When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.
Star Andy Samberg & Co. are at their best when they're deadpanning as addlepated celebrity man-children whose vision of the good life involves the getting of ways and the indulging of whims.
– Matthew Lickona,
San Diego Reader,
3 Jun 2016
fresh:
Popstar doesn't quite reach This Is Spinal Tap levels of satire (few things could), but as a send-up of the mores of today's celebrity-obsessed culture, it largely succeeds.
– David Sims,
The Atlantic,
5 Jun 2016
fresh:
It turns out rising from fame and falling from it make for equally good material.
– Alison Willmore,
BuzzFeed News,
7 Jun 2016
rotten:
It quickly becomes evident that this expensive-looking feature is an overextended Saturday Night Live digital short that would have worked better on the small screen.
– Leah Pickett,
Chicago Reader,
9 Jun 2016
fresh:
Made with good cheer, it's consistently funny and never overstays its welcome.