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Superstar (1999)

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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... 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 Hollywood-style kiss. But no matter how hard she tries, no one will kiss her. And then it hits her. Mary Katherine realizes the only way she is ever going to get what she wants is to become just like the people she sees getting those kisses in the movies. When Catholic Teen Magazine sponsors a talent contest at her school — along with a grand prize of a free trip to Hollywood and the chance to be an extra in a movie with positive moral values — she sees the opportunity to make her dreams come true. After all, everyone wants to kiss you when you’re a Superstar! [More]

Starring: Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix, Harland Williams

Starring: Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix, Harland Williams, Mark McKinney, Glynis Johns

Director: Bruce McCulloch

Director: Bruce McCulloch
Screenwriter: Steve Koren
Producer: Lorne Michaels
Composer: Michael Gore

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A pleasant surprise.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/08
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.

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05/19/08
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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Mary 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.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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07/20/04
Philadelphia Inquirer
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This movie manages to have more touching and hilarious moments than most schlock comedies could hope for.

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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

Much more enjoyable than the sketches on which it is based, and Shannon's performance is brimming with fun and energy.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

I've seen this sketch numerous times on SNL -- it isn't funny at five minutes, at 90 minutes it's unbearable.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Chris Gore
Film Threat

"Saturday Night Live"-sketch-turned-film is slight -- and surprisingly enjoyable.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix

Seriously awful one-joke stupidity.

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10/06/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

In the higher middle of producer Lorne Michaels' cinematic oeuvre.

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06/25/02
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie.

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03/22/02
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
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Bikini waxing and pulling chin hairs is much more enjoyable.

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02/14/01
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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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.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

The movie blows.

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01/01/00
E! Online
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It'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.

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01/01/00
Athan Bezaitis
Filmcritic.com

We gotta give Shannon credit for staying in fine schoolgirl form for Superstar’s 90 minutes or so of teen silliness.

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01/01/00
Barbara Lester
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

It's a good thing for Superstar that Mary Katherine generates so much laughing good will, since little else about the movie does.

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01/01/00
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Another SNL misfire.

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01/01/00
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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The Superstar script is often dumb, sometimes derivative and frequently mean.

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01/01/00
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
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