"I am McLovin!" is perhaps the only family-friendly one-liner from an iconic 2007 comedy still celebrated today.
The R-ratedSuperbadwas released back in 2007 to both critical and commercial acclaim, ultimately making $170 million globally against a budget that was just $20 million max.
Added to all the fan and critics' appreciation, OnBuy Movies once compiled IMDb data to ultimately determine thatSuperbadis the "funniest film of all time,"according to Cinemablend.
This August will mark 19 years since the teen sex comedy hit theaters, and fans have certainly seen it play over and over again on TV in the years since — but hopefully on channels like HBO, where the constant F-bombs don't have to be edited out. And in this modern age, viewers can probably find the coming-of-age film on various streaming platforms for an equally expletive-laced experience.
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Millennials can probably recite entire scenes fromSuperbad— starringJonah Hill,Michael Cera,Emma Stone,Seth Rogen,Bill Haderand more — by heart, even to this day and even if they haven't seen the raunch-fest in years.
For anyone from the baby-boomer generation, meanwhile, seeingSuperbadmight have felt a bit nostalgic.
“We were setting out to make anotherDazed and Confused, orFast Times at Ridgemont High,” Hill, 42, oncetold theOrlando Sentinelat the time of the film's release. “Fast Timeswe looked up to as being particularly real.”
“AndAmerican Graffiti, with underage guys trying to buy liquor and all this other stuff happening in one night, that’s obviously another inspiration,” Cera, 37, also told the newspaper. "A whole generation was able to relate to what they saw in that as a true version of their experience at that age."
The film, directed byGreg Mottola, is also based on Rogen and co-writerEvan Goldberg's high school experiences and was reportedly a passion project for the duo.
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