As I watched this film, I could not stop thinking about how much it related to my high school years.  These two kids pretty much mocked my friends and I. I am so happy that they gave this film an R-rating because when I initially saw the trailers I was expecting a crappy PG-13 high school flick.  They decided to go all out and make it as realistic as possible.  The stuff that kids talk about in high school is so vulgar and this movie was dead on.  The two main stars were having conversations about sex and girls just like my buddies and I did in high school. 

I have heard from many people that Superbad is supposedly an autobiography of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, which are the two writers of the film.  Considering the two main characters in the film are Seth and Evan that would make perfect sense.  Someone pointed that out to me before the movie started and it actually made the movie more enjoyable, thinking that we were seeing a real life high school story.  I was also reading on www.imdb.com that Rogen and Goldberg starting writing this script when they were fourteen years old. 

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The Plot: The plot line to this film is basically, high school.  That’s all I really have to say about it.  Ok, I will give a few more details.  Essentially, you have two best friends, Evan and Seth, who never go to parties (just like me in high school).  They are two weeks away from graduating and they obviously want to go to a cool graduation party so that they can possibly get laid (Yes, I know that sounds like American Pie, but the getting laid part really is not the big issue). 

They find out that a girl named Jules (played by Emma Stone) is having a party and they get invited.  Luckily, Seth and Evan’s other friend has a fake I.D. and his fake name is McLovin (Mintz-Plasse).  Emma finds out that Seth has access to a fake I.D. and asks Seth to buy all the alcohol for the party.  It is the fact that they have to buy the beer for the party that sets the entire story in motion.  The film mainly takes place in one day and night and shows us all the adventures that these high school kids go on trying to get this alcohol to the party.  I do not want to give anything away because there are so many surprises. 

The Review: Overall, this was the most accurate high school film I have ever seen.  Not to keep bringing myself up, but I could not stop comparing myself to Seth and Evan’s characters.  Even my girlfriend, Ashley, said that they reminded her of me, just from seeing the trailers.  

Ok, getting away from my life for a second, the movie really surprised me in how funny, yet serious it was.  I just loved the completely natural dialogue between Seth and Evan.  They talked just like I would talk with my friends.  There are so many classic scenes in this film that will go down in the history books.  This is hands down better any of the American Pie films, Can’t Hardly Wait, etc.  I would say that it is on par with The Breakfast Club when comparing high schools films. 

Another point that I wanted to bring up was the vulgarity of the film.  This film will definitely never be able to shown on regular T.V.  There is almost literally nothing clean in this entire film. 

The Verdict: I give the film 5 BDK’s because I think it is a movie that everyone should see.  It will probably offend some people, but screw it.  It is real life.