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Superstar (1999)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:23
Rotten:48
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
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A pleasant surprise. Full Review |
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Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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3/4 |
This movie manages to have more touching and hilarious moments than most schlock comedies could hope for. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Much more enjoyable than the sketches on which it is based, and Shannon's performance is brimming with fun and energy. Full Review |
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0.5/4 |
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1/5 |
I've seen this sketch numerous times on SNL -- it isn't funny at five minutes, at 90 minutes it's unbearable. Full Review |
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3/5 |
"Saturday Night Live"-sketch-turned-film is slight -- and surprisingly enjoyable. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Seriously awful one-joke stupidity.
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3/5 |
In the higher middle of producer Lorne Michaels' cinematic oeuvre. Full Review |
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0.5/4 |
A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Bikini waxing and pulling chin hairs is much more enjoyable. Full Review |
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C+ |
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. Full Review |
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The movie blows. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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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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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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Another SNL misfire. Full Review |
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The Superstar script is often dumb, sometimes derivative and frequently mean.
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