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:

Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

9 wins & 20 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:

teen comedy | party | friend | school | high school | 

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Taglines:

Come and Get Some

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Supermalades

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

On Eminem's eighth studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2", "Brainless" samples the portion of the film when the clerk from the liquor store says his name in correlation to the white person who robbed the store.

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Goofs

After Seth gets hit by the car in front of the liquor store, when the driver of the car pulls out his wallet and offers them money, the wallet goes from being in his left hand to being in his right pocket and back again between shots.

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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

During the end credits, Seth's compulsive drawings appear in better detail.

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Connections

Features The Getaway: Black Monday (2004)

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Soundtracks

Here I Come
Written by Karl Jenkins, Richard Nichols, Malik Abdul-Basit (as Malik Smart),
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson (as Ahmir Thompson) and Tariq Trotter (as Tarik Trotter)
Performed by The Roots featuring Malik Abdul-Basit (as Malik B.) & Dice Raw
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Funniest Movie I've Seen In A Long Time

I got to see an advanced screening the other night, complete with an interview with the cast. I figured this movie could go either way, especially when you consider "40 year-old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" were funny and entertaining, but they weren't exactly loved by all.

I am happy to say this movie was wonderful. The jokes are crude, but dead on, and unlike recent movies with a similar style, like "Clerks 2," the plot moves on without any real downtime (you know, where the plot slows the progress of humor and you find yourself checking your watch). Jonah Hill and Michael Cera have that best friend chemistry that this movie required as well as being dead on with their jokes. The real star of the movie, however, was newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who took the role of Fogell and OWNED it. I got the chance to chat with the actors and I was not only surprised to hear that both Mintz-Plasse and Michael Cera are 18 and 19 respectively.

For the type of movie this is and the brilliant script that Seth Brogen has presented, there is no reason why anyone, young or old, can't relate to this off-the-wall comedy. See this movie!