Superbad (2007)
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88% of critics liked it
(205 reviews) -
87% of users liked it
(567,319 ratings)
Operating under the assumption that by procuring alcohol for an upcoming party they will finally be able to break their longstanding losing streak with the fairer sex, socially inept high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) set out to secure the adult beverages that could get… More Operating under the assumption that by procuring alcohol for an upcoming party they will finally be able to break their longstanding losing streak with the fairer sex, socially inept high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) set out to secure the adult beverages that could get them off of the geek list before they even attend college orientation. Evan is a bright young student whose outward sweetness belies his suffocating fear of heading off to college without his lifelong best friend Seth -- a hormone-driven mischief-maker who wasn't accepted to the same school as Evan. But Evan and Seth both know that college is a place of personal reinvention, and that if they are able to make that first leap together they will have forged a bond powerful enough to last a lifetime. Meanwhile, Evan and Seth's friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) acquires a hastily rendered fake I.D. that instantly endears him to a pair of truly irresponsible cops (Bill Hader and Seth Rogen). Penned by co-star Rogen in collaboration with former Da Ali G Show co-writer Evan Goldberg, the semi-autobiographical SuperBad was produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Greg Mottola -- who previously helmed episodes of Undeclared and Arrested Development. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Greg Mottola
- Written By
- Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 17, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures/Columbia
Critic Reviews
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Bob Mondello, NPR.org
What makes the film so appealing is the disconnect between what comes from the mouths of these hormone-addled pups and what's going on in their heads, where they're still clinging desperately to the innocence they're leaving behind.
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Christopher Orr, The New Republic
[Cera] has some of the best comic timing of anyone working in film today, a precocious sense of the awkward pauses and misread cues in which social panic resides.
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Tom Charity, CNN.com
This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect.
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Ben Walters, Time Out
'Superbad' at its best goes right through knockabout to land in deliciously obscene places - notably a staggering succession of doodles in which tumescent cocks take on various extraordinary guises.
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Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
A critical mass of these kinds of flicks argues for a new subgenre: "nerdsploitation."
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Cast
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Jonah Hill
as Seth
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Michael Cera
as Evan
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Seth Rogen
as Officer Michaels
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Bill Hader
as Officer Slater
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse
as Fogell
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Kevin Corrigan
as Mark
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Joe Lo Truglio
as Francis the Driver
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Martha MacIsaac
as Becca
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Emma Stone
as Jules
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Aviva
as Nicola
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Clement Blake
as Homeless Guy
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Erica Vittana Phillips
as Liquor Store Cashier
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Joseph A. Nuņez
as Liquor Store Clerk
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Dave Franco
as Greg the Soccer Player
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Marcella Lentz-Pop
as Gaby
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Scottie Gerbacia
as Jesse
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Laura Seay
as Shirley
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Roger Iwami
as Miroki
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Clint Mabry
as Prosthetic Leg Kid
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Stacy Edwards
as Evan's Mom
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Mark Rogen
as Father With Bat
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Charlie Hatsock
as Good Shopper Cashier
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Donna Hardy
as Old Lady
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Charley Rossman
as Good Shopper Security
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Carla Gallo
as Period Blood Girl
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Ben Best
as Quince Danbury
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Jody Hill
as Tut Long John Silver
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Kevin Breznahan
as Patrick Manchester
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David Krumholtz
as Benji Austin
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Mousa Kraish
as Billy Baybridge
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Nicholas Jasenovec
as Coffee Fairmount
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Martin Starr
as James Masselin
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Keith Loneker
as Wild Bill Cherry
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Matthew McKane
as Kane Cloverdale
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Lauren Miller
as Scarlett Brighton
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Peter Salett
as Tiger Greendragon
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Rakefet Abergel
as Muffin Selby
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Brooke Dillman
as Mrs Hayworth
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Michael Naughton
as Gym Teacher
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Steve Bannos
as Math Teacher
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Casey Margolis
as Young Seth
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Laura Marano
as Young Becca
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Matthew Bass
as Vagtastic Voyager
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Aurora Snow
as Vagtastic Voyage Girl
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Jenna Haze
as Vagtastic Voyage Girl
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Ted Haigh
as Bartender
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Michael Fennessey
as Bus Driver
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Brian Huskey
as Elementary Principal
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Clark Duke
as Party Teen
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Stephen IV Borrello
as Party Teen
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Naathan Phan
as Party Teen
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Pamella D'Pella
as Teacher
- Evan Goldberg
- Erica Vittina Phillips
- Joe Nunez








