Superstar (1999)

A nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, dreams of superstardom.

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Writers:

Molly Shannon (character), Steve Koren (as Steven Wayne Koren)

Stars:

Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Molly Shannon	...	Mary Katherine Gallagher
Will Ferrell	...	Sky Corrigan / Jesus
Elaine Hendrix	...	Evian
Harland Williams	...	Slater
Mark McKinney	...	Father Ritley
Glynis Johns	...	Grandma
Jason Blicker	...	Howard
Gerry Bamman	...	Father John
Emmy Laybourne	...	Helen
Jennifer Irwin	...	Maria
Rob Stefaniuk	...	Thomas
Natalie Radford	...	Autum
Karyn Dwyer	...	Summer
Tom Green	...	Dylan
Chuck Campbell	...	Owen

Storyline

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies, and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom. Her big chance is a school talent contest; her main competition is Evian, the school beauty, who is dancing with Sky, the object of Mary Katherine's kiss dream. Mary Katherine gets some talent-show help from her fellow special education students, her grandma, and Jesus, and inspiration from secrets in her past. Watching are Sky, Evian, and a silent classmate.

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Plot Keywords:

pink bra and panties | high school | blue panties | mini skirt | white panties | 

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Taglines:

Dare to dream.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Superestrella

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$34,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,912,743, 10 October 1999, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,628,981, 6 February 2000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Pictures,SNL Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, and Mark McKinney appeared in A Night at the Roxbury (1998).

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Goofs

In one scene, Mary is giving the sign of the cross with her left hand, not her right which is correct.

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Quotes

Helen Lewengrub: No, but once Owen kissed me on the cheek five times! Hi Owen!
Owen Flanagan: Hi, hi hi... hi... hi.

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Connections

Spoofs The Full Monty (1997)

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Soundtracks

Gettin' Jiggy wit It
Written by Will Smith, Samuel Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Joseph Robinson, David Porter, Ben Cauley, Harvey Joe Henderson (as Harvey Henderson), James Alexander, Larry Charles Dodson (as Larry Dodson), Willie Hall & Winston Allen Stewart (as Winston Stewart)

User Reviews

Very enjoyable

I completely enjoyed Superstar. Its one of those movies that are kind of cute, but still had enough off color humor to keep your attention. It is not raunchy at all. The off color humor comes from many things that kids in the age group really go through.

I grew up attending Catholic High School. So I can related to many things in this movie. Just the uniforms alone are funny. And the characters of the Priests and Nuns are very funny, and reminds me of many of the teachers I had back in the day.

Yes both Molly and Will were a little too old for their characters. I wonder what the movie would have been like if they made it with child actors. It certainly would have been a whole different thing. But I like how they made it with the older actors. It's Molly Shannon's character and really no one but Molly can play her.