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Superhero Movie (2008) 4.5
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4.5/10 from 44,473 users
Metascore: 33/100
Reviews: 166 user | 119 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Craig MazinWriter:Craig Mazin |
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Cast
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| Drake Bell | ... | ||
| Sara Paxton | ... | ||
| Christopher McDonald | ... | ||
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | ||
| Kevin Hart | ... | ||
| Marion Ross | ... | ||
| Ryan Hansen | ... | ||
| Keith David | ... | ||
| Brent Spiner | ... | ||
| Robert Joy | ... | ||
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | ||
| Robert Hays | ... | ||
| Nicole Sullivan | ... | ||
| Sam Cohen | ... | ||
| Tracy Morgan | ... | ||
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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.
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The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 March 2008 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Film de super-héros See more »Filming Locations:
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£851,353 (UK) (6 June 2008)Gross:
$25,871,834 (USA) (18 July 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran
Performed by Drake Bell
Produced by Michael Corcoran
Courtesy of Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Earned four out of four stars from the Daily Bulletin Newspaper. See more »Goofs
As Jill is kissing Dragonfly, she has her left hand on his right shoulder. As she pulls it down his chest and away, the top or inner dragonfly on his chest peels away from the bottom or outer one. See more »Crazy Credits
The opening Dimension Films logo changes from its standard blue color to Dragonfly green. See more »Connections
Spoofs This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion (2004) See more »Soundtracks
SuperbounceWritten by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran
Performed by Drake Bell
Produced by Michael Corcoran
Courtesy of Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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When a loser teen is bitten by an insect, he becomes the superhero Dragonfly...
Superhero Movie is the latest spoof movie to hit the screens. Sadly however, despite the presence of David Zucker (who was involved with Airplane!, Top Secret and The Naked Gun movies) it still suffers from the fault most recent spoofs have...mainly it's more dumb than fun! The fault mainly lies with the gags. It's simply not funny enough. Some of the jokes do work, such as the nail gun scene, but other parts simply fall flat. The X-men spoof for example, or the whole farting sequence. Blazing Saddles this isn't! One of the key things about the best spoof movies, like Airplane is that although the dialog is extremely funny, the cast for the most part play is completely straight. This makes it even funnier. Even when there is simple dialog in the foreground, there may well be funny things happening behind the cast. Again funny. The other key thing is that they all have a plot of sorts, to hang the gags on.
The recent trend seems to be to take scenes from various movies, THEN try and spoof them. As a result the so-called plot of these movies very rarely exist. Another flaw these movies have, is that some of the scenes were actually funny in the original versions, and in most cases even funnier than the spoof scene! The cast try to get into the spirit required, but with a lot of unfunny dialog and scenes, it's hard to get worked up about it.
As recent spoof movies go, it's not as bad as Epic Movie, Date Movie, or the awful Meet The Spartans, but considering that some people involved here have made good, funny movies in the past, it's nowhere near good enough.