Superbad (2007)

(State whose licence plats I couldn’t quite make out; contemporary)

Having enjoyed the Judd Apatow produced TV series ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and ‘Undeclared’, I decided to see ‘Superbad’. ‘Superbad’ is not limited by the constraints of network TV and throughly embraces its teen sex comedy genera, therefor, it is crude. However it is also consistently funny and oddly fulfilling. Seth Rogen is a comedy genius and he wrote the film along with Evan Goldberg, inspired by their high school experience, in fact the two lead characters are even named Seth and Evan (Rogen also plays a cop in the movie). The films young cast is good, they capture high school suitably well, with Jonah Hill and Michael Cera abelly helming the picture, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse getting his moment of fame as “McLoven”. Of course as with the previous Apatow projects ‘Superbad’ does have an emotional substance that is far from overbearing and infact makes the film more then just exploitation, though it’s plenty of the latter. You might not want to watch the closing credits.