Superbad (2007)

Directed by

Greg Mottola

Genre

comedy film, teen film, sex comedy, high school film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 8,173 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two high school friends try to have one last party before graduating. They want to lose their virginity and get alcohol for the party, but everything goes wrong in embarrassing and funny ways.

raunchyfunnyawkwardfast-pacedwarmchaoticnostalgicearthy

What happens

Superbad is a 2007 American coming-of-age teen buddy comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and produced by Judd Apatow. It stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two teenagers about to graduate from high school. Before graduating, the boys want to party and lose their virginity, but their plan proves harder than expected. Christopher Mintz-Plasse (in his film debut), Rogen, Bill Hader, Martha MacIsaac, and Emma Stone (in her film debut) provide supporting roles. Rogen and Goldberg wrote the script during their teenage years. It is loosely based on their experience in Grade 12 at Point Grey Secondary School in Vancouver during the 1990s. The main characters have the same given names as the two writers. Rogen was also initially intended to play Seth, but due to age and physical size this was changed, and Hill went on to portray Seth, while Rogen portrayed the irresponsible Officer Michaels, opposite Saturday Night Live star Hader as Officer Slater. Superbad premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on August 13, 2007, and was theatrically released in the United States four days later on August 17, 2007. The film received positive reviews, with critics praising the dialogue and the chemistry between the two leads as well as the performances of the supporting cast. The film also proved financially successful, grossing $170.8 million on a $17.5–20 million budget. The film has since become a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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