There are a few lively bits, and one joke with an edge: a slap at Stephen Hawking and his computer-drone voice. Mostly, though, this is super-lame.
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04/02/08
Superhero Movie! (2008)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:0
Rotten:11
Average Rating:3.3/10
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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Top CriticIt's a bit late in the game for Superhero Movie, which was never going to fly, and barely crawls.
03/31/08
Top CriticIt looks for all the world as if writer/director Craig Mazin took the screenplay for Spider-Man, propped it up next to his MacBook, and just went through it, inserting fart gags, pratfalls and the lamest of jokes.
03/31/08
Top CriticThe very act of writing critically about Superhero inspires something of an existential crisis -- no one likely to turn out for it is reading this review, and anybody reading this review is probably not inclined to see it under any circumstances.
03/31/08
Top CriticPuerile and idiotic it may be, but Superhero Movie is nonetheless smarter than most of its lowbrow brethren in the Hollywood sub-sub-category known as the spoof movie.
03/31/08
Top CriticTo 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 CriticBy-the-numbers screen parody fails to resurrect an increasingly tired genre.
03/29/08
Top CriticThe gags are consistently weak.
03/29/08
Top CriticSuperhero Movie would make a decent long-form short on the "Funny or Die" website, but at 85 minutes -- 15 of which are outtake-heavy end credits -- its powers of amiability wear off fast.
03/29/08
Top Critic70 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 CriticIt'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
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