A slap in the face with a smirk. This isn't the fun it ought to be.
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06/06/08
Superhero Movie! (2008)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:7
Rotten:41
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Superhero Movie is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same.
Theatrical Release:06-06-2008
Synopsis: In this spoof of Hollywood blockbusters, director and screenwriter Craig Mazin (THE SPECIALS) tackles the age-old story of a regular guy who suddenly finds that he possesses super powers. Ricky... [More]
Starring: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart
Director: Craig Mazin
Reviews for Superhero Movie!
Top CriticThe stench is still thick on the corpse of Meet The Spartans, but apparently filmgoers can’t get enough of lame-duck lampoons from Scary Movie alumni.
06/06/08
This super-powered spoof just doesn't fly.
06/05/08
Top CriticTo call Superhero Movie a satire, or even a parody, of the genre specified in its title would be misleading, since those terms imply at least an attempt at wit. But no real mockery is intended by this mindless grab bag of slightly used gags.
03/29/08
Top CriticEven though the movie made me laugh hard during some scenes, it's wildly uneven!
06/18/08
Superhero Movie should be taken as a well-meaning but ultimately uneven lesson in how to handle future parodies.
04/02/08
Superhero Movie deserves a special place in the burning fires of Hell, where lazy writing, insipid direction, and an unforgivable eagerness towards bottom-feeding stupidity can roast along with the rest of the spoof genre's recent offerings.
03/28/08
What's supposed to be a spoof of all the comic-book movies clogging theaters turns out to be an unfunny retread of the first Spider-Man.
03/28/08
70 minutes of good if unmemorable fun sure beats 80 or 90 minutes of excruciating parodies for dummies, a la Date Movie and Epic Movie.
03/29/08
Top CriticAbout five good laughs stretched over a 70-minute running time (not counting the ludicrously padded 15-minute end credits).
03/28/08
It's rather benign, actually -- never very funny, and never amusing for more than a few moments at a time, but not grating or clownish, either.
03/29/08
Despite a few amusing moments, this underwhelming spoof is strictly direct-to-video material.
03/31/08
While by no means a masterpiece, when Craig Mazin riffs on the "Spider-Man" trilogy, "Superhero Movie" is cause for some occasional chuckles...
03/31/08
By-the-numbers screen parody fails to resurrect an increasingly tired genre.
03/29/08
Top CriticA joke that's underdeveloped and overextended...not one of the worst examples of this tired genre, but far from the best.
03/29/08
The gags are consistently weak.
03/29/08
Puerile and idiotic it may be, but Superhero Movie is nonetheless smarter than most of its lowbrow brethren in the Hollywood sub-sub-category known as the spoof movie.
03/31/08
...the gags just lie there and die...
04/04/08
It's a bit late in the game for Superhero Movie, which was never going to fly, and barely crawls.
03/31/08
This year's Superhero Movie isn't as epically bad as last year's Epic Movie, but it does provide more evidence that the spoof genre is tapped out.
04/03/08
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