Many movies have been released, and I do not remember most of them. However, there are some films that I have seen until I could almost literally re-enact the entire film with just myself and a prosthetic leg. “Superbad” is one of those films.
“Superbad” is a film about the awkward transition between high school and college. The movie stars Jonah Hill, known for his roles in “Accepted” and “Knocked Up,” as Seth.
Seth is the standard unpopular high school student who likes to get into trouble with his friends Evan (Michael Cera) and Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse).
This film promotes sex, alcohol and pretty much anything that would contribute to the title. Many people might feel the urge to stop reading right now but doing so will no doubt curse them forever; just kidding. I promise to keep the spoilers to a bare minimum in an effort to not taint the greatness that dwells within this movie.
Many people groan at the thought of another boring college film and they are right to do so. Groaning is not, however, something that will be tolerated for this movie.
The comedy is fast, intense and often hilarious. It is not enough to just describe why the movie is a repeated must-see, I must take you there.
The movie opens with Seth driving to Evan’s house while talking to him on his cell about the porn site to which he plans to subscribe. Seth then picks up Evan and they head off to one of their last days in high school.
After a few hilarious things happen, Seth is invited by Jules, his love interest, to come to a party she is hosting.
Seth accepts the invitation and offers to pick up alcohol for the party. His friend Fogell gets a fake ID made with the humorous name McLovin on it, and Seth all but forces him to pick the drinks up for him.
It is important during the movie to drink those Cokes from the concession stand in moderation because over drinking results in bathroom use. A second missed is a second lost.
Make sure to sit in the middle and near the end of the row. This ensures you have prominent hearing and visual distance to properly enjoy the film. Take at least one other person with you but no more than three or four.
This film is quite simply a work of art. If I buttered one roll for each minute I was laughing, we could feed a multitude with little effort.
The humor is so well done that it puts every other comedy to shame. I timed roughly five minutes in between big laughs throughout the whole movie.
I cared so much for this movie that I have dropped $22.50 so far just to watch it a few times, and I’ll be going again. What are you waiting for? Go see this at Real to Reel, behind the Peerless Restaurant, now before it gets removed from the lineup.
Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image, all involving teens.

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