Sunday 17th October 2010

Superbad

Director: Greg Mottola
Year: 2007
Stars: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I didn't love this film. Along with other movies by the Judd Apatow (who produced this) et al. team, it has been raved about by critics. And, along with other movies by the Judd Apatow et al. team (think The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up...), I didn't find it that funny.

The film follows Seth (Hill), Evan (Cera) and Fogell (Mintz-Plasse), three unpopular high school teenagers who get invited to the cool kids party, and promise to bring along some booze (with the help of Fogell's questionable Hawaiian ID).

I'm not sure why so many critics touted this as a brand-new type of comedy. For the most part, American Pie did this, and, in my opinion, far better, about 10 years ago. That's not to say there aren't some laugh-out-loud moments here - there are. Thankfully it's not quite at The 40-Year Old Virgin level. But it's just not that funny, and I've seen it done better in the past.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5