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Superhero Movie

[2008, Movie]

Superhero Movie: Review

Superhero Movie, Drake Bell, Christopher McDonald

Don't let Leslie Nielsen and a producer credit for David Zuker fool you: 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. Adopted by his Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross) and Uncle Albert (Nielsen) after his parents were murdered in a back alley in crime-ridden Empire City, Peter Parker-esque Rick Riker (Drake Bell) fears he'll never live up to his father's dying wish that ... read more

Superhero Movie: TV Guide News

Jeers: Not Such a Super Decision | Cheers & Jeers | 4/2/2008
Jeers to Nickelodeon for promoting Superhero Movie during tween-friendly shows like iCarly. Sure, it stars Drake Bell from the network’s Drake & Josh, but the PG-13 flick also features — to quote the MPAA advisory — “crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language.” (Not to mention Leslie Nielsen having sex with a corpse.) Then again, when a pregnant 17-year-old headlines one of your channel’s kidcoms, I guess anything goes.• For more Cheers & Jeers, check out the new vodcast.• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine! read more
21 Is a Winner at the Box Office | Movie News | 3/31/2008
The caper drama 21, in which card-counting MIT eggheads look to break the bank at a Vegas casino, topped the weekend box office with a $23.7 million haul. Placing second was Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, which with $17.4 mil brought its total-to-date to $117.2 million.Rounding out the weekend's top five were Superhero Movie (opening with $9.5 mil), Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns ($7.8 mil) and Drillbit Taylor ($5.8 mil). Among other new arrivals, Stop-Loss' attempt to soft-pedal its Iraq War theme via O.C.-like marketing was for naught, as it grossed a mere $4.5 mil, landing it at No. 8. — MWM read more

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Posted: 2/12/2008

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Year: 2008
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Drake Bell: Rick Riker/Dragonfly
Sara Paxton: Jill Johnson
Christopher McDonald: Lou Landers/Hourglass
Leslie Nielsen: Uncle Albert
Kevin Hart: Trey
Marion Ross: Aunt Lucille

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