The Judd Apatow era of studio comedies may be well and done with – the man just signed on to direct a movie about the cola wars, for God’s sake, an admission of defeat if there ever was one! – but his influence is still detectable in certain types of comedies, even if they now skew towards indies or streaming. Yet as belated-coming-of-age narratives of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Bridesmaids continue to inspire more movies, sometimes quite good ones, one of the biggest hits of the Apatow era hasn’t gotten quite so lucky. Yes, plenty of movies have tried to imitate Superbad (which Apatow produced, from a Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg screenplay and under Greg Mottola direction). But the hit rate has been virtually nonexistent, and that extends to two recent teen comedies.
To some degree, it might not be fair to describe Kevin Smith’s The 4:30 Movie or Netflix’s Incoming
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