Rating: R
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Directed by: Greg Mottola

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So says the trivia: they were just 14 years-old when they wrote this movie. They, being Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, were quoted as saying, "We just wanted to see if we could write a movie."

Superbad is a "third" eye-opener, engorged with teen angst shifted into excessive, sexual overdrive. In its 114 minute run, it tells the adventurous tale about three 17 year-old, severely sex-obsessed, and depraved, high school seniors.

First off, we have Evan. He, unlike his co-hort and best buddy, Seth, has been accepted to Dartmoth. Needless to say, he is highly intelligent, serious, sensitive, thoughtful and pretty much all the things that his dear, bosom buddy is not. As a matter of fact, Evan is so serious, that he refuses to view porn sites that lack sophistication or a cleverly disguised domain name.

Evan's interest, besides higher mathematics, is Becca (MacIsaac), the girl who sits next to him in class. She expresses, however subtly, mutual feelings by borrowing his pen.

Next is Seth. Besides having a weight problem, Seth has a much more intriguing issue which has been titillating his brain since he was a young laddie. He has an obsessive, compulsive desire to draw the male phallus in every pose and cartoon adaptation. The drawings are actually pretty good, but that's beside the point. Seth, to sum up his whole being, is nothing more than a loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed cross between a very young Jackie Gleason and Rodney Dangerfield.

His love interest is the beautiful and sober home economics aficionado, Jules (Stone). She invites him to her pre-graduation party under the terms that he bring the booze.

Cue the "third leg" of the dynamic trio, Fogell. Fogell is Adam Sandler after he has been shoved into a miniaturization machine. His looks and mannerisms match Mr. Sandler's perfectly.

After revealing to Seth and Evan that he has acquired a fake I.D., Fogell is voted most likely to succeed in purchasing enough alcoholic beverages for the entire graduating class to drink themselves under the table. The plan to get thoroughly trashed and deflowered appears to show some promise until the liquor store, where said purchase is being made, gets robbed.

Fogell gets punched out by the perpetrator and winds up being rescued by the most unlikely members of public service—two police officers who, for lack of a more politically correct way to express it, don't exactly have much on the balls. Sorry. I meant ball.

It is here where the story climaxes. Unfortunately for the trio, the story is the only thing that gets to climax. If movie-goers are looking for a deep story plot or engrossing special effects, then this movie is probably not for them.

As far as engrossing special effects, the only thing engrossing is the post-party puking that some of the trio's classmates participate in. However, if someone is looking for enough farce to carry them well into the new school term, then they have come to the right place. Bring your friends, your better half, and, for whatever it's worth, as much of a sense of humor as you can possibly carry to this flick—you're going to need it.

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dana   |2007-08-19 07:48:22 cool..gotta go see this one Reply 0   0

dliddle   |2007-08-19 07:46:49 i'm not much for comedies, but this looks and sounds hilarious...thanks for the write up. Reply 0   0

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