Superbad

I was in Leeds this weekend with a hungover brother and entourage, thus the DVDs came out.

After having watched Patlabor (a personal favourite) and Die Hard (you'd have to agree a bit of a classic), we pulled out Superbad.

I was pleasantly surprised by this film.

The trailers hadn't given me high hopes: another teen movie about trying to, with hilarious consequences, lose your virginity.

Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) are long-time friends in the last year of high school, about to leave for different colleges.

Their friend, Fogell, (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) has plans to acquire a fake ID, so Seth agrees to buy alcohol for a party his crush, Jules (Emma Stone), is hosting. Evan also offers to buy Goldslick Vodka for his long time crush Becca (Martha MacIsaac).

The ca-razy high jinks turned out to be surreal in the extreme and there was a fair amount of heart and good character development.

The oddness of the situations some how made the whole thing inexplicably more believable.

So it turned out to be a particularly good example of this genre.

Good fun if you're at a loose end and want something easy to pass the time.

Don't expect anything particularly intelligent, but it is very sweet and very funny.