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post #1 of 10
7/18/07 at 6:39am
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I caught this last night at a preview screening. Very funny. If you're a fan of Judd Apatow comedies (40 year old virgin, Knocked Up, etc.) you'll like this one. Its sort of Judd Apatow meets John Hughes. The age restricted trailer on the official site is a good look at the movie - check it out.

There was a Q&A afterwards with Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Bill Hader and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Lots of Arrested Development questions directed to Michael (will the series be back, will there be a movie, etc) to which the answer was no.
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post #2 of 10
8/18/07 at 5:38am

*** Official SUPERBAD Review Thread

Saw this last night - very very funny. Haven't heard an audience roar like that in a long time. Great cast; Rogen is great as a cop having too much fun on the job.

Probably the best comedy of the summer.
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post #3 of 10
8/18/07 at 7:16am

*** Official SUPERBAD Review Thread

This thread is now the Official Review Thread for "Superbad". Please post all HTF member reviews in this thread. Any plot details that could negatively affect another's viewing pleasure should have spoilers attached to those comments.

Any other comments, links to other reviews, or discussion items will be deleted from this thread without warning!

If you need to discuss those type of issues then I have designated an Official Discussion Thread.



Crawdaddy
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post #4 of 10
8/18/07 at 9:10am

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Decent. Funny. Not nearly as funny as the pre-release hype and reviews had led me to believe. But I liked it alright.
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post #5 of 10
8/18/07 at 11:42am

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I thought this was way better than Knocked Up, but ultimately that would probably be a toss up based on the demographic of the viewer (i.e., I don't have kids ). It is, however, with out a doubt the single best teen coming-of-age flick in the last 20 years.
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post #6 of 10
8/18/07 at 11:53am

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I thought this movie was hi-lariously funny in more spots than not. I was slapping my knee at times (hey wait, is that a euphemism?) from laughing. Michael Cera (Evan) is a really good, young, comedic straight man, while Jonah Hill (Seth) is "out there" with manic-ness. Christopher Mintz-Plasse as McLovin was spot-on for most of the film. I enjoyed the film for what it was, a foul-mouth teen romp with heart. Seth Rogen and Bill Hader also provide was good laughs as the cops that find their way into McLovin's night with his homey's (Evan and Seth).

I give it 3.75 stars, or a grade of A-.
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post #7 of 10
8/18/07 at 3:30pm

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I've been inner hyping this movie to myself for the last 4 months ever since I first saw the theatrical trailer on HDNet. And it blew my expectations out of the water big time.

Favorite parts (that I can remember between all the laughing) were:

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The two cops reaction to McLovin taking down the deranged guy in the restaurant


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When officer Michaels shoots the stop sign and then hands the gun over to McLovin for a shot, but then they hear other policy sirens..."Shit the Cops, lets get outta here", and they all get back into their own cop car and race off.


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Seths day dreams of trying to steal the alcohol form the grocery store, and expecially the reaction and interaction with that old lady


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All the dicks...OCTOPENIS!


I was laughing so hard at this movie that I know I missed some jokes or lines. And our theater, as well, had many times when we were clapping and cheering at scenes. The interesting part is, some of the jokes or character reactions you knew beforehand because it is what you wanted them to do, and once they actually did it, it made it even funnier. This is especially true with Officer Slater and Michael attitude towards McLovin.

This movie is definitely not for everyone. This is a very vulgar comedy and should have been rated R, but here in Canada it was rated 14A. Maybe 16 year old should be able to see this movie, but 14 is pushing it...this is very vulgar. But I'm 29 years old and I Mc love it.

(And Fogel is officially McLovin...great character, great comedic acting, and overall hilarious performance from Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
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post #8 of 10
8/18/07 at 6:04pm

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Some very funny moments, and I loved everything with McLovin. There were some moments I thought were just gross-out for the sake of gross out that I didn't think was very funny (the entire seen involving blood for those that have viewed the film was strange and didn't work for a few reasons).

But it also had some real out of the park hits, and you had to root for George Michael Jr. (OK! I had to make the crack! come on, was no one else hoping Jason Bateman would just appear in the background somewhere?)

I didn't enjoy it as much as say, Knocked Up, but some really good moments. And the cops were over the top zany fun.

This isnt' the best I've seen this year, but it was worth the price of admission.

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post #9 of 10
8/19/07 at 9:32am

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I am McLovin!

He's the new Spicoli. This movie was both hilarious AND smart.

The cops/McLovin ended up being much funnier than I had suspected. The only gripe I have is that I sort of wished Seth/Evan had been through a couple 'adventures' rather than just the one party from hell.
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post #10 of 10
8/19/07 at 11:55am

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I was looking forward to this film above all others this summer. Caught it last night in a packed house. I liked it a lot but I think my expectations were too high. I laughed a lot and enjoyed the hell out of it. I think with another viewing, I'll love it.

McLovin was the biggest surprise -- total scene stealer. I could have used less cops and more Seth & Evan. One of the best teen comedies in a long while.

The best thing about it was it avoided many of the pitfalls of most teen-comedies of late. Funny, smart and poignant.

A- (for now)
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