Sentences with phrase «like superbad»

In the footsteps of other raunchy coming - of - age comedies like Superbad and American Pie where teens just want to have a lot of sex comes Blockers, a movie about three parents who will stop at nothing to sabotage their daughters» sex lives.

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.

However, the undisputed King of Crude has been associated with just about as many flops (ala Wanderlust and Year One) as hits (like Superbad and Knocked Up).

I bring to you Sausage Party, the first ever CG animated R - rated movie from the minds of Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, the same guys behind movies like Superbad, This is the End, and The Interview.

Not exact matches

Abby: Totally, and speaking of Superbad, I thought it was interesting the girls were the sexually - aggressive parties here, since in most movies like this, the male characters are the ones chasing sex.

Overall, it is one of the best Superbad - like movies.

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.

Nick Braun (Prom, TV's Poor Paul), Alison Brie (Scream 4, TV's Community), Brandon T. Jackson (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, Tropic Thunder), Christopher Mintz - Plasse (Fright Night, Superbad) and Jay Pharoah (TV's Saturday Night Live, Lola Versus) are set to co-star in the film.

Like Pie, Superbad's premise revolves around latent protagonists swapping dreams of ending their celibate state.

It reworks not only movies like «My Bodyguard» but also a host of Apatow - produced films such as the much better «Superbad.»

The Judd Apatow factory, which has refreshed the coming - of - age comedy (for all ages of adolescent men) in comedies like Knocked Up, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, has been stretching itself thin (that's my best explanation for Drillbit Taylor and Step Brothers).

There are some good bits — the «Crime Scene» spoofs are spot - on, Kunis is cute, and Brand is both perfectly cast and perfectly hilarious — but like many other recent Apatow productions (KNOCKED UP, SUPERBAD) the rest could have used some tightening.

On the other hand, films like «Superbad» have displayed Hill's skill at playing awkward characters.

In this way, This is the End feels like a sequel to Superbad, while also being an excellent stoner comedy in its own right.

Related Reviews: Now in Theaters: Inside Out • Jurassic World • Tomorrowland • Avengers: Age of Ultron Rushmore • Juno • Clueless • Superbad • Adventureland • Easy A • Youth in Revolt Thomas Mann: Welcome to Me • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters • Beautiful Creatures • Fun Size Olivia Cooke: Bates Motel: Season One Connie Britton: This Is Where I Leave You Nick Offerman: The Kings of Summer • Paradise • Somebody Up There Likes Me • The Lego Movie

I tend to skip nearly all Adam Sandler, The Judd Apatow Collective and Will Farrell comedies (Even the ones directed by Adam McKay) anyway, although occasionally I catch something like Anchorman or The Wedding Singer) or Superbad to see what I'm not missing.

Like American Graffiti and Dazed And Confused, Superbad condenses all the cruelty, mixed emotions, angst, fun, and insanity of high - school life into a single night of kinetic mayhem.

The winning new teen romp Superbad was written by Evan Goldberg and Judd Apatow's protégé Seth Rogen, and directed by The Daytrippers» Greg Mottola, but it still feels like the concluding film in Apatow's trilogy of raunchy, big - hearted, improvisation - heavy comedies about man - children torn between the pleasures of eternal adolescence and the relentless pull of adult responsibility.

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.

The types of performances he gives in movies like 21 Jump Street (along with 22 Jump Street on Friday, which is just as good, trust me there), Funny People, Knocked Up, and Superbad are tremendous, but they're very different than what he's shown us in Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Perhaps the film needn't have encroached close to the three - hour mark to tell its tale, as side characters played by Cuba Gooding Jr (Daddy Day Camp, Norbit), who portrays «Mr. Untouchable» Nicky Barnes, and Kevin Corrigan (Superbad, The Dog Problem) feel more like pit stops for character contrast than crucial characters to push the plot forward.

Superbad, as an experience, was about enjoying time with your friends, shooting the shit like you normally would, but still having an unspoken awareness that you really loved one another.

After all, I still enjoy watching high school and college party movies like «Porky's,» «Revenge of the Nerds,» «Animal House» and «Superbad.»

And for every Superbad, there are four or five lesser films like Project X. And sure, occasionally you'll get a high school movie that actually has something to say about the academic and societal pressures of being a student (Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow is a great example), but even that focused primarily on male characters.

It makes sense that SUPERBAD co-writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are Producers, as this film often feels like the female cousin to that 2007 film.

In fact, it actually shares more in common with films like «Superbad» and «Weekend at Bernie's» than the Todd Phillips - directed comedy, and though it takes a while to get going, once the beer starts flowing, «21 & Over» manages to be somewhat entertaining provided you're in the right mindset.

The trio has been collectively responsible for movies like Pineapple Express, This is the End, Superbad, and The Green Hornet.

Last year we got a small taste of the party movie Project X, which thanks to the influence of producer Todd Phillips looks like Jackass, The Hangover, Superbad, and the worst nightmares of every parent rolled into one 90 - minute extravaganza.

The film, though apparently set in the present day, lacks the plugged - in vibrancy of recent teen films such as «Superbad» or the underrated «The Girl Next Door,» leaving «I Love You, Beth Cooper» feeling more like a sentimental look back than a more lively expression of contemporary youth.

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.

Like most one night present action films, Superbad sets itself up for needing some real resolution and — since it's already running 110 — it hurries it through in three minutes, sucking a lot of the interesting possibilities from what it previously established.

Related Reviews: Jonah Hill: Superbad • Cyrus • Strange Wilderness • Moneyball • Funny People • Knocked Up • Megamind New: The Muppets • Jack and Jill • Young Adult • Like Crazy • The Ring (Blu - ray) • RoadRacers Sam Rockwell: Galaxy Quest • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Gentlemen Broncos • Everybody's Fine • Glory Daze Max Records: Where the Wild Things Are Kylie Bunbury: Prom Ari Graynor: Youth in Revolt • Date Night Adventurous Guardianship: Drillbit Taylor • The Pacifier • The Spy Next Door • Mary Poppins • Mrs. Doubtfire R - Rated Comedy: Take Me Home Tonight • Due Date • 30 Minutes or Less • Bad Teacher • Fright Night • Step Brothers

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.

That the cast is played by actual teenagers (centered on the dramatically challenged Justice) and some barely in their twenties instead of older actors who only pass as teens to those years removed from high school underscores the film's target and its limited appeal for adult audiences, who can easily enjoy films like Mean Girls and Superbad.

For the last few years, Apatow has reigned as the King Midas of comedy, a kingmaker who transformed the doughy, stony likes of Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen into movie stars and produced or directed a formidable string of big hits: Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Legend Of Ricky Bobby, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

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.

Quite simply, because some of its stars (like Jonah Hill and Justin Long, who has maybe 10 lines in the entire film) are more bankable names following the success of «Superbad» and «Live Free or Die Hard.»

Imagine taking Superbad and setting it in tough, urban Los Angeles, and you begin to have an idea of what Dope is like, but it also stands on its own merits.