Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jonah Hill | ... | ||
Michael Cera | ... | ||
Christopher Mintz-Plasse | ... | ||
Bill Hader | ... | ||
Seth Rogen | ... | ||
Martha MacIsaac | ... | ||
Emma Stone | ... | ||
Aviva Baumann | ... |
Nicola
(as Aviva)
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Joe Lo Truglio | ... | ||
Kevin Corrigan | ... | ||
Clement Blake | ... |
Homeless Guy
(as Clement E. Blake)
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Erica Vittina Phillips | ... | ||
Joe Nunez | ... |
Liquor Store Clerk
(as Joseph A. Nunez)
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Dave Franco | ... | ||
Marcella Lentz-Pope | ... |
Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I got to see an advanced screening the other night, complete with an interview with the cast. I figured this movie could go either way, especially when you consider "40 year-old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" were funny and entertaining, but they weren't exactly loved by all.
I am happy to say this movie was wonderful. The jokes are crude, but dead on, and unlike recent movies with a similar style, like "Clerks 2," the plot moves on without any real downtime (you know, where the plot slows the progress of humor and you find yourself checking your watch). Jonah Hill and Michael Cera have that best friend chemistry that this movie required as well as being dead on with their jokes. The real star of the movie, however, was newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who took the role of Fogell and OWNED it. I got the chance to chat with the actors and I was not only surprised to hear that both Mintz-Plasse and Michael Cera are 18 and 19 respectively.
For the type of movie this is and the brilliant script that Seth Brogen has presented, there is no reason why anyone, young or old, can't relate to this off-the-wall comedy. See this movie!