Sentences with phrase «superbad did»

I have already said how Superbad didn't work as well for me, because it was put on a pedestal and the Judd Apatow movies are in dire need of a solid editing session.

Not exact matches

In Superbad we hated the characters, finding them so gormless or obnoxious that it was hard to excuse, let alone like, what they were doing.

Also screened: Sadako Vs. Kayako (Grade: B --RRB-, an entertaining, teen - friendly marriage of the The Ring and The Grudge mythologies that (thank God) has a sense of humor about itself, even though its final confrontation is less than satisfying; Dearest Sister (Grade: C +), a poetic (and rather slow) meditation on class conflict couched in a ghost story from Laotian director Mattie Do; and Down Under (Grade: B --RRB-, a Superbad - style profane coming - of - age comedy set against the backdrop of the Cronulla race riots that took place in Sydney, Australia in Christmas 2005.

2002 — John C. Reily — Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Good Girl 2002 — Leonardo DiCaprio — Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York 2003 — Sean Penn — Mystic River, 21 Grams 2003 — Johnny Depp — Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Pirates of the Caribbean 2004 — Mark Ruffalo — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Collateral, 13 Going on 30, We Don't Live Here Anymore 2004 — Jamie Foxx — Ray, Collateral, Breakin» All the Rules 2005 — Terrence Howard — Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin» 2005 — Vince Vaughn — Wedding Crashers, Be Cool, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thumbsucker 2006 — Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed, Blood Diamond 2006 — Will Ferrell — Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2007 — Michael Cera — Juno, Superbad 2007 — Phillip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead 2008 — Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Charlie Bartlett 2008 — Daniel Craig — Quantum of Solace, Defiance 2009 — George Clooney — Men Who Stare At Goats, Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 — Robert Downey Jr. — Sherlock Holmes, The Soloist

Did we mention that the show was created by the same guys behind the sophomoric comedies Superbad, Pineapple Express and Sausage Party?

and Bill Hader (Superbad) provide some choice comic infusion) that enhance the comedic mix in ways that don't detract from the protagonist's search for inner happiness.

You've seen it all before, and done better, ranging from last year's Project X to the Harold and Kumar movies, Superbad, and many others.

We had seen her do charismatic in Superbad and rebellious in Zombieland, but Easy A sees her go from «promising future star» to «the only actress in Hollywood you need to be paying attention to right now».

After all, «The Interview» makes fun of Western media just as much as the quick - tempered dictator, and although it could have done with a little more political satire to balance out the dick and fart jokes, it's exactly what you'd expect from the guys behind «Superbad,» «Pineapple Express» and «This Is the End.»

After Superbad and several episodes of Undeclared, director Greg Mottola seems dead set on using this growing - up - is - hard - to - do parable to cement his reputation as the screen's bard of postadolescent angst.

Indie director David Gordon Green, an out of left field choice if ever there was one, successfully married hilarious pot culture humour with splendidly ridiculous action, and gave us a great pairing in Seth Rogen (admittedly doing his usual Seth Rogen thing, basically his cop from Superbad in a suit) and James Franco, the latter of which had me laughing hard pretty much anytime he was on - screen.

Minute for minute, it doesn't have as many laughs as Superbad, Neighbors, or This Is The End, among others.

I like Jonah Hill in both his goofball movies like «Superbad» and in «Moneyball,» where, playing a baseball stats whiz - kid, he proved he could act in something that didn't require the display of bodily functions.

He is Superbad's Brick Tamland and personally I liked Brick, because the writers didn't realise how much of a goldmine he was, during the making of the original Anchorman.

When I finally got around to watching Superbad, I must say, it didn't quite live up to the hype surrounding it.

It does help that Superbad asks them to play the roles they are best at, but the movie takes these caricatures and inject so much life into them.

Just about every major comedy released under an R - rating in the past few years (including «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin,» «Wedding Crashers,» «Knocked Up» and «Superbad») have gone on to become instant hits, and though «The Brothers Solomon» doesn't even come close to the quality of any of those films, it'll have no problem convincing the general public otherwise.

If you are a fan of Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, The Office, and Parks and Recreation then don't walk, run and get your butt to the theater immediately!

In addition to a very funny cast (side note: I'm so, so happy to see Jon Hamm doing more comedy), Keeping Up With The Joneses has Superbad's Greg Motolla in the director's chair.

ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), PORKY»S (1981), AMERICAN PIE (1999), and SUPERBAD (2007) all pushed the limits of decency for their era, and provided varying levels of laughter while doing so.

It's simply irritating to see him as a frat brother at this point and still doing Superbad stuff.

(Changing my statement to «a highbrow Superbad» didn't help.)

That question is somewhat complicated, because there are very good things about it — Chloë Grace Moretz's fantastic as a foulmouthed twelve - year - old version of the Punisher, with some Jackie Chan thrown in, and so is «lead» Aaron Johnson, who manages not to look like he's lost the movie he's top - lining to every single other cast member, whether it's Moretz, Nic Cage, Christopher Mintz - Plasse (whose squinty nerd thing, identical to Superbad, is just annoying here) or Mark Strong, even though he does at one point or another in the film.

Now in the era of very incisive raunchy comedies like Borat and Superbad, just injecting gross moments into a movie doesn't cut it anymore.

While Jonah Hill is without a doubt the star, having had tons of experience in films like Superbad and Knocked Up, Tatum does a fine job as well and the two actors have great chemistry together.

Those elements go far in creating a flavor for Superbad, as does the Southern California landscape.

I admire any teen comedy that strays off the beaten path and thoroughly entertains — films like Mean Girls and Superbad come to mind — and now Easy A. Story centers on one particular student named Olive (Emma Stone), who doesn't really follow any kind of clique, mostly stays by herself or with her BFF, Rhiannon (Aly Michalka), and is one smart cookie.

Don't go expecting either Superbad or The Notebook, and you might be pleasantly surprised to find that you quite like this middle - ground between the two.

Peter doesn't bother to mask his insecurity with raunchy bravado, like Seth Rogen in Knocked Up or the foulmouthed seniors of Superbad.

«The Breakfast Club» and «Superbad» didn't get any either, and, yes, this deserves mention in the same breath as those coming - of - age classics.