In the last couple of years Judd Apaptow managed to change the face of the comedy genre.
With the humor in movies like 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall he has shown that that kind of humor, which is more oriented to older watcher is a very succesful formula. There have been a lot of movies that tried to copy it, but not all have managed to follow the success. Apatow was also involved with Superbad and you can clearly see. The movie shows a couple of teenagers who promise their fellow students they will buy booze for a party. It’s a big chance for them to be very popular at school. There is only one slight problem and it’s that they don’t have the legal age to buy alcohol yet.
One of them has a solution though, a false ID. It turns out he has chosen McLovin as his name (just McLovin) and it states that he’s 25. Even though they think it won’t work they decide to try. When the police shows up their plans have to change slightly and it means they all have funny things happen to them on their way to the party.
The film deals with such subjects as growing up, wanting to be popular, friendship and connecting with girls and does so in an excellent and funny way. The language the teenagers use is rude (but i guess very realistic) and hilarious. Seth Rogen and Bill Hader are humorous in their role as police officers (the scene in the liquor store for example) and together with “McLovin” they manage to create some of my favorite scenes.
If you are not quickly shocked and like “rude” comedies then you should see Superbad. If you like other Apatow movies then you can not miss this.
Score: 8
“Superbad” is one of the funniest and best buddy/coming-of-age comedies I’ve seen in a long, long time. The Jonah Hill/Michael Cera pairing is pure genius because their comedy styles, although totally different, work swimmingly together. Don’t even get me started on Mintz-Plasse as McLovin, the wannabe Irish R&B singer. B-E-A-Utiful.