Super
In the outlandish dark comedy SUPER, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive take on self-reflexive superheroes. When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But, inspired shortly after by fictional man-made superheroes of lore, he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY crimefighter, the Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife.
- Director
- James Gunn
- Actors
- Rainn wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Linda Cardellini
- Genre
- Comedy
- Run Time
- 1 hour 36 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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Wilson does amusingly steely work, while Page goes bonkers, giving her gleeful nut job one of the more memorable horselaughs in recent American film history.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 04.07.2011 -
This movie is too pedestrian for camp, and too scattershot for an action comedy.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader, 04.15.2011 -
Super is a film infused with that impossibly compelling mix of deeply empathic insights, disturbingly-visualised violence and goodwill-rousing positive energy.
Simon Foster, sbs.com.au, 08.30.2011 -
Super plunges into nihilistic despair in its third act. This isn't a black comedy because it isn't a comedy. It's a trick played on our expectations, I concede, but to what end?
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 08.08.2011
