Superbad
This was the best-reviewed teen comedy at least since Mean Girls, and I'm in the business of teen comedy so I had to check it out.
When the credits rolled, I turned to Greg and said, "That was the best movie I've ever considered walking out of." Things pick up nicely during the second act and by the end it's firing on all cylinders. But to get there, you gotta sit through a lot of "the outrageous buddy," Seth, being really obnoxious and hyperactive. Greg called him "Cartman in eight years." Some hints of his redeeming virtues, early on, would have made things go down a lot easier.
The best thing I got from it was a reminder that a cliche-sounding premise-- the boys are hoping to score cool points by bringing ID to a party and getting laid, but WILL THEY EVER GET THERE?-- can easily be made fresh, simply by avoiding the plot points everyone's seen before. I hope Gisele and I can do that when it comes time for The Great Karen Showdown of 2008.
When the credits rolled, I turned to Greg and said, "That was the best movie I've ever considered walking out of." Things pick up nicely during the second act and by the end it's firing on all cylinders. But to get there, you gotta sit through a lot of "the outrageous buddy," Seth, being really obnoxious and hyperactive. Greg called him "Cartman in eight years." Some hints of his redeeming virtues, early on, would have made things go down a lot easier.
The best thing I got from it was a reminder that a cliche-sounding premise-- the boys are hoping to score cool points by bringing ID to a party and getting laid, but WILL THEY EVER GET THERE?-- can easily be made fresh, simply by avoiding the plot points everyone's seen before. I hope Gisele and I can do that when it comes time for The Great Karen Showdown of 2008.
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