SUPERBAD

Director: Greg Mottola (TV work)

Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera

Teen comedies never get old, since each new generation gets one they can call their own. Heck, you can easily date someone by their teen comedy of choice. I was the in the Ferris Bueller generation. Great flick. Whatever generation, and whatever film, they're all really the same movie. Fast Times, American Pie, SuperBad - have fun with your buddies, get chicks, learn a little lesson. I like them all, even though I personally connected with Mr. Bueller the deepest.

Superbad follows 2 high school nerds searching for sex. They're the best of friends, but they each know they need something more than just each other. At first they think it's booty, but later on they learn it's a deeper "relationship" with the opposite sex. In my experience though, for high school and college, booty is plenty enough.

Anyway, they find that girls far hotter than them will like them if they supply booze for a party. I doubt this is true, but it does make for a fun film. Superbad is the lightest of stories. It's crude, raunchy, and teenage boy-centric. It's also pretty darn funny.

Standouts: A good fun flick all around.

Blowouts: It's a really, really surface-level flick. I mean Ferris Bueller looks like Tolstoy in comparison.

Grade: B