Superbad, Jonah Hill and Michael Cera’s iconic 2007 movie, came during the late noughties’ R-rated comedy boom.
Try as many movies have, few have captured Superbad’s lightning-in-a-bottle success. However,Netflixmay have a contender, if its viewers are to be believed.
Incoming has a familiar set-up: four freshmen boys start high school and get ready for their first big party. The movie’s writer-directors Dave and John Chernin specifically cited Superbad as a huge influence, as well as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Can’t Hardly Wait.
“We always wanted to write a high school movie. So for 15-plus years we’ve been kicking around the idea of a high school movie, and there were just little moments that we always had written in notepads,” they told Netflix.
Well, if you ignore what critics have said (it has a 22% score on Rotten Tomatoes), people have been enjoying it.
“Do yourself a favor and watch Incoming on Netflix, it’s just like Superbad,” one userwrote. “This movie called Incoming on Netflix reminds me a lot of Project X and Superbad, it’s actually pretty f**king good,” anotherposted.
“Netflix lowkey dropped a banger with this Incoming movie, it lowkey gives me Superbad/Project X vibes. I haven’t seen a movie like this in a while, I’m liking it,” a thirdwrote. “Incoming MIGHT be up there with SuperBad as far as teen comedies go… sh*t funny af,” a fourthadded.
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Incoming is streaming on Netflix now, and make sure you check out our list of othernew moviesyou can watch this month.
Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
