Super

Name: Super
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Released: April 1, 2011
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Rainn Wilson

2011

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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 1, 2011 | Not Rated

Starring: Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Rainn Wilson

Summary: When sad-sack loser Frank sees his ex-addict wife willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer, he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie, the Crimson Bolt beats his wayWhen sad-sack loser Frank sees his ex-addict wife willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer, he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie, the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: James Gunn

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Joe Williams

Apr 15, 2011

The libido and bloodlust flowing from the pint-size Page is the funniest thing in the movie, but elsewhere, the mix of the goofy and ghastly is hard to digest. Read full review

Ty Burr

Mar 31, 2011

Smart, sick, and subversive, Super gives you what you want only to make you wonder why you want it. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Mar 31, 2011

Super is occasionally brilliant, sometimes awful and terribly confusing overall. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Mark Keizer

Mar 28, 2011

This depraved charmer offers enough to admire and a specialized hipster crowd will enjoy it, if to a mutedly positive effect. Read full review

Roger Moore

Apr 21, 2011

Take "Kick-Ass." Strip it of most of its wit and charm, amp up the violence, the sadism. Make it more crude and coarse and gory. And what you're left with is Super. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Apr 3, 2011

The trouble with Super, as with "Kick-Ass," is that the director wants to have his cake, put a pump-action shotgun up against the frosting, blast vanilla sponge over a wide area, and THEN eat it. [4 April, 2011, p. 83]

Joshua Rothkopf

Mar 29, 2011

Skip this one, even if your hipster significant other whines a blue streak. Read full review

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Doyouvoodoo

Aug 6, 2011

I can't beleive its got such a bad score on here I thought it was brilliant. So dark and sad but constant between the lines humour all the way through! Very clever film, much deeper than it appears.

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40mangunshot

Jan 3, 2020

One of the best R-rated superhero movies ever! It was brilliant! I believe it was much better than Kickass. I loved it!

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ILHM

Jan 31, 2013

Move over Batman... There is a new super hero in town, and he is ready to bash his way through the skulls of injustice with his pipe wrench of truth! James Gunn returns with another explosive cult-comedy starring Rainn Wilson as The Crimson Bolt, a self-made super hero that takes upMove over Batman... There is a new super hero in town, and he is ready to bash his way through the skulls of injustice with his pipe wrench of truth! James Gunn returns with another explosive cult-comedy starring Rainn Wilson as The Crimson Bolt, a self-made super hero that takes up crime-fighting after a seedy drug dealer makes off with his wife. Together with the help of his trusty side-kick, Boltie, they will squash evil in all of its many forms! In a James Gunn film, that includes beating people senseless over minor indiscretions like butting in line and keying cars, naturally. Gunn pulls no punches when it comes to crass, irreverent humor and exploitative violence, taking each to their veritable extremes while hiding behind the guise of a super hero film. Dig deep enough, and there are many powerful themes at work that speak directly towards the concept of the vigilante super hero and the essence of right and wrong. Rainn Wilson embodies the role of our deranged hero perfectly, providing an equal balance of sad ineptitude with never-ending hope and courage. Ellen Page's foul-mouthed Boltie adds an entertaining mix as well, when she is not taking the role too far over the top. As a wry wink to the super hero genre, SUPER cannot be beat!… Expand

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RacheJaus

Aug 17, 2013

This film is realistic at the same time surreal. The score I give it high because there have been many times I've laughed, I kept thinking that somewhere in the world can have someone do this! ji ji ji

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weirdcryo

Sep 27, 2016

I really liked the movie but there are a lot of problems in the cinematography that really annoyed me through the whole film, in other they were perfectly done but it was hard to remove the bad taste from the bad ones.

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jimmytancredi

Aug 11, 2011

The movie's aesthetic is interesting; it starts a comedy apparently pretentious and slapstick, however the screenplay goes pushing on you and the movie keeps creating a way that you don't except, ending like a convincing drama. Right before the end I though "damn the guy kinda screwed allThe movie's aesthetic is interesting; it starts a comedy apparently pretentious and slapstick, however the screenplay goes pushing on you and the movie keeps creating a way that you don't except, ending like a convincing drama. Right before the end I though "damn the guy kinda screwed all up, lost his team girl and all that only to save the woman who was despising him" but the end was really persuasive. Cool, the script much goes right so as much as it fails, but there are moments which are good, like the surreal divine messages, the heroic Christians episodes, nevertheless the violence really visceral. The initial comparisons with Kick-Ass are inevitable, but there is something more human and believable, the end just proves it.… Expand

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TheQuietGamer

Dec 4, 2011

Completely awful, calling this a bad movie is too much of a compliment, I've seen bad movies before but this is the worst movie I've ever seen, it has no redeeming features at all, none of the characters are likable, it's not funny, and just a humongous waste of every ones time, honestly ICompletely awful, calling this a bad movie is too much of a compliment, I've seen bad movies before but this is the worst movie I've ever seen, it has no redeeming features at all, none of the characters are likable, it's not funny, and just a humongous waste of every ones time, honestly I came into this movie thinking I was going to love it because I love movies like Kick-Ass and Defendor where a regular guy just says he's had enough and becomes a super hero and this one was going to be a comedy also so I really was expecting to enjoy it, but as you can see I was extremely disappointed, I literally cannot begin to describe how awful this movie is, I seriously have no words other than this is literally the worst movie ever created, so do yourself and others a favor if you see a copy of this movie anywhere snap the disc in half, I believe the Crimson Bolt said it best when he said "how can something so stupid and idiotic exist?".… Expand

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