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No. 43: Superbad

The Judd Apatow bromance worth keeping

by
Jody Rosen
December 07, 2011
(Sony Pictures)
(Sony Pictures)

2007, dir. Greg Mottola. Raging hormones, potty humor, and male bonding run amok in Superbad, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and acted to perfection by millennial dweeb-icons Michael Cera and Jonah Hill. The funniest, raunchiest, most surprisingly touching movie to emerge from the Judd Apatow Bromance Industrial Complex.

Jody Rosen is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine.