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Superhero Movie (2008)

Director: Craig Mazin

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From Time Out London

Kicking bottom-feeding dross like ‘Superhero Movie’ is like shooting fish in a barrel, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done. What’s most dispiriting is how far the once relatively respectable genre of the spoof movie has plummeted from the days of ‘Airplane!’, ‘The Naked Gun’ and Leslie Nielsen, who features here . The ‘plot’ is essentially ‘Spider-Man’, but draws in elements from ‘X-Men’ and ‘Superman’: films already perfectly aware of their own absurdity. More welcome would have been a riff on Chris Nolan’s po-faced ‘Batman’ reboot, but no such luck.

It’s nice to see old lags like Robert Hays and Keith David still pulling down a paycheck, but at what cost? Any reader who spurns advice and finds him or herself bemoaning the waste of 85 perfectly good minutes should spare a thought for the poor saps who squandered months making the thing.

Author: Tom Huddleston

Time Out London Issue 1972, 4 – 10 June 2008

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gilldave said...

Posted on Jul 06 2008 16:34 I can honestly say i have never ever not enjoyed a film to the point of wanting to walk out but on this occasion i was driven to dispair and could take it no longer so i left. V poor film, 1 or two funny bits but you've alredy seen them on the trailers DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

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Laura Phillips said...

Posted on Jul 06 2008 15:08 i took my 11 year old son to watch it, fortunately he was just about old enough to understand the "very" near to the bone comedy, although there were children there much younger and i thought it wasn`t suitable for them. This film was funny in parts but i felt it should have a rating of a 12 or 15.

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Mag said...

Posted on Jul 06 2008 12:39 Not as funy as I expect, but still not a bad choice.

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ashlee said...

Posted on Jul 05 2008 12:11 hi yall. i havent seen this film and i dno if i want to cuz sum ppl are like its crap others say it was funni so can some one just rate it out of 10 4 me :)

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jamie lynn spears said...

Posted on Jul 01 2008 13:43 me my mom and cassey went to see film and it was great i just think Drake is a fantastic actor and you should really thing about going to see it. BEST MOVIE OF 2008

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jonny sutton said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 10:16 I did not have to wash my hands this time, i stayed in all the way through, it was funny. very funny. very very funny. actually, it was alright, you know?

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Trish said...

Posted on Jun 23 2008 12:38 My 14yr old enjoyed this with his mates, however I thought it was one of the worst movies I have seen at the cinema for a long time.

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Soph said...

Posted on Jun 21 2008 13:48 The film was great It was funyn all the way through the first second made me laugh. It made me laugh nearly all the way through that i spilt my fanta ice lol =) it was a really funny type of film and if youve seem the scary movie range its not as scary as that but its like a superhero version of that and Brenda from scary movie is in it - that made me laugh, Any person who enjoyed date movie,epic movie or scary movie range youll love this =)

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max Thomas said...

Posted on Jun 21 2008 11:00 These films are never worth the money! yes you will laugh in some very specific places but this film is still one of those take the mick out of a film with an aweful monvie.

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brian said...

Posted on Jun 20 2008 23:40 this film was realy good 10/10

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runsha said...

Posted on Jun 20 2008 19:26 gary black - r u a dumbo or wat? u sed its dispointin bt den yeh, u go yeh and give it 6 stars - u hav got issues mate - sort it out blackie bwoy - we gona wach film now - me and me julie*

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usman said...

Posted on Jun 19 2008 22:16 mr huddleston said the plot has nothing from batman ,i think he forgot the very vivid killing of the parents as they come out of a theatre plus the urge to fly as drogonfly itself hovers around bats

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Natasha said...

Posted on Jun 19 2008 08:28 I'm going to see this film today! I hope its good, as some people say its over the top, but I like over the top sometimes lol!
:D

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Anakin said...

Posted on Jun 18 2008 16:23 very good comedy, couldnt stop laugthing

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usman khawaja said...

Posted on Jun 18 2008 01:26 a pleasant surprise spoof os the superhero genre which is both witty and well written,it mixes spidermen,batman,and xmen to make a dragonflymen and it works from the gawky teenagers to the hammy villains with some very creative visual gags which are hilarious and inventive too,this has been given a raw deal by the critics as it is cleverer then i assumed from the reviews ,infact it is a very funny spoof and the special effects are very good too,so it works on all levels .bravo for the miniheroes who made this funny satire on the billion dolaar genre but they have nothing to be ashamed of as their message gets home well and truly

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