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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary How many superheroes does it take to save the world? The creators of The Naked Gun and Scary Movie answer this question in hysterical David Zucker fashion with the uproarious comedy Superhero Movie. Meet Rick Riker. He's young, he's cool, and he's got superpowers. Now, if he only knew how to use them... But the world is in danger, and no...

Directed By: Craig Mazin

Written By: Craig Mazin

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 15 m

Superhero Movie

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
33
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary How many superheroes does it take to save the world? The creators of The Naked Gun and Scary Movie answer this question in hysterical David Zucker fashion with the uproarious comedy Superhero Movie. Meet Rick Riker. He's young, he's cool, and he's got superpowers. Now, if he only knew how to use them... But the world is in danger, and no...

Directed By: Craig Mazin

Written By: Craig Mazin

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
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29% Negative
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58
Undiscriminating comedy fans hungering for the High School High of superhero parodies need look no further.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
50
The very act of writing critically about Superhero Movie 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.
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Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.2
52% Positive
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23% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.2
52% Positive
56 Ratings
23% Mixed
25 Ratings
25% Negative
27 Ratings

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10
RubyHVS
Jun 12, 2023
Don't take it seriously. Personnaly I laughed so hard watching this. It's chill, dumb, but on purpose. Trust me, it I'd really funny
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10
LeLeMan
Mar 31, 2022
Whoever gave bad reviews to this gem obviously can't laugh unless it's super complicated commedy. Welp to me I need only the quote "I don't wear diamonds" to laugh uncontrollably. I love this movie
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50
Given the abysmal quality of recent spoof pics, it's saying something that Superhero Movie provides a fairly steady stream of midsized laughs -- and even the 40% or so of gags that just lie there aren't actively painful.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
What's shocking about Superhero Movie is not that it's been advertised to death on Nickelodeon to impressionable children, but that it's a completely on-the-nose satire of "Spider-Man.”
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40
By-the-numbers screen parody fails to resurrect an increasingly tired genre.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
30
Predictable, flat, full of name-dropping, tragically unhip, and likely to make a decent amount of cash.
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This abysmal "Spider-Man" satire has more in common with the lamentable spate of "Epic" and "Date Movies" than Zucker and Nielsen's truly funny "Naked Gun" series.
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10
Amir-selim
Apr 3, 2018
amazing movies, i love this type of comedy just like scary movies series :)
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6
CoreGamer1408
Dec 14, 2018
For a parody spoof movie this one worked rather well. With brilliant cameo roles from Dr Steven Hawkins who played himself for laughs.
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5
Akoltuniuk
Feb 19, 2024
Oh, this isn't a good movie by any means, and it's over the top like nobody's business. But it has some heart and I have a soft spot for these campy films.
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3
FreedomFighters
Nov 12, 2016
Everything about this movie just screams "typical spoof comedy film." There's nothing about this film that feels special. Sure, there are a few funny moments, but most of the film is just bland, tired, and just not consistently funny. It's not the worst thing you'll ever see, and it might even fall into the "so bad, it's good" camp, but "Superhero Movie" won't revitalize the spoof comedy genre and it should only be viewed by diehard fans of spoof films.
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diogomendes
Jan 1, 2015
"Superhero Movie" provides some laughs, but on pure cinematic terms, this is a pathetically bad "Spider-Man" satire that doesn't fulfill a moviegoer's expectation.
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Production Company Dimension Films
Release Date Mar 28, 2008
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)
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Awards

Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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