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Superstar

Dare to dream.

1999 · 1h 22m · PG-13 Comedy
Directed by Bruce McCulloch

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Overview

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.

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32%
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Fresh

A pleasant surprise.

Dennis Harvey, Variety
Rotten

Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Rotten

A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie.

Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
Rotten

Simply stated, there's not a movie's worth of story here.

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
Rotten

Superstar is considerably less fun than a marathon of Star Search episodes.

Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz

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