Superbad (2007)

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Director:

Greg Mottola

Writers:

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Stars:

Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

6 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonah Hill	...	Seth
Michael Cera	...	Evan
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Fogell
Bill Hader	...	Officer Slater
Seth Rogen	...	Officer Michaels
Martha MacIsaac	...	Becca
Emma Stone	...	Jules
Aviva Baumann	...	Nicola (as Aviva)
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Francis the Driver
Kevin Corrigan	...	Mark
Clement Blake	...	Homeless Guy (as Clement E. Blake)
Erica Vittina Phillips	...	Liquor Store Cashier
Joe Nunez	...	Liquor Store Clerk (as Joseph A. Nunez)
Dave Franco	...	Greg the Soccer Player
Marcella Lentz-Pope	...	Gaby

Storyline

Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand?

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Plot Keywords:

party | friend | school | high school | love | 

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Taglines:

Come and Get Some

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Sony Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kul momci

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,484,456 (UK) (14 September 2007)

Gross:

£6,292,890 (UK) (19 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Apatow Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min 119 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Evan is at the party where all the people want him to sing for them, one of the party goers tells him that his friend came from Scottsdale, Arizona to be at the party. Emma Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Goofs

During the scene where Seth is ranting to his Home Ec teacher about being left alone at his station, the shot from behind his shoulder facing his teacher it appears to show Seth in a yellow shirt however this is simply the lighting on the shirt making it look paler.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Evan: Yo.
Seth: Hey, man, I was doing some research for next year and I think I figured out which website I wanna subscribe to. The Vag-Tastic Voyage.

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Crazy Credits

Many minor characters are credited with "porn star names" of their actors -- name of first pet plus childhood street name (e.g., Tiger Greendragon).

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Connections

Referenced in 500 Days of Summer (2009)

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Soundtracks

"High Class"
Written by Brian Lapin, Terence Yoshiaki Graves and Mike Fratantuno (as Michael Fratantuno)
Performed by Transcenders (as The Transcenders)
Courtesy of Transcenders, LLC

User Reviews

Excellent, hilarious teen movie with likable characters, for a change.

Superbad is a teen movie. It also will draw comparisons to American Pie, in it's "losers try to get laid" themes, and occasional gross-out comedy. But the comparison is unfair - Superbad is a funnier, more subversive and more importantly genuine movie than American Pie or any of it's awful sequels were. The three central characters have a believable, likable relationship, that the film takes time to establish. Cera, Hill (who deserves special praise, for turning what could have been a really unlikeable character into a sweet, if loud-mouthed and crass, teenager) and Mintz-Plasse bounce of each other perfectly. The movie creates some funny situations, and more importantly, hilarious dialogue throughout. Aside from one comedic misfire - an overly long (and poorly judged) gross out sight gag involving a pair of trousers and a dance - Superbad had me laughing constantly. It's sweet, it's funny as hell, and it's established a load of new talent.