Superbad (2007)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 205
Fresh: 180 | 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.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 48
Fresh: 42 | 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
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Cast
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Jonah Hill
Seth -
Michael Cera
Evan -
Seth Rogen
Officer Michaels -
Bill Hader
Officer Slater -
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Fogell -
Kevin Corrigan
Mark -
Joe Lo Truglio
Francis the Driver -
Martha MacIsaac
Becca -
Emma Stone
Jules -
Aviva
Nicola -
Clement Blake
Homeless Guy -
Erica Vittana Phillips
Liquor Store Cashier -
Joseph A. Nuñez
Liquor Store Clerk -
Dave Franco
Greg the Soccer Player -
Marcella Lentz-Pop
Gaby -
Scottie Gerbacia
Jesse -
Laura Seay
Shirley -
Roger Iwami
Miroki -
Clint Mabry
Prosthetic Leg Kid -
Stacy Edwards
Evan's Mom -
Mark Rogen
Father With Bat -
Charlie Hatsock
Good Shopper Cashier -
Donna Hardy
Old Lady -
Charley Rossman
Good Shopper Security -
Carla Gallo
Period Blood Girl -
Ben Best
Quince Danbury -
Jody Hill
Tut Long John Silver -
Kevin Breznahan
Patrick Manchester -
David Krumholtz
Benji Austin -
Mousa Kraish
Billy Baybridge -
Nicholas Jasenovec
Coffee Fairmount -
Martin Starr
James Masselin -
Keith Loneker
Wild Bill Cherry -
Matthew McKane
Kane Cloverdale -
Lauren Miller
Scarlett Brighton -
Peter Salett
Tiger Greendragon -
Rakefet Abergel
Muffin Selby -
Brooke Dillman
Mrs Hayworth -
Michael Naughton
Gym Teacher -
Steve Bannos
Math Teacher -
Casey Margolis
Young Seth -
Laura Marano
Young Becca -
Matthew Bass
Vagtastic Voyager -
Aurora Snow
Vagtastic Voyage Girl -
Jenna Haze
Vagtastic Voyage Girl -
Ted Haigh
Bartender -
Michael Fennessey
Bus Driver -
Brian Huskey
Elementary Principal -
Clark Duke
Party Teen -
Stephen IV Borrello
Party Teen -
Naathan Phan
Party Teen -
Pamella D'Pella
Teacher -
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All Critics (206) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (187) | 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.
Top Critic[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.
This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect.
'Superbad' at its best goes right through knockabout to land in deliciously obscene places - notably a staggering succession of doodles in which tumescent cocks take on various extraordinary guises.
A critical mass of these kinds of flicks argues for a new subgenre: "nerdsploitation."
'Superbad': 'American Graffiti Redux,' only updated with the usual raunch and a major penis fixation
It's a simple tale about two horny kids not only on a quest for vodka, beer and sticky fumbling, but they're looking to find themselves in the process. I'll be damned if there's many people left in the cinema afterwards who won't relate to that.
Honest goodwill, fond observational detail and Greg Mottola's exuberant direction make the picture nigh on irresistible, but there are some missteps.
The affable trajectory covers enough guffaws to balance out the flattest visuals this side of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Like all Apatow productions, it's far too long but it has a winning combination of cleverly crude humor and genuine sweetness.
The comic-duo of Jonah Hill and Michael Cera reminded me of an immature, foul-mouthed Laurel & Hardy.
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.
Thanks to Rogen and Apatow we can once again look forward to seeing R-rated comedies.
a fresh air
Raunchy enough, but it lacks some of the subtle wit and verbal sophistication that has always distinguished Apatow's finest comedies.
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.
The thing that saves Superbad from being a profane waste of time is its urbane intelligence and above all, bracing honesty.
Audience Reviews for Superbad
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It's quite a simple set up: Evan and Seth have a chance to finally get laid, and all it's gonna take is a bunch of booze. That's where geek Fogell comes in. He's got a fake ID, but what should be a quick trip to the liquor store turns into a wild adventure that nuts keeps getting nuttier and nuttier as it progresses.
I've enjoyed this movie ever since I first saw it, and with each viewing, I've come to appreciate it more and more, and it has really grown on me as being truly brilliant. I'm not kidding. This is one of the best films of its decade, and really is more than just a vulgar teen comedy. It is quite bawdy, but it's hilarious, well written, has tons of heart and character, and is done rather thoughtfully and intelligently, which is great since it sure doesn't seem like it would be this way initially.
Christopher Mintze-Plasse steals the show as Fogell, better known by his ID name of McLovin, Emma Stone made her terrific debut her as the object of Seth's affection, Michael Cera puts another notch in his belt as the straightman Evan, and Jonah Hill owns as the larger than life Seth. Let's not forget the great supporting roles by Bill Hader and Seth Rogen as the world's most inept but cool cops, and great That Guys like Kevin Corrigan and Joe Lo Truglio.
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen's script is dynamite, and really captures teen life (especially the wild side) quite nicely, Greg Mottola provides some great direction, and the music is just wonderful. It also makes me smile that the film owes a few debts to the 70s, specifically blaxploitation.
All in all, this truly is a gem. It's unbelievably funny, surprising, and utterly charming...even when it's being lewd. Now that says something.
Super Reviewer
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- Seth: I am truly jealous you got to suck on those tits when you were a baby.
- Evan: Yeah, well, at least you got to suck on your dad's dick.
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- Seth: [imitating Becca] Oh Evan, thank you for bringing that lube for my pussy. I never would've been able to handle your four inch dick inside my pussy without that gigantic bottle of lube.
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- Evan: I heard she got breast reduction surgery.
- Seth: What? That's like slapping God across the face for giving you a beautiful gift.
- Evan: She had back problems, man.
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- Officer Slater: McLovin? Were you violating that young girl? Were you violating her with your penis?
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- Fogell: You still haven't told him that we're rooming together?
- Evan: Fogell, shut the fuck up. And take off that vest. You look like Aladdin.
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- Seth: No one's gotten a hand job in cargo shorts since Nam!
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