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SUPERBAD (Dir. Greg Mottola, 2007) If you've heard anything about this movie you know the drill we spend the day with a few foul mouthed teenagers trying to get laid. Yep it's like a zillion 80's sex comedies as well as a homage to them at the same time. Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg wrote the semi-autobiographical screenplay when they were teenagers for themselves but got too old to play the parts. So now we've got Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) filling in and a great pair they are. Their kind of chemistry can't be faked and when joined by Fogle (more referred to as McLovin because that's his name on his fake ID) played by Christopher Mint Plasse, a lot of hilarious riffing flies through the air. McLovin has his own sideline adventure when he bemusedly befriends a couple of inept cops play by Rogen (he had to put himself in the movie somehow) and Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader. That bit, while it contains some big laughs, feels more like a comic convention than say, some of the other true to life sloppy shenanigans on display. Much better than your average teen flick these days SUPERBAD isn't for those who dislike lots of profanity and dick jokes but just about everybody else will find it really funny.

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