Superbad
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| Directed by | Greg Mottola |
| Written by | Evan Goldberg Seth Rogen |
| Produced by | Judd Apatow Evan Goldberg Shauna Robertson Seth Rogen |
| Starring | Jonah Hill Michael Cera Chris Mintz-Plasse Bill Hader Seth Rogen Martha MacIsaac Emma Stone |
| Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
| Edited by | William Kerr |
| Music by | Lyle Workman |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Apatow Productions |
Release dates | August 17, 2007 |
Running time | Theatrical cut: 113 min. Unrated cut: 119 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million[1] |
| Box office | $157,256,697 (worldwide) |
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Superbad is a 2007 comedy written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. They began writing the script when they were 13 years old [2] to see if they could make a movie[citation needed]. The film is directed by former television director Greg Mottola and is produced by Judd Apatow, previously known for directing The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up.
The film was a critical and commercial success, inspiring comparisons to Apatow's previous film, Knocked Up which was released earlier in the summer.
Heh, nice
Plot
Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Josh Cipac) are co-dependent seniors who are preparing to leave high school and bang nice chicks. Two weeks before the last day of school, Seth is invited to a party by Jules (Emma Stone) and agrees to provide the alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) fake ID.
I like to baNG HOES
While purchasing the alcohol, Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. Two police officers - Slater (Bill Hader) and Michaels (Seth Rogen) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell (now going by his alias, McLovin) about the robbery. After the questioning, they offer Fogell a lift to the party but decide to stop and detain a run-in at a bar first. Evan and Seth see the police car outside of the convenience store and assume that Fogell is being arrested for attempting to buy alcohol underage. While deciding what to do, Seth is hit by a car and the driver (Joe Lo Truglio) offers to take them to a party where they can find alcohol. While they are there, Evan has a wild encounter with some cocaine addicts, who mistake him as a cool singer. Seth is successful at obtaining alcohol, by storing beer in laundry detergent containers, during the party they are involved in a fight and flee with the alcohol.
After the run-in at the bar, Fogell, Slater, and Michaels have a couple drinks and afterwards decide to have a shootout, which is ended abruptly by the sounds of police sirens, to which they exclaim, "Shit! The cops! Bail, bail, bail!"
Fogell, Slater and Michaels then answer a call to break up the party at Jules' house and run in to Evan and Seth, where Seth is once again hit by a car. Fogell, Evan and Seth flee the officers and arrive at Jules’ party. While there Evan pairs off with Becca (Martha MacIsaac), Fogell pairs off with Nicola (Aviva Farber), and Seth attempts to pair off with Jules. They are all unsuccessful, as Becca became too intoxicated and throws up. Seth becomes too intoxicated and passes out on Jules, knocking her in the face and giving her a black-eye. Fogell and Nicola are almost successful but as the party is broken up by officers Slater and Michaels, they stop Fogell and Nicola, fake arresting Fogell so that everyone at the party will think that Fogell is a bad ass, then invite Fogell to spend the rest of the night with them as they do donuts in an empty parking lot and eventually trash the police cruiser.
The following day Seth and Evan meet Becca and Jules at the mall and they finally pair off successfully with Seth going with Jules to go buy cover-up for her black-eye, and Evan going with Becca to go buy new comforters.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jonah Hill | Seth |
| Michael Cera | Evan |
| Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Fogell/McLovin |
| Bill Hader | Officer Slates |
| Seth Rogen | Officer Michaels |
| Martha MacIsaac | Becca |
| Emma Stone | Jules |
| Aviva Farber | Nicola |
| Joe Lo Truglio | Francis |
| Kevin Corrigan | Mark |
| Dave Franco | Greg |
| Roger Iwata | Miroki |
| Marcella Lentz-Pope | Gabby |
| Scott Gerbacia | Jesse |
| Laura Seay | Shirley |
| Stacy Edwards | Evan's Mom |
| David Krumholtz | Benji Austin |
| Martin Starr | James Masselin |
| Casey Margolis | Young Seth |
| Laura Marano | Young Becca |
Reception
According to Box Office Mojo, the film opened at #1 at the U.S. box office, grossing $33,052,411 in its opening weekend in 2,948 theaters with an average of $11,212 per theater.[3] The film stayed at #1 the second week, grossing $20,044,399.[3] As of October 31, 2007, the film has grossed an estimated $121,463,226 domestically, and $35,793,471 overseas, for a total of $157,256,697 worldwide. [1] The film is the highest grossing high school comedy of all time. [4]
As of October 11, 2007, the film-critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes listed 87% positive reviews based on 174 reviews (151 "fresh", 23 "rotten") with the consensus that it was "an authentic take on the awkwardness of the high school experience." It also has an 86% Cream Of The Crop rating, and a 91% approval rating from users. [5] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 76% based on 36 reviews.[6].
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 2007's most successful comedy.[7] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 1/2 stars (out of 4) and said "The movie reminded me a little of National Lampoon's Animal House, except that it's more mature, as all movies are."[8] Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times said "Physically, Hill and Cera recall the classic comic duos -- Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Aykroyd and Belushi. But they are contemporary kids, sophisticated and sensitive to nuance"; he added, "I hope it's not damning the movie with the wrong kind of praise to say that for a film so deliriously smutty, Superbad is supercute".[9] Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly said "2007: the year Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen saved movie comedy", a reference to Knocked Up which was released in June.[10]
Several film critics have compared the film to other movies and television shows. Nathan Rabin of The Onion said, "This is the Citizen Kane of dick-joke movies."[11] Devin Gordon of Newsweek said "As a Revenge of the Nerds redux, Superbad isn't perfect. But it's super close."[12] Richard Horgan of FilmStew.com said "after seeing Superbad, one has to wonder how co-writer and co-star Seth Rogen did not make it into the comedy cavalcade that was The Aristocrats" and also, "one can almost imagine the characters portrayed by Hill, Cera and Mintz-Plasse growing up to be the Lebowski unholy troika of Bridges, Turturro and Goodman".[13] James Sanford of the Kalamazoo Gazette said Rogen and Goldberg "are attempting to create a teen-angst comedy along the lines of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Risky Business"[14] Bill Gibron of PopMatters said "If you ever wondered what Sixteen Candles, the John Hughes teen comedy from the mid-‘80s would look and sound like fashioned after the aesthetic mindset of someone like Kevin Smith, Superbad is the answer."[15] Kyle Smith of the New York Post said "American Graffiti, Sixteen Candles and Dazed and Confused, bow to your new master".[16]
Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter, conversely, compared the film to the similar single-day structure of American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused, but that "it doesn't have the smarts or the depths of those ensemble comedies".[17] Adam Graham of The Detroit News said, "the cops belong in a bad Police Academy sequel, not this movie", and also that the film "falls short of teen-classic status."[18] Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel called the film "super-derivative", "super-raunchy", and "Freaks & Geeks: Uncensored". Moore went on to say the film shamelessly steals from movies such as Can't Hardly Wait and American Graffiti. He also said, "Like Knocked Up, this is a comedy they don't know how to end. The energy flags as it overstays its welcome."[19] Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe said the film "has a degree more sophistication than Revenge of the Nerds and American Pie, and less than the underrated House Party". Morris also said, "the few smart observations could have come from an episode of one of [Apatow's] TV shows" and "I wanted to find this as funny as audiences did".[20]
Release
Soundtrack
Original music for the film was composed by Lyle Workman. A soundtrack to the film was released on August 7, 2007.
Blu-ray Disc and DVD release
The film is scheduled to be released December 4, 2007 on both high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in rated (113 min.) and unrated (119 min.) editions, and in an unrated extended Blu-ray Disc two-disc edition with special features including deleted scenes and bloopers.
MPAA Rating
Superbad is Rated R by the MPAA for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens. (R-Rated Version 113 Mins.)
References
- ^ a b "Superbad (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ Dylan Callaghan (2007-08-17). "It's Funnier With People". Writer's Guild of America. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Superbad (2007) - Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ Box Office Mojo: Charts - High School Comedy
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
- ^ Metacritic: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
- ^ Mick LaSalle (2007-08-17). "Review: Teens on a mission to buy booze in 'Superbad'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Roger Ebert (2007-08-16). ":: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Superbad". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Carina Chocano (2007-08-17). "'Superbad's' teen raunch isn't what's shocking; it's the love story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sean Burns. "Geek Outlook". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Nathan Rabin (2007-08-17). "Superbad". The Onion. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Text "The Onion: The A.V. Club: Superbad" ignored (help) - ^ Devin Gordon (Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue). "Revenge of the Nerds". Newsweek. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Richard Horgan (2007-08-17). "Ball, Stick, Ball". FilmStew.com. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ James Sanford (2007-08-17). "James Sanford reviews Superbad". Kalamazoo Gazette. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Bill Gibron (2007-08-17). "Short Cuts - In Theaters: Superbad (2007)". PopMatters. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Kyle Smith (2007-08-17). ""Superbad" Review: It Super Freaking Rocks". New York Post. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Stephen Farber (2007-08-07). "Superbad". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Adam Graham (2007-08-16). "Laughable roles". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Roger Moore (2007-08-17). "'Superbad' is super-derivative". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Wesley Morris (2007-08-17). "I"t's a nerd, he's in pain -- it's Superbad"". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
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