Superbad

Jonah Hill and Michael Cera in Superbad

The best comedy of the year in a year that's had more than it's fair share of better than fair comedy fare. Hot Fuzz was great as was Knocked Up but this wins hands down. Not perfect - a little too much downtime here and there - trim 10 minutes and I believe it would have been stronger. That said I enjoyed it immensely and I'm really seriously considering the possibility of Christopher Mintz-Plasse finding a spot on my top 5 actors comes year end for his terrific creation of McLovin'. An absolutely terrific debut performance.

Superbad is a high school teen movie, but one with brains and wit and a heart. Michael Cera pretty much reprises his Arrested Development persona but does so very well - he does the awkward teenager as well as anyone. Jonah Hill, who also appeared in Knocked Up, plays his best friend, and the film explores their last hurrah as high school seniors. It's one day in the life of two high school guys trying to get laid but if that doesn't sound particularly original then I'm doing it a disservice because you don't need originality if you do it this well.

Highly recommended. Go see it. Can't imagine anyone not enjoying it.

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