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Movie Overview
Cast
• Drake Bell
• Leslie Nielsen
• Leslie Paxton
Director
• Craig Mazin
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language
Superhero Movie! (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 21% Rotten
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"All the most hilarious scenes from 'Superhero Movie' show up in the film's trailer, but there's still a lot to laugh about in this silly parody."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

2/5
"Superhero Movie should be taken as a well-meaning but ultimately uneven lesson in how to handle future parodies."  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

F
"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."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

1.5/4
"About five good laughs stretched over a 70-minute running time (not counting the ludicrously padded 15-minute end credits)."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

C
"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."  Film.com  Eric D. Snider

2/5
"While by no means a masterpiece, when Craig Mazin riffs on the "Spider-Man" trilogy, "Superhero Movie" is cause for some occasional chuckles..."  Film Threat  Felix Vasquez Jr.

D+
"A joke that's underdeveloped and overextended...not one of the worst examples of this tired genre, but far from the best."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

B+
"Contrary to popular belief, it does take a level of talent to tell puke and fart jokes well, and that seems to be one of Craig Mazin's talent, for whatever it's worth."  Film School Rejects  Kevin Carr

0.5/4
"There's honestly not a single laugh in the film, unless the mere mention or sight of shit, piss and puke is hilarious to you."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

2.5/4
"Superhero Movie is the living definition of "hit or miss." Parts of it admittedly made me laugh out loud, but for every joke that scored, there were two that didn't."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

1/5
"The good news about "Superhero Movie" is that it is better than either of the "Fantastic Four" movies. The bad news is that it isn't that much better."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

1.5/4
"Essentially a retread of every bad grade-school joke you're happy to have forgotten."  Slant Magazine  Rob Humanick

3/5
"It's cinematic junk food; I sat, I laughed, I left, I forgot all about it. (But at least I laughed.)"  Cinematical  Scott Weinberg

"Unfortunately, the film has nothing remotely interesting or satirical to say about the genre it is spoofing, so there is little to hold your attention between the gags, which do not arrive at the rapid-fire clip necessary to sustain the laughter ..."  ESplatter  Steve Biodrowski
OFCS Rating: 21% Rotten
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