Superbad The Rewatchables August 9, 2021

Who Won the Movie?

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Before the winner, Greg Mottola gets a shout-out as not the winner but maker of Superbad and Adventureland, which could come in the 200s.
Rogen and Goldberg win for the backstory: two buddies writing their big break, which rarely works, leading to their production company and the peak of the Apatow era.
Knocked Up (June 1, 2007) and Superbad (August 17, 2007) within 10 weeks were a rocket ship of fame; both were phenomenons, and Goldberg and Rogen is a second vote.
Seeing comedies like this in a theater, as with Long Shot or There's Something About Mary, is a rare roof-tearing experience.
Asked for Craig's pick, the reply agrees it has to be Rogen and Goldberg, who made every kid think they could write a script about high school.

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