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- 2007
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 53 m
- 2007
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 53 m
Summary Superbad is a coming-of-age cautionary tale about two socially inept teenage boys about to graduate high school. Theirs is a ridiculously dependent friendship--but now they've gotten into different colleges and are forced to contemplate life apart. Evan is sweet, smart, and generally terrified. Seth is foul-mouthed, volatile, and all-...
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Written By: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
- 2007
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 53 m
- 2007
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 53 m
Superbad
76
8.2
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Summary Superbad is a coming-of-age cautionary tale about two socially inept teenage boys about to graduate high school. Theirs is a ridiculously dependent friendship--but now they've gotten into different colleges and are forced to contemplate life apart. Evan is sweet, smart, and generally terrified. Seth is foul-mouthed, volatile, and all-...
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Written By: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
76
89% Positive
32 Reviews
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11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
76
89% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
11% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Might be the most provocative teen sex comedy ever made; it is certainly one of the most convulsively funny.
The movie is astonishingly foul-mouthed, but in a fluent, confident way where the point isn't the dirty words, but the flow and rhythm, and the deep, sad yearning they represent.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 486 User Ratings
8.2
88% Positive
427 Ratings
427 Ratings
9% Mixed
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
3% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 486 User Ratings
8.2
88% Positive
427 Ratings
427 Ratings
9% Mixed
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
3% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
The Good:
In the spirit of a horny teenage boy awkwardly confessing his love to his crush of forever, I'm just going to list everything I love about this comedy classic.
The ambiguous time period. Superbad looks, sounds, and feels like the 1970s (hence the title), with warm browns and oranges, a grainy "shot-on-film" feel, and a killer funk inspired soundtrack. Yet, it's clearly a movie set in the 2000s, with the cellphones, and the PS2s and the cars in the background. It's almost as if the movie is sub-communicating how timeless it would eventually become. Which, whether intentional or not, is telling as to how brilliant this raunchy, vulgar comedy truly is.
Jonah Hill and Michael Cera's chemistry in this film is UNREAL. They sound, act, and feel like actual friends and the reality that they've never done another movie together sort of propels their dynamic in this film to LEGENDARY status. There's nothing to compare them to really; they are one of cinema's all time duos in this one, perfectly balancing off one another.
It calls back to another amazing aspect of this film; how realistic the teenagers look and act in this film. Clearly everyone is in their mid 20s, but most of the teens look like seniors on the cusp of graduation. More than that, they ACT realistically. One thing American high school films always get wrong is the "clique." They're really not as rigid as films and TV portray; people frequently talk to, hang out with, and befriend people outside of their clique on a regular basis. Superbad nails how high school isn't a straightforward tribal hierarchy. It's a web of relationships.
I know that sounds like a weird thing to praise this movie for, but it all culminates in one of the best party montages I've seen put to film. It's super satisfying not just to see our heroes finally get to the Promised Land, but for it to be a party filled with generally realistic people. It harkens back to parties I went to back in the day; maybe that's why this movie speaks to me so much.
Speaking of realism, this film managed to impact pop culture going forward with the inclusion of the iconic Christopher Mintz-Plasse as McLovin. It's kind of appropriate he came and went; I'd be surprised if he could ever top this role, to be honest. A testament to exceptional casting throughout this film, there's no one else I could imagine possibly being McLovin than this dude.
What else can I say? The writing is basically perfect, with so many jokes crammed into this that you can watch it dozens of times and still find new things to laugh at. The performances are top notch from absolutely everyone, whether they're minor characters or romantic interests. The movie's real message about friendship and growing up is unbelievably heart warming.
AND THAT ENDING. Would anyone have expected a movie about two horny teenage boys trying to deliver alcohol to a party for the express purposes of getting laid to end like this? For it to tug at your heart strings and wish there was another movie right after? I don't think so.
Bad: It's Super.
The Ugly: I'm going to say it. Superbad is probably the last great American comedy film. There have been good comedies since, for sure, but do any of them even come close to Superbad? It'll be 16 years in 2023 since this movie came out, and honestly, it hasn't been topped. All hail the baddest of them all.
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Love this movie, still makes me laugh whenever I watch it. Just 3 teenage boys doing what all teen boys want to do. Get a fake ID, get some liquor, go to a party, and try to get laid.
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Mostly Superbad is as soulful and funky as its soundtrack.
It's mostly very crude, often very funny and a little bit smarter than you might otherwise think.
Superbad is cute if you like guys who aren't even remotely bad, in a coming-of-age tale so old-fashioned the girls might just as well be wearing bloomers.
The bawdy jokes score big points, but it's the rueful acknowledgement of adolescent embarrassment and humiliation that most distinguishes Superbad, another ultra-raunchy and commercial sex comedy from the Judd Apatow laugh factory.
As films about the young and the horny go, I preferred the smarter approach director Jeffrey Blitz takes in "Rocket Science."
this album is very very easily a 10, I really don't even need to explain why cause it's so obvious
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I had a lot of fun. For me a hit. I found all the characters funny. Especially McLovin and the cops were really cool and I really liked this movie and laughed every moment. It was a great comedy in my eyes. If you're looking for a party movie, I would recommend Superbad. For me, it's an above average movie that I recommend to fans of comedy with teenagers.
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The Mclovin story is hands down the best part of this movie and should've been the only focus of this movie. Every other character's jokes fall flat most of the time apart from a few really good chuckles. Not a bad comedy, but I would rather watch The Interview.
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
Apatow Productions
Release Date Aug 17, 2007
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Come and Get Some
Awards
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 5 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 5 Nominations
