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==Plot==
==Plot==
Evan ([[Michael Cera|Cera]]) and Seth ([[Jonah Hill|Hill]]) are close friends preparing to leave high school. Seth is invited to a party by Jules ([[Emma Stone|Stone]]) and agrees to provide the alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s ([[Christopher Mintz-Plasse|Mintz-Plasse]]) [[Identity document forgery|fake ID]].
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High school seniors Evan and Seth have been close friends since age eight. Both will be going to different universities after graduation. Seth is serious about his crush Jules, and Evan talks about his, Becca. Seth gets partnered up with Jules in [[Home Economics]], which is when Jules tells about a party she wants to throw and invites him. He immediately goes to tell Evan about it, but they are interrupted when their friend, Fogell walks to tell them an embellished story about a girl he saw. Seth makes fun of Fogell until he brings up that he would be getting a [[Identity document forgery|fake ID]]. They tell him about the party and says that he should help them get alcohol. Fogell agrees and says he will get it at lunch. While talking to Jules, Seth tells her of the fake ID and offers to buy the alcohol for the party. After getting $100 from her for drinks, he tells Evan of the plan to get their crushes alcohol, get them drunk, hook up, make them their girlfriends for the summer. Realizing he may have a chance to get Becca, Evan promises to get her "Goldslick Vodka," but at the same time asks Seth why he hates Becca (he's been insulting her for a while in the movie). Seth admits he had a nasty habit of drawing nasty drawings of dicks in his childhood and unfortunately one landed on Becca's foot and she told on him, resulting in him being banned from eating his favorite foods (he's very fat). Seth and Evan meet up with Fogell to look at his ID, but they are skeptical of the liberties he took, most notably changing his name to "McLovin". While purchasing alcohol, he is punched during a robbery. Two fairly clueless police officers, Slater and Michaels, arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery. Evan and Seth see a squad car outside the store and assume Fogell is getting arrested. While deciding what to do, Seth is hit by a car, and the driver, a nervous shady man, tells them he will do anything if they won't report him. Seth tells him that he will be reported if he doesn't get money or alcohol for the party. The man offers to take them to a separate party where they can find alcohol. Meanwhile the officers offer Fogell a lift to the party, seemingly convinced his ID is real and he is a 25-year-old named McLovin. They take Fogell to a bar where they take down a drunken man and stay for drinks and conversation.


While purchasing the alcohol Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. Two police officers - Slater ([[Bill Hader|Hader]]) and Michaels ([[Seth Rogen|Rogen]]) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery, they offer him a lift to the party but make numerous stops first.
Upon arrival, Seth and Evan go through the house to find some beer until a fight breaks out between the homeowner and the man that drove them (who is unwelcome at the party). After the fight, the party comes back into the house, and both Evan and Seth get distracted from the task at hand. Seth finds himself dancing with a drunk girl and has to clean off the menstrual blood that she wipes on his leg. Evan goes to a closed room to call Becca and finds himself with a group of men snorting [[cocaine]]. In the basement Seth finds a refrigerator full off beer and uses detergent bottles to smuggle it out. The two find each other and flee after a fight breaks out between Seth and the man engaged to the girl who bled on Seth's leg. When far enough from the party, Seth yells at Evan for not having his back, and Evan gets him back for putting him in that dangerous situation. In the midst of the argument, Seth complains that Evan is deserting him with Fogell next year. The cops are driving around when they accidentally hit Seth with the police car, damaging the windshield. They get out and blame it on Seth and Evan, making them lie face down on the ground. Fogell steps out of the car to see Seth and Evan, and they look at each other confused. Evan runs off with Michaels in pursuit. Seth and Fogell run the opposite direction and meet up with Evan.


Evan and Seth see the police car outside of the convenience store and assume that Fogell is being arrested for attempting to buy alcohol. While deciding what to do, Seth is hit by a car and the driver ([[Joe Lo Truglio|Lo Truglio]]) takes them to a party where they can find alcohol. While there they are involved in a fight and flee the party.
When they get on the bus to their party, Fogell is noticed by the drunk man from the bar who escaped from the the police. He starts a fight with Fogell and reaches for one of the bags from the liquor store. Evan fails to save Becca's bottle, and the boys are forced to flee the bus. Evan resolves he doesn't need to get Becca drunk, and he will tell her how he feels. Eventually, they make it to Jules' party, and Evan finds an already drunk Becca talking of how she's going to hook up with him. He feels that it isn't right to have sex with her as she is drunk, so he goes to a bathroom to drink. Seth becomes the life of the party as he has provided the alcohol and entertains with stories of the preceding events of his night. Fogell sees Nicola, the girl he met earlier, and begins to dance with her. Becca takes Evan upstairs, and she undresses and removes his shirt and trousers while he tries to tell her how he feels (which turns out to be difficult to get out through her many kisses). When she is about to give him a blowjob, Evan realizes this isn't how he wanted it to be. He didn't want it to be a drunk hook-up, and she throws up on the bed. Jules finds Seth to thank him for bringing the alcohol. When he tries to kiss her, she tells him she does not drink, and would rather have sex when he's sober (showing she does return his feelings). Seth gets upset because he now believes he screwed up his chance. As Jules is consoling him that he did not fail, he passes out and hits her in the face. She goes back inside swearing in pain.


