Nerd Love

The Village Voice;  August 15, 2007 ;   Foundas, Scott;   787 words ...Superbad Directed by Greg Mottola Columbia Pictures, Opens August 17 Nerd Love Geeky, freaky teen...Keystone Kops look like paragons of law and order. Directed by Greg Mottola (an alumnus, like Hill, of Apatow's short-lived TVseries Undeclared...

Paige Howard.(Players)

Daily Variety;  October 15, 2007 ;     25 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paige Howard has joined the cast of Miramax's Adventureland for helmer Greg Mottola. She'll play a worker at the titular amusement park.

Scrappy `Daytrippers' finds way on the cheap.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts &...

The Washington Times;  March 28, 1997 ;   Arnold, Gary;   738 words ...The Daytrippers, a resourceful first feature by Greg Mottola, who managed to recruit a reputable and diverting cast...simulated intercourse) CREDITS: Written and directed by Greg Mottola. RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes MAXIMUM RATING: FOUR STARS

Helmer on e-ticket ride.(Greg Mottola to direct "Adventureland" for...

Daily Variety;  August 23, 2007 ;   Hayes, Dade;   194 words ...Greg Mottola, who ended a decade-long gap between feature directing gigs with Superbad...concerns an uptight recent college grad who's forced to take a minimum-wage job at the local amusement park after realizing he can't afford his dream...

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Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 21, 1997 ;     623 words ......of talented New York filmmaker Greg Mottola, who also wrote the script, ``The...scenes: Written and directed by Greg Mottola. Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum and...relative in ``The Daytrippers,'' Greg Mottola's directing debut.

MOVIES: Comedian Meara gets serious about being a big-screen actor.

The Boston Herald;  March 11, 1997 ;   Sherman, Paul;   427 words ......resourcefulness Meara admires. In first-time writer director Greg Mottola's absurd Daytrippers, she plays the excitable mother butting...and Liev Schreiber ( Walking and Talking ). We shot at Greg Mottola's family's house, we shot in Liev Schreiber's loft in Long...

Weird `Daytrippers' family serves up an unusual journey Half the fun of...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 16, 1997 ;   DUANE DUDEK;   338 words ......of kibbitzers, and you've got New York film school grad Greg Mottola's bright feature debut, "The Daytrippers," in a nutshell...Nancy Tenebaum, Steven Soderbergh. Written and directed by Greg Mottola. Rated: PG-13; language, adult theme

Mottola's `Daytrippers' is a farce with a heart

The Boston Globe;  March 14, 1997 ;   Jay Carr, Globe Staff;   608 words ...THE DAYTRIPPERS Directed and written by: Greg Mottola Starring: Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Anne Meara, Parker...filmmaking is enjoyably tied to a seat-of-the-pants story in Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers." It's a juicy ensemble piece set in...

The road to discovery; Mike Davies talks to Day Trippers director Greg...

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 7, 1998 ;   Davies, Mike;   520 words ...Sitting in the back of the car with his brother while on a driving holiday with their parents, 32-year-old writer-director Greg Mottola was struck by the way they were still being treated as if they were small children. Skip to another memory, of a forme r...

Geek Outlook

Philadelphia Weekly;  August 15, 2007 ;   Burns, Sean;   768 words ......taking over earth-or maybe just comedy. Superbad A Director: Greg Mottola Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse...even as you can't believe what you're hearing. Director Greg Mottola has pulled offa neat trick here tonally. Sex comedies (especially...

LOSING IT TEEN STYLE

Boise Weekly;  August 15, 2007 ;   Smithey, Cole;   657 words ......teen sex comedy, gets a hot shot of warm Iovin' in director Greg Mottola's (The Daytrippers) rendering of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg...obsessions with genitalia. [Sidebar] SUPERBAD (R) Directed by Greg Mottola Stars Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse...

` Superbad' serves up juvenile pleasures with crudity, talent

Columbia Daily Tribune;  August 23, 2007 ;   SCOTT A. MAY;   617 words ......comedy certainly is. This is the second feature from director Greg Mottola ("Daytrippers"), whose TV credits include helming a handful...Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Director: Greg Mottola Rating: R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong...

A little 'Super,' but a little 'bad'; Warning: Sweet but bumbling nerd...

The Washington Times;  August 17, 2007 ;     633 words ......merely a producer on Superbad. He leaves the directing to Greg Mottola ( The Daytrippers ), and the script comes from Mr. Apatow...violent image, all involving teens) CREDITS: Directed by Greg Mottola. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. RUNNING TIME: 104...

Rude, crude and actually acceptable

Charleston Gazette;  August 16, 2007 ;   Roger Moore;   556 words ......fantasy/ comic violent image all involving teens) Directed by Greg Mottola Starring Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader...produced this, and "Knocked Up's" Seth Rogen co-wrote it. Greg Mottola (TV's "Undeclared," another Apatow creation) directed it...

Martin Starr.(Players)

Daily Variety;  October 1, 2007 ;   Dodd, Stacy;   37 words ...Martin Starr ( Superbad ) has joined the cast of Miramaxs Adventureland for helmer Greg Mottola, Cast includes Jesse Eisenberg and Ryan Reynolds, Thesp s credits include Knocked Up an the upcoming The Incredible Hulk. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]