| 88 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Delivers 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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| 75 |
San Francisco Examiner
There'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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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Part of the reason for the comic surehandedness is the obvious chemistry between Shannon, Ferrell, and director Bruce McCulloch.
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| 75 |
New York Post
The funniest "SNL" movie since "Wayne's World."
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| 70 |
Dallas Observer
In 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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| 70 |
Variety
A 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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| 70 |
TV Guide
A delightful surprise, a tightly written, savvy slapstick comedy with genuine heart.
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| 60 |
Film.com
The 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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| 60 |
Washington Post
Endearing if slight, Superstar at least knows what it's doing the whole way.
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| 58 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Strikes a universal chord, no matter what rung of the popularity ladder we were on in high school.
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| 58 |
Mr. Showbiz
Considerably less fun than a marathon of Star Search episodes.
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| 50 |
Charlotte Observer
Molly Shannon's peachy-keen attitude and spunky patience win us over to the side of Mary Katherine Gallagher.
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| 50 |
TNT RoughCut
Graham Verdon
It'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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| 40 |
The New York Times
Anita Gates
A comedy with several good laughs but no convincing cohesion.
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| 40 |
Rolling Stone
No dice...But no apologies are needed for Shannon--she earns her star spot.
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| 40 |
LA Weekly
Annlee Ellingson
It isn't so easy to laugh at Mary Katherine Gallagher and her disgusting antics when she actually has feelings.
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| 38 |
Baltimore Sun
What it is not is funny.
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| 38 |
New York Daily News
Robert Dominguez
What's funny for 5 minutes doesn't make for a full-length movie.
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| 38 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
How'd this thing get made?
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| 30 |
Chicago Reader
Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
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| 30 |
Salon.com
You'd have thought, in his infinite wisdom, the Lord would at least send stinkers like this direct to video.
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| 30 |
Austin Chronicle
Even at 82 minutes in length, Superstar feels uncomfortably stretched.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
Marc Caro
From my vantage point, it doesn't include a single laugh.
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| 25 |
Chicago Sun-Times
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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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| 25 |
Miami Herald
So thunderously unfunny...There is no reason for an 82-minute movie to feel so very, very long.
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| 25 |
USA Today
Bless me, Father, for I actually laughed once during this gosh-awful spinoff...about as funny as an oozing fever blister.
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| 25 |
Entertainment Weekly
It barely boasts enough funny material to fill four minutes.
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| 20 |
Los Angeles Times
John Anderson
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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