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Superbad
The 2007 comedy Superbad is a raunchy and nonsensical teen comedy that features a terrific premise that gets out of control, but the laughs provided almost make it hard to notice.
Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are high schools seniors who have been BFF's since they were eight years old but are going to be going to different colleges and in denial about how much they are going to miss each other. Their feelings get pushed aside when a huge party being thrown that night might be providing both of them to have sex with the girls of their dreams for the first time.
The guys find themselves in charge of providing liquor for the party and they are forced to turn to a super nerd (Christopher Mints-Plasse) who has a fake ID to buy the liquor, which is the springboard for a series of bizarre events that includes fights, two different parties, and Seth being hit by two different cars.
The screenplay by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg is probably based on their real life friendship, hence the names of the central characters, but I'm pretty sure only selected events here actually happened as the outrageous story that unfolds here is all over the place and even though there are laughs here, you also need a scorecard to keep track of everything that happens.
Personally, I thought the basic premise of this film was pretty unique...a look at separation anxiety between a pair of high school seniors, something we had never really seen before in the teen movie genre. Unfortunately, Rogen and Goldberg got carried away and came up with an outrageous comedy that often defies logic and realism and goes on forvever.
The film is populated with a lot of future stars. Rogen and Bill Hader get huge laughs as a pair of off-the-wall cops and future Oscar winner Emma Stone plays the hostess of the party in question, but, for my money, Jonah Hill walks off with this film, thanks to flawless comic timing and his affinity for physical comedy. And Michael cera deserves an Oscar for keeping a straight face working with Hill. The opening and closing scenes of this film did make me think about the very special movie that should have been and could have been between them.
The 2007 comedy Superbad is a raunchy and nonsensical teen comedy that features a terrific premise that gets out of control, but the laughs provided almost make it hard to notice.
Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are high schools seniors who have been BFF's since they were eight years old but are going to be going to different colleges and in denial about how much they are going to miss each other. Their feelings get pushed aside when a huge party being thrown that night might be providing both of them to have sex with the girls of their dreams for the first time.
The guys find themselves in charge of providing liquor for the party and they are forced to turn to a super nerd (Christopher Mints-Plasse) who has a fake ID to buy the liquor, which is the springboard for a series of bizarre events that includes fights, two different parties, and Seth being hit by two different cars.
The screenplay by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg is probably based on their real life friendship, hence the names of the central characters, but I'm pretty sure only selected events here actually happened as the outrageous story that unfolds here is all over the place and even though there are laughs here, you also need a scorecard to keep track of everything that happens.
Personally, I thought the basic premise of this film was pretty unique...a look at separation anxiety between a pair of high school seniors, something we had never really seen before in the teen movie genre. Unfortunately, Rogen and Goldberg got carried away and came up with an outrageous comedy that often defies logic and realism and goes on forvever.
The film is populated with a lot of future stars. Rogen and Bill Hader get huge laughs as a pair of off-the-wall cops and future Oscar winner Emma Stone plays the hostess of the party in question, but, for my money, Jonah Hill walks off with this film, thanks to flawless comic timing and his affinity for physical comedy. And Michael cera deserves an Oscar for keeping a straight face working with Hill. The opening and closing scenes of this film did make me think about the very special movie that should have been and could have been between them.