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==Plot==
==Plot==
Evan ([[Michael Cera|Cera]]) and Seth ([[Jonah Hill|Hill]]) are close friends preparing to leave high school. Seth is invited to a party by Jules ([[Emma Stone|Stone]]) and agrees to provide the alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s ([[Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Mintz-Plasse]]) [[Identity document forgery|fake ID]], which lists his full name only as "McLovin".
Evan ([[Michael Cera|Cera]]) and Seth ([[Jonah Hill|Hill]]) are close friends preparing to leave high school. Seth is invited to a party by Jules ([[Emma Stone|Stone]]) and agrees to fellash her and buy her alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s ([[Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Mintz-Plasse]]) [[Identity document forgery|fake ID]], which lists his full name only as "McLovin".
While purchasing the alcohol Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. When two police officers - Slater ([[Bill Hader|Hader]]) and Michaels (Rogen) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery, they accept his McLovin ID as genuine and offer him a lift to the party, though they make numerous stops first.
While purchasing the alcohol Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. When two police officers - Slater ([[Bill Hader|Hader]]) and Michaels (Rogen) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery, they accept his McLovin ID as genuine and offer him a lift to the party, though they make numerous stops first.


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Superbad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGreg Mottola
Written byEvan Goldberg
Seth Rogen
Produced byJudd Apatow
Evan Goldberg
Shauna Robertson
Seth Rogen
StarringJonah Hill
Michael Cera
Chris Mintz-Plasse
Bill Hader
Seth Rogen
CinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook
Edited byGeritt Moyer
Music byLyle Workman
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Apatow Productions
Release dates
August 17, 2007
Running time
Theatrical cut
114 min.
Unrated cut
118 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$166,705,541 (worldwide)

Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 year olds in junior high school.[2] The film's main characters have the same first names as Rogen and Goldberg. The film is directed by former television director Greg Mottola and is produced by Judd Apatow, previously known for directing The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up.

The film was a critical and commercial success, inspiring comparisons to Apatow's previous film, Knocked Up, which was released earlier in the summer.

Plot

Evan (Cera) and Seth (Hill) are close friends preparing to leave high school. Seth is invited to a party by Jules (Stone) and agrees to fellash her and buy her alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s (Mintz-Plasse) fake ID, which lists his full name only as "McLovin". While purchasing the alcohol Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. When two police officers - Slater (Hader) and Michaels (Rogen) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery, they accept his McLovin ID as genuine and offer him a lift to the party, though they make numerous stops first.

Evan and Seth see the police car outside of the convenience store and assume that Fogell is being arrested for attempting to buy alcohol. While deciding what to do, Seth is hit by a car and the driver (Lo Truglio) takes them to a party where they can find alcohol. While there they are involved in a fight and flee the party.

Meanwhile, Slater and Michaels have befriended "McLovin" and proceed to get drunk while on duty, usually by skipping their tab at bars or drinking leftover alcohol from parties they bust. While driving drunk, with "McLovin" and a homeless crook in the squad car, Slater and Michaels are involved in various horseplay and accidentally strike Seth, who is standing in the roadway fighting with Evan. Slater and Michaels, in an attempt to cover up their negligence, decide to frame Seth and Evan for causing the accident.

Fogell, Evan and Seth flee the officers and arrive at Jules’ party. While there, Evan pairs off with Becca (MacIsaac), Fogell pairs off with Nicola (Aviva Farber), and Seth attempts to pair off with a sober Jules, who rejects him for being intoxicated and belligerent. In bed, Evan rejects Becca's sexual advances due to her drunkenness, and Fogell's intercourse with Nicola is interrupted by Slater and Michaels, who break up the party and then drink the leftover alcohol.

The cops privately admit they knew Fogell was a teenager with a fake ID from the beginning, and were befriending him in an attempt to feel young again. They then make a scene out of "arresting" Fogell, to give him popularity among the other teens.

The next scene shows Seth carrying Evan. Evan wakes up and they decide to sleepover at Evan's house. Following officer Slater, Michaels, and Fogell, it shows them Michaels' "solution" to what happened to the cruiser stating that while Fogell was getting mugged, a crackhead stole their police cruiser and had no knowledge about its whereabouts. They then take the car to a parking lot where they do a series of donuts and sliding all around. Slater then takes the car and does an "upward spiraling pigtail". He then moves to the opposite end of the parking lot and floors the car. When he turns the wheel his car skids out of control and eventually crashes into a light pole. They set the car on fire afterward while Slater lets Fogell shoot at it. That evening, Seth and Evan express their feelings of brotherly love for each other.

