A pleasant surprise.
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05/19/08
Superstar (1999)
33 %
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Reviews Counted: 70
Fresh: 23
Rotten:47
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Consensus: Dumb script and flat jokes made this another SNL misfire.
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: All schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon) wants in life is a kiss. Not just any kiss, mind you — a big-time, hold-your-breath-‘til-you-think-you’re-going-to-faint, bona fide... [More]
Starring: Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix, Harland Williams
Director: Bruce McCulloch
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Reviews for Superstar
Top CriticContrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
05/19/08
Top CriticMary Katherine Gallagher takes a little getting used to for the unwitting viewer. She grows on you, though, and, despite yourself, you get to like her quirky ways.
04/09/05
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07/20/04
Top CriticThis movie manages to have more touching and hilarious moments than most schlock comedies could hope for.
05/20/03
Much more enjoyable than the sketches on which it is based, and Shannon's performance is brimming with fun and energy.
02/08/03
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01/29/03
I've seen this sketch numerous times on SNL -- it isn't funny at five minutes, at 90 minutes it's unbearable.
12/08/02
"Saturday Night Live"-sketch-turned-film is slight -- and surprisingly enjoyable.
11/07/02
Seriously awful one-joke stupidity.
10/06/02
In the higher middle of producer Lorne Michaels' cinematic oeuvre.
06/25/02
A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie.
03/22/02
Top CriticBikini waxing and pulling chin hairs is much more enjoyable.
02/14/01
While the plot is well-worn and somewhat clumsily put together, the fine performance of Shannon as the main character powers the movie along pretty well until the film stumbles to its predictable conclusion.
01/01/01
The movie blows.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's the first film in a long while to give a woman the freedom to 'get jiggy' with all-out Jim Carrey-esque full body humor.
01/01/00
We gotta give Shannon credit for staying in fine schoolgirl form for Superstar’s 90 minutes or so of teen silliness.
01/01/00
It's a good thing for Superstar that Mary Katherine generates so much laughing good will, since little else about the movie does.
01/01/00
Another SNL misfire.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Superstar script is often dumb, sometimes derivative and frequently mean.
01/01/00
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