Evan (Michael Cera, left), Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, centre) and Seth (Jonah Hill), get an online anatomy lesson in Superbad. (Melissa Moseley/Columbia Pictures)

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Superbad’s teen rites of passage

Following the path of seminal rites-of-passage graduation films like American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused, Superbad takes place in the last hours of high school, where the itinerary is simple: Party, puke, leave childhood behind. Pray for sex somewhere in between. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg when they were teenagers back in Vancouver, this solid comedy delivers scads of profanity and — surprisingly — a fair bit of charm.

By Katrina Onstad, CBC News

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