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Deftly balancing vulgarity and sincerity while placing its protagonists in excessive situations, Superbad is an authentic take on friendship and the overarching awkwardness of the high school experience.
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... "Superbad" isn't perfect. But it's super close. Feb 7, 2018 | Full Review…
... "Superbad" isn't perfect. But it's super close.
Devin Gordon
Superbad is a movie about partying and getting wasted and getting the girl, but as the night wears on, much wisdom is gained too, about self, friendship and the end of teenage innocence in all its wondrous, terrifying splendor. Aug 3, 2013 | Full Review…
Superbad is a movie about partying and getting wasted and getting the girl, but as the night wears on, much wisdom is gained too, about self, friendship and the end of teenage innocence in all its wondrous, terrifying splendor.
Scott Foundas
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. Oct 18, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Bob Mondello
[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. Sep 22, 2008 | Full Review…
[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.
Christopher Orr
This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect. Jan 4, 2008 | Full Review…
This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect.
Tom Charity
If you can stand the predatory assumptions, which are that girls are mere sex objects to most teenage boys, there's much more to this movie than the usual teen comedy. You can't help laughing even as you wince. Sep 14, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
If you can stand the predatory assumptions, which are that girls are mere sex objects to most teenage boys, there's much more to this movie than the usual teen comedy. You can't help laughing even as you wince.
Derek Malcolm
There are enough laughs to make it worth your time. It may not be super good, but it is good enough. Nov 21, 2019 | Full Review…
There are enough laughs to make it worth your time. It may not be super good, but it is good enough.
Micheal Compton
Hysterically funny and also strangely poignant and heartfelt. Jun 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Hysterically funny and also strangely poignant and heartfelt.
Matthew Lucas
Yes, Superbad is a boy's story, so a certain perspective should be expected, and it's not the cheerful filth that bothers me, nor even the conventional morality; it's the paternalism. Aug 22, 2017 | Full Review…
Yes, Superbad is a boy's story, so a certain perspective should be expected, and it's not the cheerful filth that bothers me, nor even the conventional morality; it's the paternalism.
Dorothy Woodend
... the love child of American Pie and Dazed and Confused. Feb 14, 2017 | Full Review…
... the love child of American Pie and Dazed and Confused.
Sean Axmaker
Beneath the swearing and the tampon jokes lies a sweet-hearted tale of three chums celebrating the end of their carefree high-school days. Aug 3, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Beneath the swearing and the tampon jokes lies a sweet-hearted tale of three chums celebrating the end of their carefree high-school days.
Chris Knight
It's a simple tale about two horny kids not only on a quest for vodka, beer and sticky fumbling, but they're looking to find themselves in the process. I'll be damned if there's many people left in the cinema afterwards who won't relate to that. Nov 3, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's a simple tale about two horny kids not only on a quest for vodka, beer and sticky fumbling, but they're looking to find themselves in the process. I'll be damned if there's many people left in the cinema afterwards who won't relate to that.
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