Superbad is a 2007 American coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow. The film stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two teenagers about to graduate high school. Before graduating, the boys want to join parties and each lose their virginities. However, their plan proves harder than expected. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the script began development when they were 13 years old, and was loosely based on their experience in Grade 12 in Vancouver during the 1990s. The main characters have the same given names as the two writers. Rogen was also initially intended to play Seth, but due to age and physical size this was changed, and Hill went on to portray Seth, while Rogen portrayed the irresponsible Officer Michaels, opposite Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader as Officer Slater.
The film received favorable reviews, with critics praising the dialogue and the chemistry between the two leads. The film also proved financially successful, grossing a total of US$169 million from only a US$20 million budget.
Plot[]
Seth and Evan are seniors living in Clark County, who have been best friends since childhood, and are about to go off to different colleges. Seth's love interest, Jules, invites him to a party at her house. Seth and Evan's friend Fogell plans to obtain a fake ID, so Seth promises to buy Jules alcohol for the party. Evan runs into his own love interest, Becca, and offers to get her alcohol after she requests some. Fogell attempts to buy the liquor with his fake ID under the mononym"McLovin", but is knocked down by a robber before he can pay. When police officers Slater and Michaels arrive, Seth and Evan, who are outside, believe that Fogell is being arrested for his fake ID. After getting their statement about the robbery, the officers agree to drive "McLovin" to the party.
While outside the liquor store, Seth is hit by a motorist. In exchange for Seth and Evan not telling the police, the driver promises to take them to another party, where they can get alcohol. Meanwhile, Slater and Michaels take Fogell on a ride-alongand bond with him. Despite being on duty, they start drinking, use their sirens improperly, and shoot at a stop sign.
At the party, Seth fills laundry detergent bottles from the basement with alcohol and dances with a drunk girl. She stains his leg with menstrual blood, while a group of intoxicated men make Evan sing "These Eyes" for them. Seth is confronted by the party's host for dancing with his fiancée, and a brawl ensues; the police are called, while Seth and Evan escape.
Seth begins to chastise Evan for bailing on him, reminding him that they had made childhood plans to go to college together. Evan retorts that Seth is selfish and has held him back for years so he does not want Seth to slow him down anymore. Evan pushes Seth, and he is suddenly hit by the police cruiser[clarification needed] driven by Slater and Michaels, who were flashing each others' eyes with flashlights. The officers plan to blame the crash on Seth, but as Fogell emerges from the car, Evan makes a run for it, and Seth and Fogell escape with the alcohol. Eventually, all three make their way to Jules' party.
At the party, Fogell inadvertently reveals that he and Evan will be rooming together at college, upsetting Seth. Seth providing the alcohol, getting drunk with everyone, and his stories from the night makes him temporarily popular. Meanwhile, Becca wants to have sex with Evan, who declines as she is drunk and he does not want her to regret it. Then she vomits on the bed and tells him to leave. Meanwhile, Fogell impresses Nicola, and goes upstairs to have sex with her. Seth drunkenly attempts to kiss Jules, believing they are both drunk, but she turns him down because she's not drunk and doesn't want to kiss him while he's drunk. After believing he has ruined his chances with Jules, Seth falls down in a drunken stupor, accidentally headbutting Jules and giving her a black eye.
Slater and Michaels bust the party. Seth wakes up and escapes, carrying an intoxicated Evan away from the scene. Slater busts in on Fogell and Nicola starting to have sex, causing her to run off. Slater yells at Fogell for ditching them, but Michaels points out they just "cockblocked" him. They apologize and reveal they knew all along that Fogell was underage but played along, wanting to show him that cops can have fun too. To make it up to him, they handcuff him and make a spectacle of perp-walkinghim to their cruiser, making him look "badass". They resume their bonding, eventually destroying the cruiser with a Molotov cocktail, while Fogell shoots it with Slater's service pistol.
Seth and Evan have a sleepover at Evan's, where Seth reveals that he discovered weeks earlier that Evan and Fogell planned to live together at college. Evan admits he does not want to share a room with Fogell but is afraid to live with strangers. They apologize to each other and reconcile. The next day, Seth and Evan visit the mall and run into Jules and Becca. Becca and Seth apologize for their drunken behavior, and the boys pair off with the girls: Seth takes Jules to buy concealer for the black eye he gave her before graduation photos, while Evan and Becca leave to buy a comforter to replace the one she drunkenly vomited on.
Cast[]
- Jonah Hill as Seth, Evan's best friend who is anxious to have sex and is romantically interested in Jules
- Casey Margolis as Young Seth
- Michael Cera as Evan, Seth's best friend who is hesitant with Seth's plan to obtain alcohol and have sex; he is romantically interested in Becca
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fogell / McLovin, Seth and Evan's friend who obtains a fake ID and attempts to use it
- Seth Rogen as Officer Michaels, a cop who befriends Fogell
- Bill Hader as Officer Slater, a cop who befriends Fogell
- Kevin Corrigan as Mark
- Joe Lo Truglio as Francis
- Martha MacIsaac as Becca, Evan's friend and crush
- Laura Marano as Young Becca
- Emma Stone as Jules, Seth's friend and crush who asks Seth to buy her alcohol for her party
- Aviva Farber as Nicola
- Dave Franco as Greg
- Laura Seay as Shirley
- Marcella Lentz-Pope as Gaby
- Stacy Edwards as Jane
- David Krumholtz as Benji Austin
- Martin Starr as James Masslin
- Ben Best as Quince Danbury
- Lauren Miller as Scarlett Brighton
- Joe Nunez as Liquor Store Clerk
- Steve Bannos as Math Teacher
- Carla Gallo as Jacinda
- Clark Duke as a Party Teenager
- Danny McBride (uncredited) as Buddy at Party
- Cortney Palm (uncredited) as Party Guest
- Clement Blake as Homeless Guy
- Erica Vittina Phillips as Mindy