Superbad

Superbad (2007)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (204 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

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R, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By
Greg Mottola
Written By
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 17, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Dec 4, 2007
Sony Pictures/Columbia

Critic Reviews

  • 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.

  • Christopher Orr, 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.

  • Tom Charity, CNN.com

    This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    A critical mass of these kinds of flicks argues for a new subgenre: "nerdsploitation."

  • Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

    'Superbad': 'American Graffiti Redux,' only updated with the usual raunch and a major penis fixation

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    I laughed all thru this fun movie. Movies like this I generally dont like but had a blast watching this one.

  • Adriel L


    Pretty good, high school fun, with a nice say about honest living, really. It's got a heart!

  • Kevin C


    The perfect comedy. One of the most profound and honest films to capture the essence of high school life, friendship, and the whole of adolescence...... At least, from the male perspective.

  • Scott G


    America has a reason to boast about brilliance in the film industry... This is that reason.

  • Albert K


    A raunchy, earnestly heartwarming but hilarious comedy that draws laugh from its witty script, not slapstick stupidity.

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