Mick LaSalle of the "San Francisco Chronicle" called it 2007's most successful comedy. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" had the headline of his review read "McLovin It," and gave the film 3 stars (out of 4) and said "The movie reminded me a little of "National Lampoon's Animal House", except that it's more mature, as all movies are." Carina Chocano of the "Los Angeles Times" said "Physically, Hill and Cera recall the classic comic duos—Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Aykroyd and Belushi. But they are contemporary kids, sophisticated and sensitive to nuance"; she added, "I hope it's not damning the movie with the wrong kind of praise to say that for a film so deliriously smutty, "Superbad" is supercute." Sean Burns of "Philadelphia Weekly" said "2007: the year Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen saved movie comedy", a reference to "Knocked Up" which was released in June. Devin Gordon of "Newsweek" said "As a "Revenge of the Nerds" redux, "Superbad" isn't perfect. But it's super close."