Two of them went on to make stellar careers for themselves and the other kind of got type-casted and has difficulty finding work (relatively.) I wasn't really familiar with Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, or McLovin prior to this film and it still makes me laugh a lot when I revisit it.

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It was produced by Judd Apatow and written partly by Seth Rogan so I suppose it shouldn't be that much of a surprise that it was a success. The topic matter at hand is something that I and a great many people in the west face in our high-school years: The social hierarchy of school cliques, handling your newly acquired sexuality, and also facing the unknown of how much everyone's lives will change following high-school graduation.

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The film focuses almost entirely on these three fellas and mostly about their desire to obtain booze for a party that they believe to be out of their social league. They want to impress the girls by fulfilling a promise that they were unprepared for: The acquisition of alcohol. I know this isn't exactly a novel storyline, but the dialogue that takes place between the various characters (in particular Seth, played by Johan Hill) is just outstanding and hilarious.

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An extremely unknown Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays Fogell / McLovin - who I have not seen in many films since. I am sure he is trying hard to break the stigma of only being capable of playing a McLovin type character. I actually got to meet him on the set of a video game advertisement that took place in Krabi - he was a very down-to-earth dude and very approachable.

Some of the best scenes in the film star McLovin and his two extremely uncop-like-cops friends played by Seth Rogan and Bill Hader. Their interactions with one another are just epic.

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I think that Hader and Rogan were probably the best people to play these roles because in real life they are quite childish and the idea of two cops being as uncaring about the system as they are is impractical and hilarious.

Overall this movie is incredibly juvenile and that is precisely what they were going for. I believe it is a fairly accurate portrayal of a lot of the things people face in high-school and beyond, and that also made it a bit nostalgic for me (although I relate to the middle-aged cops more than the high school students.) If you have not seen this movie yet, you really should go and do so. It is on Netflix. Don't fall for the "full length film!" listings on Youtube. It should be evident that these are all scams.

on a scale of "urgh!" to "Wowsers" Superbad scores a ....

Just a touch below "Wowsers!"