As a "Revenge of the Nerds" redux, Superbad isn't perfect. But it's super close.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Scott Foundas
Superbad is duly ribald and often achingly funny, brewed from the now-familiar Apatow house blend of go-for-broke slapstick and instantly quotable, potty-mouthed dialogue.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is astonishingly foul-mouthed, but in a fluent, confident way where the point isn't the dirty words, but the flow and rhythm, and the deep, sad yearning they represent.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
It helps that the fun doesn't stop. It helps even more that the pitch-perfect script doesn’t step out of character for a joke.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
What with everyone so focused on the raunchiness, it comes as a complete surprise to find that Superbad is in fact a love story.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
What if Quentin Tarantino collaborated with John Hughes on a teen comedy? Superbad is a decent approximation of what the result might be.Read Full Review »
Side-splitting laughter, along with some powerful cringing, are likely to be audiences' dominant reactions.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Superbad is cute if you like guys who aren't even remotely bad, in a coming-of-age tale so old-fashioned the girls might just as well be wearing bloomers.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Horny is as horny does in the sweetly absurd high school comedy Superbad.Read Full Review »
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