Are You Superbad?

Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of raunchy teen films. Or teen films in general. They always seem to be about a bunch of spoiled rich kids dealing with spoiled rich kid problems, and I just can't identify. I've never been a spoiled rich kid, so I don't know what it's like. Moreover, I just don't feel the need to identify with them in any way, shape, or form. I guess I just don't like spoiled rich kids all that much.

Superbad was the first comedy I have ever seen in a theater. No lie. And you know what? For as raunchy and irreverant as it was, I actually had a pretty good time. It was incredibly funny, in a sick and twisted way that I wasn't expecting. The plot was your average dungeon-crawler "get-to-the-party" affair, but that's okay. I imagine that the writers watch Can't Hardly Wait about 90 times and said to themselves, "If I was making this movie, I would..."

You get a lot of that in this movie. "If I was a cop, I would totally..." or, "If I was a nerdy dude I would..." You get the idea. This concept is best seen in the character McLovin. That's not his real name, of course. This kid buys a fake ID and names himself McLovin- one word, and claims to hail from Hawaii. Although the song "White and Nerdy" was written for this kid, his story arc completely makes the movie, and yields some of the funniest comedy I've seen in days.

If you are offended by crude comedy, this movie is not for you. Superbad goes way beyond American Pie. If I had to make an analogy, Superbad would be the teenager with a fake ID buying the cheapest alcohol on the shelf for American Pie, and pocketing the change, going to the party, and drinking all of American Pie's alcohol, and then hitting on its girlfriend. and then scoring.

I guess you have to ask yourself, then- Am I Superbad?