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It's up to you, Fogell. This guy is either gonna think 'Here's another kid with a fake ID' or 'Here's McLovin, a 25 year-old Hawaiian organ donor'

No 487 - Superbad Director - Greg Mottola I like it when a film accepts what it is and doesn't try to be clever... This is a film which just accepts its own stupidity and embarks upon a fabulously ridiculous journey. The plot is incredibly simple: three teenagers try to supply a house party with booze - an act which will turn them into legends and probably get them laid. Ah teen comedies, sex is all the motivation there needs to be :) Whereas the film may struggle with a narrative, it does manage the one important thing for a teen comedy: it accurately portray teens. These are swearing, sex obsessed idiots who lack the courage to act on what they talk incessantly about. What I also like is that the characters show different sides to what we'd expect. I've gotten used to Jonah Hill being a brash and foul mouthed character... but here, his arrogant potty mouth just hides his character Seth's insecurity. His masses of insecurity. Watch his drunken revelation to Jules abo...