

Sony Pictures/Columbia

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Critic Reviews for Superbad

All Critics (203) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (185) | Rotten (26) | DVD (22)

What makes the film so appealing is the disconnect between what comes from the mouths of these hormone-addled pups and what's going on in their heads, where they're still clinging desperately to the innocence they're leaving behind.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: NPR.org | Comment
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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[Cera] has some of the best comic timing of anyone working in film today, a precocious sense of the awkward pauses and misread cues in which social panic resides.

September 22, 2008 Full Review Source: New Republic | Comment
Christopher Orr
New Republic
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This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect.

January 4, 2008 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
Tom Charity
CNN.com
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A critical mass of these kinds of flicks argues for a new subgenre: "nerdsploitation."

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment (1)
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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'Superbad': 'American Graffiti Redux,' only updated with the usual raunch and a major penis fixation

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comment
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer
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A four-letter raunch-a-rama with a heart.

August 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Honest goodwill, fond observational detail and Greg Mottola's exuberant direction make the picture nigh on irresistible, but there are some missteps.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | Comment
Ryan Gilbey
Sight and Sound

The affable trajectory covers enough guffaws to balance out the flattest visuals this side of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Like all Apatow productions, it's far too long but it has a winning combination of cleverly crude humor and genuine sweetness.

April 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The comic-duo of Jonah Hill and Michael Cera reminded me of an immature, foul-mouthed Laurel & Hardy.

September 4, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comment
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

even if Superbad's not much more than a teen comedy, it's the best teen comedy to come out in at least a decade. There's no shame in that.

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | Comments (3)
Sean Gandert
Paste Magazine

Thanks to Rogen and Apatow we can once again look forward to seeing R-rated comedies.

July 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Watertown Daily Times | Comments (3)
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times

a fresh air

April 24, 2008 Comment
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Raunchy enough, but it lacks some of the subtle wit and verbal sophistication that has always distinguished Apatow's finest comedies.

April 10, 2008 Comments (12)
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

Audiences who've laughed their asses off at Rogen's other work will be pleased to know that Superbad is not just another teen movie.

March 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | Comment (1)
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

The thing that saves Superbad from being a profane waste of time is its urbane intelligence and above all, bracing honesty.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | Comment
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Although the cop characters run out of steam a bit towards the end, the metrosexual relationship between the leads stays fresh all the way through. Brilliant.

January 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Heart 106.2 | Comment
Simon Thompson
Heart 106.2

... a humanizing comedy built around the coming-of-age absurdity of actually getting whatever it is you think you want.

January 16, 2008 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | Comment
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com
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I laughed all thru this fun movie. Movies like this I generally dont like but had a blast watching this one.

May 4, 2008
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

Superbad is a fantastic movie. It's a good balance of humour and drama that really challenges that "the power of friendship in the most awkward high school year" concept. It's everything you'd expect from your typical high school comedy but cruder, ruder and surpisingly deeper than that.

October 24, 2011
Michael M.
Michael Miller

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    1. Officer Michaels: Prepared to be fucked by the long dick of the law!
    – Submitted by waverly p (27 days ago)
    1. Evan: I mean, it's up to you Fogell. This guy's gonna think, 'Oh, here's another kid with a fake I.D., or here's McLovin, the 25 year old Hawaiian organ donor.' Okay, so what's it gonna be?
    2. Fogell: I am McLovin'.
    3. Seth: No, you're not. No one's McLovin'. McLovin's never existed, because that's a made-up, dumb, fucking fairytale name, you fuck!
    – Submitted by Michael C (33 days ago)
    1. Fogell: You still haven't told him we're moving in together?
    2. Evan: Fogell shut the fuck up.
    – Submitted by Daniel R (3 months ago)
    1. Seth: She wants my dick in or around her mouth!
    – Submitted by Drew S (3 months ago)
    1. Seth: You don't want girls to think you suck dick at fucking pussy.
    – Submitted by Steven K (5 months ago)

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