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The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)Plot:
Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero. | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)NewsDesk:
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Incredible Hulk Stands Tall Atop U.K. Box Office (From WENN. 19 June 2008, 5:09 AM, PDT)
'Sex' retains UK box office top spot (From digitalspy. 12 June 2008, 11:15 AM, PDT)
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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language.Parents Guide:
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Canada:PG (Manitoba) | UK:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44303) | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:MMOVIEmeter: 
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Revealing mistakes: During the Youtube scene, you can see the video time is 22:00, instead of 00:22. moreQuotes:
Uncle Albert: [lovingly] Your thighs look like warm cottage cheese someone threw up on the sidewalk.Aunt Lucille Adams: And you've always had a tiny penis.
Uncle Albert: Well, what does it matter when you're in love?
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If "Superhero Movie" gives you the same giddy, guilty-pleasure feeling as "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" movies, it's no accident. Some of those movies' personnel – who were also involved in two lesser "Scary Movie" sequels – show up here. (Those include writer-director Craig Mazin, who happily has come a long way from 1997's abysmal "Rocketman.")
The movie's title says it all. It's a comedy that takes a well-known hit (in this case, "Spider-Man"), turns it inside out, and uses it as a clothesline for gags. In this parody version, nerdy Rick Riker (amiable Drake Bell of cable-TV's "Drake and Josh") gets bitten by a mutant dragonfly, turning him into...well, take a guess. Meanwhile, a well-meaning scientist (Chris McDonald) turns nasty when his experiment backfires and he finds he must sap others' life-blood in order to keep himself alive.
As is typical of such parodies, the movie's approach is as subtle as a spitball gun. Some of the gags are terrific, and some are groaners. But they're all fired at such a rapid pace that after a while, you have no choice but to give in to the silliness. The characters are like shooting-gallery ducks waiting to have parody lobbied at them. Best of the bunch are Rick's well-meaning but dotty uncle and aunt (delightfully played by Leslie Nielsen and "Happy Days'" Marion Ross). The most pitiable is a take-off on disabled genius Stephen Hawking, who seems to push Mazin's bad-taste button over and over ad nauseum.
This leads me to the movie's most required caveat. While the flick is mostly silly fun, it pushes its "PG-13" rating right up to the edge of the "R" cliff. The movie is larded with sexual gags and profanity abound, and what might possibly be cinema's longest-ever flatulence gag.
But if you can bear up under the cringe factor, "Superhero Movie" is mostly high-powered fun. Nifty comedy here runs neck-and-neck with bad taste. It's a close race, but the comedy wins.
"Superhero Movie" is rated PG-13 for countless sex and drug references, crude humor, and adult language.