Comic Book Villains

Comic Book Villains (2002)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (2,065 ratings)

In a sleepy small town there are two vibrant comic books stores that are rival universes unto themselves. Events spiral absurdly, violently out of control when the owners of the two shops -- nerdy hipster Ray (Donal Logue) and the nebbishy husband and wife team of Norman and Judy (Michael Rapaport… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
James Robinson
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 2002 Wide
LionsGate Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    Once the ante is upped to violence, about halfway through, the movie becomes entirely unfunny and tiresome.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    If there's one saving grace of Comic Book Villains (and it's a big one), it's the eclectic group of cool indie actors populating the farce.

  • JoBlo, JoBlo's Movie Emporium

    If you're a comic book fan, you definitely have to pick this puppy up.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Melvin W


    "Why would you want to leave town? Everything worth having's right here. Raymond's store, Dominoes pizza."             Comic Book Villains is an original and dark movie. Although obviously steered toward the comic book fan; I was able to… More

  • James A


    A pretty shitty movie that has a direct message to the stereotypical comic book fan. Silly music and an all around unfunny poor try at entertainment.

  • Jason S


    Excellent for the comic book fans. There are some fun moments in the flick and then it starts to get crazy and dark. I liked it and I thought casting was pretty good here.

  • Lafe F


    Dark comedy, which isn't very funny. The characters aren't too likeable in this one. There isn't enough comic book geekdom shown, so it's not much fun. Not too enjoyable.

  • Marcus W


    Seems to want to be De Palma-lite dark comedy. It isn't funny, the story is predictable and Elwes does not a good villain make. The Qualls subplot is so achingly obvious that it's just silly. And it's final message is evidently "stop reading comic books and get a… More

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