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88Delivers plenty of laughs and succeeds on a level that recent ``SNL'' movies (``It's Pat!'' and ``A Night at the Roxbury'') didn't.
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75The funniest "SNL" movie since "Wayne's World."
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75There's an unstable genius brewing beneath Mary Katherine's scarlet headband. As "SNL" women go, only Gilda Radner seemed as willing to rib so much of herself for our pleasure.
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75Part of the reason for the comic surehandedness is the obvious chemistry between Shannon, Ferrell, and director Bruce McCulloch.
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70A delightful surprise, a tightly written, savvy slapstick comedy with genuine heart.
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70In Mary Katherine Gallagher's dogged perseverance, it's easy to find not only cheap laughs but real soul. In her way, she's a saint.
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70A pleasant surprise...more directorial personality here than most "SNL"-derived features get...the cheerily absurd, color-saturated atmosphere recalls John Waters' "Hairspray."
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60The film's light success really comes down to Shannon, though, the exuberant "SNL" star whose alter ego actually seems more real and sympathetic here than she does in brief TV skits.
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60Endearing if slight, Superstar at least knows what it's doing the whole way.
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58Considerably less fun than a marathon of Star Search episodes.
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58Strikes a universal chord, no matter what rung of the popularity ladder we were on in high school.
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50Molly Shannon's peachy-keen attitude and spunky patience win us over to the side of Mary Katherine Gallagher.
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50It's dumb, but I laughed out loud a few times, chuckled a few more, and would gladly sit through it again before watching any film with Demi Moore.
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40It isn't so easy to laugh at Mary Katherine Gallagher and her disgusting antics when she actually has feelings.
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40No dice...But no apologies are needed for Shannon--she earns her star spot.
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A comedy with several good laughs but no convincing cohesion.
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What's funny for 5 minutes doesn't make for a full-length movie.
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38How'd this thing get made?
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38What it is not is funny.
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30Even at 82 minutes in length, Superstar feels uncomfortably stretched.
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30You'd have thought, in his infinite wisdom, the Lord would at least send stinkers like this direct to video.
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30Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
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Too bad the Catholic League is so busy attacking good films, like "Dogma," that it can't spare the time to picket bad ones.
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From my vantage point, it doesn't include a single laugh.
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25So thunderously unfunny...There is no reason for an 82-minute movie to feel so very, very long.
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25Bless me, Father, for I actually laughed once during this gosh-awful spinoff...about as funny as an oozing fever blister.
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25It barely boasts enough funny material to fill four minutes.
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If Superstar were meatloaf--and that would be an improvement--the recipe would be 4 pounds bread crumbs to 3 ounces sirloin. Make that chuck.
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