Superbad (Unrated Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Greg Mottola
Actors: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  204 reviews
Sales Rank: 639
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 119
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 043396194755
UPC: 043396194755
EAN: 0043396194755
ASIN: B000WZEZGI
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 2007
Release Date: December 4, 2007
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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: UN
Release Date: 4-DEC-2007
Media Type: DVD
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Striking a balance between raunch and sweetness is a tall order for any film, but the Judd Apatow-produced Superbad manages to serve up both in equal and satisfying portions without undercutting a consistent stream of laugh-out-loud performances and gags. Michael Cera (the sublime George Michael Bluth from Arrested Development) and unstoppable scene-stealer Jonah Hill (Apatow's Knocked Up) are lifelong pals who attempt to make up for years of obscurity by getting into one blowout party before parting ways for college; an opportunity presents itself in the form of Hill's crush, the lovely Jules (Emma Stone), who wants the boys to bring liquor to her shindig. What follows is a combination road adventure and coming of age story as Cera and Hill tackle crazed partygoers, a pair of overeager cops (played by co-scripter and producer Seth Rogen and Saturday Night Live 's Bill Hader), and the hard truth about girls and their own emotional bond. The humor is crass and occasionally gross but never mean-spirited, and Cera and Hill offer believable performances as guys wholly unaware of their own potential, yet ready to risk humiliation in order to find out. They're well supported by a cast of Apatow regulars, including Kevin Corrigan, Martin Starr, David Krumholtz, and Carla Gallo (and Stone and Martha MacIsaac are terrific as their love interests), but the film is completely shoplifted by newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse as their uber-nerdy pal Fogell, whose fake ID handle is among the movie's funniest gags. Classic funk fans should also keep an ear out for the score by Lyle Workman, which features such James Brown and P-Funk veterans as Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and Clyde Stubblefield. --Paul Gaita
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 Still not received! August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I still have not received this item and I ordered it over a month ago.
 Who's who in movies? August 9, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
What do Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen (eww), Jonah Hill (eww), & Bill Maher (eww) ALL HAVE IN COMMON?
Hint: They are blood brothers with Adam Sandler, Larry King, Jerry Seinfeld & Jon Stewart for example. Give up? They ARE ALL JEWISH... Who knew? I didn't. Simply AMAZING...
Search for: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood.
Dirty movie, not all that funny July 31, 2008
Like many of those R rated or unrated teen movies you hear filthy words used profusely, talk about pre-marital sex, the teens desperately trying to buy booze, party, woo girls and have sex etc. But this movie showed me something I have never seen or cared to see before - menstrual blood, from some girl at a party gets on to one of the guy's pants and someone even touches it and I just couldn't take it anymore. There are limits to showing things that seem fun and this is it.
Cops are shown in a very bad light. Maybe it was for comedy but the movie seems to be sending out the wrong message instead. One guy was real funny though, the spectacled skinny guy with the funny voice who fakes his car id to buy booze calling himself McLovin. He offered some respite. There is absolutely no comparision to the American Pie, or Road Trip, Boat Trip series that offered much more hilarious scenes without the super dirty things this movie has to show. Parents certainly would want their teen kids to stay away from this film and I can perfectly understand why.
One star for McLovin and that' all.
Remember Dazed and Confused? July 16, 2008
Once upon a time there was a movie called "dazed and confused" (you should either queue it or rate it). Some people simply loved this movie, while others hated it with passion. "Superbad", my friends, is the remix of dazed and confused. I watched this by myself and laughed out loud through most of the movie. This is a story about Seth and Evan. Two best friends who are on a quest to make something of themselves at one of the last "high school parties" of the year. (and one of the only ones they were invited to) The story goes from there. Like "dazed and confused", and many other great movies, the movie takes place in a single 24 hour period. Like I said, it's not for everyone. But for those of you that it is for, enjoy...
Porky's retrofitted for today... July 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Porky's, Risky Business, anything directed by John Hughes (think Breakfast Club). Teenage comedies ruled the 80s, just like today. The difference today is that today the language, the conversations and the topics are more raw.
A bunch of horny geeks looking to get laid before they go to college. Pretty standard stuff.
The film is much more explicit than subtle in both language and subject matter when it comes to teenage angst and in this puts a damper on its comedic edge.
The actors in the film are not polished and thus their performances, some scenarios notwithstanding, are realistic of how teenagers think and act during this time of life. You really feel what they are feeling and will really care what happens to them.
Underneath it all there is a soft spot and the ending is sensitive enough to redeem the film.
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