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Cast
Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon)
Sky (Will Ferrell)
Slater (Harland Williams)
Evian (Elaine Hendrix)
Father Ritley (Mark McKinney)
Directed by Bruce McCulloch Written by Steve Koren
Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language Running Time:
89 minutes
Distributed
by Paramount
Superstar
is a wacky and typical Saturday Night Live movie. Mary Katherine
Gallagher (Shannon) is the geek of her Catholic high school
class. All Mary wants is a meaningful, long, dramatic, and
wet kiss. Her object of affection is Sky (Ferrell), the most
popular guy in school. Mary becomes convinced that the only
way that Sky will ever kiss her is if she becomes a big superstar
like in the movies. Mary seizes the opportunity when a magazine
sponsors a talent contest. The winner of the contest gets
to be an extra in a movie. Obstacles begin to rise against
Mary left to right, the biggest being Sky's cruel girlfriend,
Evian, and Mary's grandmother. However, Mary never gives up
her goal to getting a kiss because she is, of course, a superstar.
Superstar
is crazy movie based off of Molly Shannon's own character
sketch on Saturday Night Live. It does get a little annoying
after awhile, but it is also hilarious like many of the Saturday
Night Live films.
The
acting is terrific because of the natural comedic talents
involved in Superstar. Molly Shannon blends in nice physical
comedy into her performance as Mary. Shannon is a nice comedic
actress, a category that is dying out. Maybe Shannon can help
lead comedic females back into the spotlight. Will Ferrell
is very funny as the popular guy, Sky. Ferrell just keeps
delivering nutty characters to the screen. He was seen earlier
this year in Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me and also
in Dick. Then there is Harland Williams, who plays Slater.
Slater is a mysterious biker that doesn't say anything and
just pops up everywhere. Williams is very amusing as the stilled
biker. His performance reminded me a lot of the mysterious
cigarette-puffing cowboy character in Romy and Michelle's
High School Reunion. Williams's previous credits include the
title role in Rocketman, Dumb and Dumber, and There's Something
About Mary. Outside of these three performances, there isn't
any other good acting in Superstar. The worst of all the acting
in the cast is Elaine Hendrix, who plays Evian. I guess the
audience is supposed to hate this character a lot; I know
I did. Hendrix is just overacts in the role of the evil and
backstabbing witch of the high school. However, Hendrix's
performance is dismal behind the performances by Williams,
Shannon, and Ferrell.
Lorne
Michaels wrote the script. I think that probably Shannon especially
improved a lot of this movie. I believe that she also had
to have contributed to the script, because the lead character
is her own development. The script is filled with stupidity
and loose ends; however, with a film like this, a good script
is not need, just good comedic actors.
Superstar
is a film that will make you laugh a lot, but it also just
gets so dumb and uncompleted. This is how Saturday Night Live
movies are supposed to be, dumb and uncompleted. The movie's
only goal is to make the audiences laugh.
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Card Grade: C+
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