Sean Burns on "Superbad":
"Enter McLovin. Actually, his character’s name is Fogell, and he’s portrayed by newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse as such a brilliantly squirmy 98-pound weakling with slushy, saliva-voiced delusions of grandeur, he makes Napoleon Dynamite look like James Dean. But Fogell just so happens to have an ID that says he’s a 25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor called McLovin (no last name necessary), and thus our adventure begins."McLovin really is one of the great characters in the recent history of American dramaturgy.
Also this week I saw "The Kingdom," and while I'll reserve full comment until it's closer to its release, I'll just say that I'm guessing I liked it less than most people will. And I don't remember the last time the last 10 seconds of a movie made me drop my rating by a star or more.
Posted by Stephen Silver at August 16, 2007 08:01 PM