Superbad is a 2007 comedy film written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The film is directed by former television director Greg Mottola and is produced by Judd Apatow, previously known for directing The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up.
The film was a critical and financial success, inspiring comparisons to Apatow's previous film, Knocked Up which was released earlier in the summer.
This film was Rated R by the MPAA for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens.
As of September 3, 2007 on Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 144 reviews (126 "fresh", 18 "rotten") with the consensus that it was "an authentic take on the awkwardness of the high school experience." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 76% based on 36 reviews.. Superbad is #120 on the top 250 films on the Internet Movie Database as of September 8, 2007, with a score of 8.4.
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 2007's most successful comedy. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 1/2 stars (out of 4) and said "The movie reminded me a little of National Lampoon's Animal House, except that it's more mature, as all movies are." Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times said "Physically, Hill and Cera recall the classic comic duos -- Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Aykroyd and Belushi. But they are contemporary kids, sophisticated and sensitive to nuance" and also, "I hope it's not damning the movie with the wrong kind of praise to say that for a film so deliriously smutty, Superbad is supercute." Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly said "2007: the year Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen saved movie comedy", a reference to Knocked Up which was released the previous June."Wikipedia
