Box Office
Hit · 8.5xBudget$20M
Worldwide Gross$170.8M
Superbad earns a 0/10 woke score as pure raunchy teen comedy about friendship, parties, and high school antics, with zero identity politics or social justice framing.
Superbad is a 2007 raunchy teen comedy centered on two codependent high school seniors, Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), and their friend Fogell/McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) as they attempt to buy alcohol for a party to impress girls and navigate impending separation for college.
The plot, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg drawing directly from their own high school experiences, revolves around crude jokes about sex, porn, fake IDs, and male friendship with no overlay of identity politics, systemic critiques, or social justice framing. Female characters like Jules (Emma Stone) and Becca appear as typical love interests in a story driven by the boys' antics and anxieties, without any feminist messaging or role reversals that challenge traditional norms.
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