In a year of very good comedies - Hot Fuzz, Knocked Up, The Simpsons Movie, Ocean's 13 - one stood above them all and now Sony has given Seth, Evan, and McLovin the DVD treatment they deserve. Superbad has gone from the comedy movie of the year to the comedy DVD of the year in a 2-disc package so full of great special features that it would be worth buying if the four-star movie wasn't even included. Even the extras are better than most comedies released this year. We know you're tired of the Superbad hyperbole and if you're one of those people who have bizarrely jumped on the backlash bandwagon (something that frustratingly forms around anything that makes as much money as Superbad did) than stop reading. We don't understand you. As far as we're concerned, Superbad stands next to Dazed and Confused and Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the teen comedy pantheon and is one of the best movies of its kind. With note-perfect performances by everyone involved and a screenplay surprisingly accomplished at is definition of heterosexual teen male love, Superbad is a must-have DVD for movie comedy fans.

If you somehow missed it in theaters, Superbad stars Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as three socially awkward friends who are in the pursuit of what every high school senior aged boy desires - alcohol and sex. The perfectly cast Hill and Cera play the leads, Seth and Evan (not coincidentally the same names as the two writers, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg), who face an unusual series of obstacles between them, booze, and the women they want to get with on the last night of high school. Seth is hilariously cocky and yet so clearly unaware of not only what women want but what he actually is looking for in a relationship. Evan is brilliantly awkward and sweet, but feels like his friendship with Seth might actually be holding him back. Meanwhile, the third Musketeer of this group, Fogell gets trapped with a couple of bumbling cops (Rogen & Bill Hader) and has a different adventure on the last night of high school. With some of the best physical comedy of the year, great performances all around, and a sweet undercurrent about friendship that never feels forced, Superbad isn't just one of the best comedies of the year, it's one of the best films of the year.

And the DVD deserves the same praise. Sony rarely falters with video and audio transfers for their new releases, so it's not surprising that Superbad looks and sounds great, but the previous two Apatow-verse hits - 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up - came from Universal, so it was unclear if a different studio would give Superbad the same spectacular special features. Fear not, McLovin fans. The film itself includes a great commentary, but it's the second disc that shines. Please don't be cheap and get the single disc edition, you'll be missing out on too much. It's worth the extra few bucks. Both unrated versions do include 12 minutes of deleted and extended scenes, all of which are funny, a gag reel, and a line-o-rama, where different ad-libbed punchlines are thrown at you full speed.

These three special features alone will satisfy Superbad fans, but then the producers of the DVD got really creative, grabbing all kinds of material that has been popping up online since the release of Superbad. The "Cop Car Confessions," featuring a dozen or so actors in the back seat of the car driven by Hader and Rogen for a two-minute comedy scene are good but not my favorite because they drift too far away from the real strength of Superbad - the three kids. They come back for some awesome features including a hilarious press junket meltdown with Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright that gained some YouTube infamy when some people thought it was real, a short film called "Everyone Hates Michael Cera," cast auditions, a table read from the origins of the movie when Rogen was in the Hill part, on-set diaries, the music of Superbad, the making of Superbad, and even a sneak peek of a scene from their next attempt at comedy domination, next year's Pineapple Express.

This is the time of year when studios pull out the big summer movie guns in the hope of landing under your Christmas tree. You may find DVDs this season with as many special features as Superbad, but just as the film did this summer, the DVD is a pleasant surprise and superior choice to most of the offerings out there. It's a must-buy for any season and one of the best releases of the year.