With jokes packed as tightly together as sliced cheese, the flick's comedy axiom seems to be: Never give the audience a pause to second-guess their laughter
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03/31/08
Superhero Movie! (2008)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:7
Rotten:41
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Superhero Movie is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same.
Theatrical Release:Mar 28, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $25,815,447
Synopsis: In this spoof of Hollywood blockbusters, director and screenwriter Craig Mazin (THE SPECIALS) tackles the age-old story of a regular guy who suddenly finds that he possesses super powers. Ricky... [More]
Starring: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart
Director: Craig Mazin
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Reviews for Superhero Movie!
All the most hilarious scenes from 'Superhero Movie' show up in the film's trailer, but there's still a lot to laugh about in this silly parody.
03/29/08
Super? No. But it's not bad.
03/28/08
...boasts an actual storyline and a few genuinely hilarious jokes and gags.
12/23/08
Contrary to popular belief, it does take a level of talent to tell puke and fart jokes well, and that seems to be one of Craig Mazin's talent, for whatever it's worth.
03/28/08
It's cinematic junk food; I sat, I laughed, I left, I forgot all about it. (But at least I laughed.)
03/29/08
If you enjoyed movies like Mystery Men, My Super X-Girlfriend or even Orgazmo back in the day, then you just might crack a smile at The Dragonfly's spandex wedgie.
03/28/08
To call Superhero Movie a satire, or even a parody, of the genre specified in its title would be misleading, since those terms imply at least an attempt at wit. But no real mockery is intended by this mindless grab bag of slightly used gags.
03/29/08
Top CriticEven though the movie made me laugh hard during some scenes, it's wildly uneven!
06/18/08
Superhero Movie should be taken as a well-meaning but ultimately uneven lesson in how to handle future parodies.
04/02/08
Superhero Movie deserves a special place in the burning fires of Hell, where lazy writing, insipid direction, and an unforgivable eagerness towards bottom-feeding stupidity can roast along with the rest of the spoof genre's recent offerings.
03/28/08
What's supposed to be a spoof of all the comic-book movies clogging theaters turns out to be an unfunny retread of the first Spider-Man.
03/28/08
70 minutes of good if unmemorable fun sure beats 80 or 90 minutes of excruciating parodies for dummies, a la Date Movie and Epic Movie.
03/29/08
Top CriticAbout five good laughs stretched over a 70-minute running time (not counting the ludicrously padded 15-minute end credits).
03/28/08
It's rather benign, actually -- never very funny, and never amusing for more than a few moments at a time, but not grating or clownish, either.
03/29/08
Top CriticDespite a few amusing moments, this underwhelming spoof is strictly direct-to-video material.
03/31/08
While by no means a masterpiece, when Craig Mazin riffs on the "Spider-Man" trilogy, "Superhero Movie" is cause for some occasional chuckles...
03/31/08
By-the-numbers screen parody fails to resurrect an increasingly tired genre.
03/29/08
A joke that's underdeveloped and overextended...not one of the worst examples of this tired genre, but far from the best.
03/29/08
A slap in the face with a smirk. This isn't the fun it ought to be.
06/06/08
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