Superbad: You’ll Be McLovin’ It

Superbad opens tomorrow; buy your tickets now before they sell out. Rachel said RENT IT based on the R-rated trailer, but after attending an advance screening, I’m saying run and SEE IT.

Crude laughs abound in this story of two uber-geeks who are trying to lose their virginity before heading to college. If this plot sounds familiar, don’t fret, Superbad is fresh and hilarious. Somehow this has become the summer of Jonah Hill (Knocked Up and Evan Almighty) and he is in top form as a swearing ball of hormones. I fell a little bit in love with Michael Cera (George-Michael Bluth from Arrested Development) who plays the straight man but gets the biggest laughs. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote this when they were 13 just to see if they could; now that Rogen is too old to play the lead, he gets some hilarious scenes as the world’s worst cop. But it’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fogell (a.k.a. McLovin!!!!) who steals the show.

Superbad is one of those movies (like Borat) that you’ll want to see as soon as possible before everyone ruins the jokes for you. Trust me, everyone will start quoting the movie immediately after the credits start rolling. (In fact, I’m tempted to see the movie again just to remember some of the better lines.) If you’re wondering why all your friends are screaming “McLovin!!”, blame Superbad.