Rude, Crude, and Very Funny - Go McLovin!
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MAY
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2008
Superbad —
2007's Superbad was written by Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and Evan Goldberg (Da Ali G Show), over a period of more than a decade. In other words, they first conceived the movie when they were in junior high, which is not surprising, given the nature of the film, and the often juvenile humor on display.Evan (Michael Cera, who had a pretty good year in '07, having also co-starred in Juno) is a high school senior who faces the prospect of being separated from his joined-at-the-hip best friend, the incredibly foul-mouthed Seth (Jonah Hill), when they matriculate at different colleges in the fall.
They deal with the impending parting of the ways by conspiring to provide alcohol to a party attended by their objects of desire, Becca and Jules, so as to take advantage of the girls while they are drunk. Their accomplice in the scheme is Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who has just obtained a fake ID, under the name "McLovin."
Rather than provide a blow-by-blow account of the various complicationsthat befall our heroes, I will say that most of it is pretty funny, some of it is not, and that the film is not for everyone. Some parents in the audience will be appalled at the characters' actions and by Seth's neverending stream of potty language, but others will find the whole thing uproariously hilarious.
McLovin's adventures with a couple of patrolmen (played by Rogen and Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader) are particularly amusing. For me, their scenes were the best part of the movie.
To sum up, Superbad is a raunchy teen comedy that delivers plenty of laughs, especially if one is a fan of raunchy teen comdies.
Available in an unrated special edition from Sony Home Video.
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