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A pleasant surprise.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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Superstar
Overview
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
Director and cast
- Bruce McCulloch Director
- Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher
- Will Ferrell as Sky Corrigan
- Elaine Hendrix as Evian Carrie Graham
- Harland Williams as Eric Slater
- Tom Green as Dylan Schmultz-Plutzker
- Mark McKinney as Father Ritley
- Glynis Johns as Grandma
- Jason Blicker Cast
- Gerry Bamman Cast
- Emmy Laybourne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie.
Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Simply stated, there's not a movie's worth of story here.
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
Superstar is considerably less fun than a marathon of Star Search episodes.
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
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