Superbad

Superbad is probably the best movie produced by Judd Apatow. It’s so earnest and depicts the problems of teenagers so aptly that it might move you to tears. It is a crazy comedy about the shenanigans of a couple of young guys, in which the innovative screenwriting ideas and dialogue might give you more “film pleasure” than the Coen brothers’ sophisticated humor. And not many teen comedies are able to do that. I want a sequel! I want more of Seth, Evan and Fogell! (03/17/2008)

It is not gratuitously vulgar, it is funny as hell and affably sensitive at the end. An excellent script that isn't afraid to go for the absurd at times, but mostly keeps it pretty real and believable. The film has well written and acted characters and it’s generally a terrible pleasure to watch. I'm looking forward to giving this one a second go. Much more entertaining than Knocked Up for me personally. (10/14/2007)

This traditional loser story about the loss of virginity works for the first twenty minutes or so when Seth quite humorously comments on all the hardships brought on by his futile efforts to score. But as the minutes tick by, it becomes clear that not everyone is destined to pull off an entire film based on vulgar humor. Unfortunately, Greg Mottola is one of those. The film lacks Kevin Smith's hardened sensibility and is thus increasingly bogged down in dysfunctional absurdities (the cop duo) that, especially thanks to the incomprehensibly overlong runtime, are painfully boring. American Pie remains undefeated. (11/22/2007)

"Prci, prci, prcičky" sparked an avalanche of better and worse teenage movies. Some are worth it, others less so. "Superbad" is an example of how nerds are still in trend and how they are capable of simply making you laugh by being foolish and trying to fit in. These two are also losers who think highly of themselves - especially the one played by Jonah Hill - that they are actually terribly cool and - excuse my language - each one of them will become a jerk. It's not that simple, and their ordinary effort to get to a party and be seen as cool guys ultimately leads them to both comical and tragic situations, but in the end, they come out unscathed. Seth Rogen once again showed his talent for screenwriting and came up with a script (with the classic help of Evan Goldberg) that is funny if you like edgier humor, smart if you don't settle for mere slapstick instead of comedy, and moreover, he created two exemplary characters that Jonah Hill and Michael Cera embodied beautifully. I'm not one of those who will drool over the fact that the film is genius, but I still think it will leave something in your memory. Maybe just those two stupid cops. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/06/nebezpecne-znamosti-jak-ztratit-kluka.html (02/21/2013)

Superbad is neither super, nor completely bad. Bill (Jonah Hill) and Ben (Michael Cera) are nice guys. So much so that you end up willing them to get laid at last. But what good is that when the duo at the typewriter gives them such paper-rustling dialogs. They try so hard to be “obscene and natural about something important" like when Kevin Smith writes them, but they end up being obscene and about nothing. Just a little spiced up with a pop culture reference in every other sentence. But just for the sake of it, not because it fits. Another down point is the length. Not even the ending of The Return of the King drags on this long. This way a few really good scenes and ideas are drowned under a ton of filler. And not the flavored filler like you get at McDonald’s, but ordinary, flavorless filler from McLovin. P.S.: Any similarity with my review for Knocked Up is fully intentional. (06/13/2008)