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Let us transport you back to 2007, where you have Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg writing a film based on their own teenage lives, AKA Superbad. The fact that it comes from real-life incidents explains why it doesn’t feel dated in the way loads and loads of comedies do.

It’s not guessing what life at that age was like; it knew that teens are clueless and desperate, trying to act confident when they’ve got no idea what they are doing. Directed by Greg Mottola, you’ve got Seth and Evan, played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, respectively, as leads, and the whole movie is basically them trying to sort out one last proper night before school ends and life splits them up. We’ve all been there: you hang out with the same bunch every day, and somehow the last day with them feels like it’s the end of the world.

Seth and Evan get invited to a house party and decide this is their chance to finally impress the girls they have been talking about, Jules and Becca, so they simply plan to bring alcohol to the party and make sure the night goes their way. To sort the alcohol, they rely on their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who turns up with a fake ID under the name McLovin, and while he heads off to buy the drinks, Seth and Evan try to find a way to get to the party.

Mintz-Plasse as McLovin is honestly one of the best things to come out of any comedy, because the second this guy turns up with that fake ID, you just know everything is about to go wrong, and it’s going to be hilarious.

But it’s a Seth Rogen movie, so it’s natural that things start going wrong almost immediately, with Seth and Evan getting stuck with two older men who promise to give them a lift, but instead drag them into a completely different situation that wastes time and keeps them away from the party. Simultaneously, Fogell manages to buy the alcohol but gets caught up in a robbery at the shop, which leads to him meeting two police officers played by Seth Rogen and Bill Hader.

From there, the night splits into two storylines. Seth and Evan spend most of it trying to get back on track and reach the party with the alcohol, but they keep running into one problem after another. Fogell, meanwhile, ends up spending the night with the two officers, who take him along with them. Eventually, Seth and Evan do make it to the party, but by then, their attempts to impress the girls don’t really go as planned, and the night doesn’t turn out the way they imagined.

Back then, it just felt funny, but watching it now, you notice more about the friendship. Seth talks a lot and acts confident, but he’s actually worried about losing his best friend, while Evan’s already thinking about what’s coming next. Even the side characters feel like people you have actually met. Emma Stone and Martha MacIsaac aren’t just there for the guys to chase, but they also have their own thing going on.

And the mad part is, for a film that’s basically about one night, it has ended up becoming a massive cult favourite for years. Loads of comedies come and go; you watch them once and forget them, but you don’t do that with Superbad. You end up remembering bits of it, comparing it to your own dodgy nights out.

So yeah, if you’re thinking about what to watch this Sunday, watch it with a different perspective this time. Guarantee you’ll laugh at stuff you forgot about and probably recognise a few moments you missed the first time.