The following day Seth and Evan meet Becca and Jules at the mall and they finally pair off.

Cast

Reception

According to Box Office Mojo, the film opened at #1 at the U.S. box office, grossing $33,052,411 in its opening weekend in 2,948 theaters with an average of $11,212 per theater.[3] The film stayed at #1 the second week, grossing $18,044,369.[3] As of January 3, 2008, the film has grossed an estimated $121,463,226 domestically, and $48,101,378 overseas, for a total of $169,564,604 worldwide. Compared to the relatively small budget of $20 million, the film was a huge success. [1] The film is the highest grossing high school comedy of all time. [4]

As of October 11, 2007, the film-critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes listed 87% positive reviews based on 174 reviews (151 "fresh", 23 "rotten") with the consensus that it was "an authentic take on the awkwardness of the high school experience." It also has an 86% Cream Of The Crop rating. [5] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 76% based on 36 reviews.[6].

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 2007's most successful comedy.[7] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 1/2 stars (out of 4) and said "The movie reminded me a little of National Lampoon's Animal House, except that it's more mature, as all movies are."[8] Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times said "Physically, Hill and Cera recall the classic comic duos -- Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Aykroyd and Belushi. But they are contemporary kids, sophisticated and sensitive to nuance"; she added, "I hope it's not damning the movie with the wrong kind of praise to say that for a film so deliriously smutty, Superbad is supercute".[9] Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly said "2007: the year Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen saved movie comedy", a reference to Knocked Up which was released in June.[10] Devin Gordon of Newsweek said "As a Revenge of the Nerds redux, Superbad isn't perfect. But it's super close."[11]

Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter, conversely, compared the film to the similar single-day structure of American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused, but that "it doesn't have the smarts or the depths of those ensemble comedies".[12] Adam Graham of The Detroit News said, "the cops belong in a bad Police Academy sequel, not this movie", and also that the film "falls short of teen-classic status."[13] Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel called the film "super-derivative", "super-raunchy", and "Freaks & Geeks: Uncensored". Moore went on to say the film shamelessly steals from movies such as Can't Hardly Wait and American Graffiti. He also said, "Like Knocked Up, this is a comedy they don't know how to end. The energy flags as it overstays its welcome."[14] Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe said the film "has a degree more sophistication than Revenge of the Nerds and American Pie, and less than the underrated House Party". Morris also said, "the few smart observations could have come from an episode of one of [Apatow's] TV shows" and "I wanted to find this as funny as audiences did".[15] Mark Kermode on his BBC Radio 5 Live review show described it as being "adequately reviewed by its own title."

Top ten lists

The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[16]

Release

Soundtrack

Main article: Superbad (soundtrack)

Original music for the film was composed by Lyle Workman. A soundtrack to the film was released on August 7, 2007.

Blu-ray Disc and DVD release

The film was released December 4, 2007 on both high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in rated (113 min.) and unrated (118 min.) editions, and in an unrated extended Blu-ray Disc two-disc edition with special features including deleted scenes and bloopers. The Blu-ray edition has a feature "SuperMeter" that counts the obscenities while you watch the movie and also includes a special scene during the credits in which the character Fogell displays a phone number written on cardboard most likely as a producer prank.[17]

MPAA Rating

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens.

References

  1. ^ a b "Superbad (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  2. ^ Dylan Callaghan (2007-08-17). "It's Funnier With People". Writer's Guild of America. Retrieved 2007-11-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Superbad (2007) - Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  4. ^ Box Office Mojo: Charts - High School Comedy
  5. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
  6. ^ Metacritic: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
  7. ^ Mick LaSalle (2007-08-17). "Review: Teens on a mission to buy booze in 'Superbad'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Roger Ebert (2007-08-16). ":: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Superbad". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Carina Chocano (2007-08-17). "'Superbad's' teen raunch isn't what's shocking; it's the love story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-08-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Sean Burns. "Geek Outlook". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  11. ^ Devin Gordon (Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue). "Revenge of the Nerds". Newsweek. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Stephen Farber (2007-08-07). "Superbad". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Adam Graham (2007-08-16). "Laughable roles". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  14. ^ Roger Moore (2007-08-17). "'Superbad' is super-derivative". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Wesley Morris (2007-08-17). ""It's a nerd, he's in pain -- it's Superbad"". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  17. ^ http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/superbad.html
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