Good Ol’ Teenage Fun

Never has the title of a film been so hip it’s just misleading – Superbad is anything but.

Written by Knocked Up’s Seth Rogen and high school buddy Evan Goldberg, and produced by Judd Apatow, Superbad is a buddy coming-of-age comedy that’s just hysterical.

It follows the quest for booze and chicks of BFF Seth and Evan (Jonah Hill and Arrested Development’s Michael Cera, who are chemistry embodied), a pair of codependent high school guys who want nothing more than to “get with” girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges.

On the day that by chance they come close to succeeding in their goal, they travel the distance to join the objects of their lustfection at party, enlisting along the way the help of fake ID-possessing Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), a.k.a. “McLovin,” a beyond awkward pal.

But, after a calamitous series of events, Seth and Evan’s friendship is tested, in hilarious situation after hilarious situation, and overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting to party.

Surprisingly nuanced, Superbad depicts what it’s like to cope with change when you’re in your teens – the changes of your body, you mind, and your surroundings. It also is all about fun, laughs, and lots and lots of raunch, natch.

And I love it.

A subplot involving “McLovin,” a convenience store robbery, and two wacky police officers (Rogen and SNL’s Bill Hader) is too crazy to be believable, but it will have you laughing boisterously.

On a related note: Is “superbad” now going to be the new “cool”…the “fetch” that never was?

My Rating ****

Photo: Columbia Pictures.