Rotten
There are a few lively bits, and one joke with an edge: a slap at Stephen Hawking and his computer-drone voice. Mostly, though, this is super-lame.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Superhero Movie
The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)
2008 · 1h 22m · PG-13
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Craig Mazin
Overview
Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Director and cast
- Craig Mazin Director
- Drake Bell as Dragonfly
- Sara Paxton as Jill Johnson
- Leslie Nielsen as Uncle Albert Adams
- Christopher McDonald as Lou Landers
- Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Whitby
- Pamela Anderson as Invisible Girl
- Kevin Hart as Trey
- Marion Ross as Aunt Lucille
- Ryan Hansen as Lance Landers
- Keith David as The Chief of Police
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a bit late in the game for Superhero Movie, which was never going to fly, and barely crawls.
John Anderson, Washington Post
Rotten
It looks for all the world as if writer/director Craig Mazin took the screenplay for Spider-Man, propped it up next to his MacBook, and just went through it, inserting fart gags, pratfalls and the lamest of jokes.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
The very act of writing critically about Superhero inspires something of an existential crisis -- no one likely to turn out for it is reading this review, and anybody reading this review is probably not inclined to see it under any circumstances.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
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.
Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail
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