Superhero Movie (Extended Edition)

Superhero Movie (Extended Edition)
by David Zucker

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Actor: Craig Bierko, Dan Castellaneta, Keith David, Kurt Fuller, Pamela Anderson
Director: David Zucker
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Thomas E. Ackerman
Composer: James L. Venable
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Weinstein Company

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Movie Review: Move Over Spider-Man...Meet Dragonfly!
Summary: 3 Stars

If you're over THE DARK KNIGHT and IRON MAN, waiting for what they're going to do to SUPERMAN, and if you need good laugh? Check out SUPERHERO MOVIE. This reviewer was totally aghast by MEET THE SPARTANS (along with the other recent parody EPIC MOVIE), but SUPERHERO MOVIE fares way better. One reason SUPERHERO MOVIE works is because one of the Zucker Brothers (AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN films) is one of the producers and the legendary Leslie Nielsen is in a support role. The film is a total, and shot-per-shot, parody of the first SPIDER-MAN movie with a character called "The Dragonfly", with a little of BATMAN, X-MEN, and FANTASTIC 4 thrown in. This reviewer actually laughed thoughout most of the film and perhaps it works on the grounds that Spider-Man is more accessible and recognised. Also, the film has a great ensemble cast of actors familiar with comedy from Nielsen, Marion Ross (HAPPY DAYS), Christopher MacDonald (HAPPY GILMORE), and Dan Castellaneta. One of the more hilarious targets is of physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking. In a bit of inspired casting, moviegoers will recognise character actor, Robert Joy (CSI:NY,*61) as having the perfect likeness to playing one of the greatest minds of modern science. The creators recycle some of the gags from AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN as a definite homage to Leslie Nielsen's past work, but are still funny in the context of the film. This parody is not the "train wreck" that is MEET THE SPARTANS, but is a pretty smart and funny movie.

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The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker (Drake Bell) a nerdy teen bitten by a radioactive dragonfly. Imbued with superpowers Riker assumes a new identity as the Dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis enter Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) who leads a double life as the villainously goofy Hourglass. Spoof veteran Leslie Nielsen and Marion Ross co-star as Drake's doting uncle and aunt.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY/PARODY & SPOOF UPC:?796019813396 Manufacturer No:?81339

Adolescent fantasy meets sophomoric humor in the latest cuisinart comedy, Superhero Movie. The story of how frustrated loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell of Drake & Josh) becomes the superpowered Dragonfly is largely poking fun at Spider-Man, but there are a handful of digs at X-Men, Fantastic Four, and other Marvel Comics superhuman flicks. What's disappointing is how few of the jokes are specific to the genre--the abundance of gags about urine, feces, horniness, and especially flatulence (long, drawn-out gags about flatulence) could have been shoehorned into a parody of pretty much anything. The strong point of Superhero Movie is the above-average cast; while there are the obligatory cameos by the likes of Pamela Anderson, the cast is mostly filled out with actual actors like Marion Ross (Happy Days), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), and Leslie Nielsen, who trots out his trademark deadpan one more time. As Dragonfly's love interest, Sara Paxton (Aquamarine) does a flawless and subtle imitation of Kirsten Dunst's sultry vocal mannerisms. And for fans of Airplane! (the movie that started the whole everything-but-the-kitchen-sink genre of comedy), there's an appropriate cameo by Robert Hays as Rick Riker's father. Superhero is a step above such recent tripe as Date Movie and Meet the Spartans... but sadly, that's not saying much. --Bret Fetzer

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