It's so awkwardly 'Superbad,' it's good

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2007 | by Claudia Puig

Superbad

*** out of four

Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Director: Greg Mottola

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Rating: R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image, all involving teens

Running time: 1 hour, 54 minutes

Opens today nationwide

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This is the summer of Judd Apatow. First the very funny Knocked Up, which he directed, and now its hilarious younger brother, Superbad.

Though Apatow is the producer on Superbad (as he was on Anchorman and Talladega Nights) and not the director, this ribald coming-of-age comedy with an underlying core of sweetness...