Fogell, Evan and Seth flee the officers and arrive at Jules’ party. While there Evan pairs off with Becca ([[Martha MacIsaac|MacIsaac]]), Fogell pairs off with Nicola (Aviva Farber), and Seth attempts to pair off with Jules.
Officers Michael and Slater come to break up the party and walk in on Fogell while he is starting to have sex with Nicola. Nicola leaves and the officers tell him that they knew he was underage, but didn't say anything about it because they saw a little of themselves in him. To make it up the police officers pretend to arrest him, leading onlookers to conclude he's tough. To avoid problems about the damaged police car, they make up a story about junkies stealing and destroying it, for which Fogell is willing to make a false statement. Slater shows off doing donuts with the car and slams it into a pole. They then torch the car and let Fogell shoot at it for one last thrill. After the party is over, Seth carries Evan half way home. They decide to sleep over at Evan's house where they drunkenly declare their (platonic) love for each other and reconcile after tensions erupted due to their impending separation when college begins. The next day, the two go to the mall to shop for clothing where they run into Becca and Jules. They are there so Becca can buy Jules a new comforter and for Jules to buy some makeup to cover her black eye. Seth agrees to buy the makeup for Jules to make up for giving her a black eye, while Evan goes with Becca to buy a comforter. They separate with their respective crushes and the film ends with a shot of Seth disappearing down an escalator smiling back at Evan while they each talk to the girls.

The party is broken up by officers Slater and Michaels. The following day Seth and Evan meet Becca and Jules at the mall and they finally pair off successfully.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 09:39, 23 January 2008

Superbad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGreg Mottola
Written byEvan Goldberg
Seth Rogen
Produced byJudd Apatow
Evan Goldberg
Shauna Robertson
Seth Rogen
StarringJonah Hill
Michael Cera
Chris Mintz-Plasse
Bill Hader
Seth Rogen
CinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook
Edited byGeritt Moyer
Music byLyle Workman
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Apatow Productions
Release dates
August 17, 2007
Running time
Theatrical cut
114 min.
Unrated cut
118 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$166,705,541 (worldwide)

Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began writing the script when they were both 13 year olds in junior high school.[2] The film's main characters have the same first names as Rogen and Goldberg. 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.

Plot

Evan (Cera) and Seth (Hill) are close friends preparing to leave high school. Seth is invited to a party by Jules (Stone) and agrees to provide the alcohol, using their friend Fogell’s (Mintz-Plasse) fake ID.

While purchasing the alcohol Fogell is assaulted during a robbery. Two police officers - Slater (Hader) and Michaels (Rogen) - arrive on the scene to question the clerk and Fogell about the robbery, they offer him a lift to the party but make numerous stops 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. While deciding what to do, Seth is hit by a car and the driver (Lo Truglio) takes them to a party where they can find alcohol. While there they are involved in a fight and flee the party.

Fogell, Evan and Seth flee the officers and arrive at Jules’ party. While there Evan pairs off with Becca (MacIsaac), Fogell pairs off with Nicola (Aviva Farber), and Seth attempts to pair off with Jules.

The party is broken up by officers Slater and Michaels. The following day Seth and Evan meet Becca and Jules at the mall and they finally pair off successfully.

Cast

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 $18,044,369.[3] As of January 3, 2008, the film has grossed an estimated $121,463,226 domestically, and $48,101,378 overseas, for a total of $169,564,604 worldwide. Compared to the relatively small budget of $20 million, the film was a huge success. [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. [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"; she 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] Devin Gordon of Newsweek said "As a Revenge of the Nerds redux, Superbad isn't perfect. But it's super close."[11]

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".[12] 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."[13] 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."[14] 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".[15] Mark Kermode on his BBC Radio 5 Live review show described it as being "adequately reviewed by its own title."

Top ten lists

The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[16]

Release

Soundtrack

Main article: Superbad (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 was released December 4, 2007 on both high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in rated (113 min.) and unrated (118 min.) editions, and in an unrated extended Blu-ray Disc two-disc edition with special features including deleted scenes and bloopers. The Blu-ray edition has a feature "SuperMeter" that counts the obscenities while you watch the movie and also includes a special scene during the credits in which the character Fogell displays a phone number written on cardboard most likely as a producer prank.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Superbad (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ a b "Superbad (2007) - Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  4. ^ Box Office Mojo: Charts - High School Comedy
  5. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
  6. ^ Metacritic: Superbad Retrieved 2007-09-03
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Sean Burns. "Geek Outlook". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  11. ^ Devin Gordon (Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue). "Revenge of the Nerds". Newsweek. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Stephen Farber (2007-08-07). "Superbad". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Adam Graham (2007-08-16). "Laughable roles". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ Wesley Morris (2007-08-17). ""It's a nerd, he's in pain -- it's Superbad"". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  17. ^ http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/superbad.html

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