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A little 'Super,' but a little 'bad'; Warning: Sweet but bumbling nerd trio not for mature viewers.(SHOW)(MOVIES)
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The Washington Times
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August 17, 2007
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Byline: Jenny Mayo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
If you're drooling with delight at the thought of another picture from Judd Apatow, the writer-director behind laugh-laden "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," we should just get this out of the way right now: He's merely a producer on "Superbad."
He leaves the directing to Greg Mottola ("The Daytrippers"), and the script comes from Mr. Apatow's longtime collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. They wrote this when they were, oh, 13.
Which gets us to the point: This isn't another "Wedding Crashers," a smart-dumb comedy that played well among the post-college set. It's more like "American Pie" - a younger, less ...
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