Superstar (1999)
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32% of critics liked it
(74 reviews) -
60% of users liked it
(63,893 ratings)
Molly Shannon brings her Saturday Night Live character Mary Katherine Gallagher to the silver screen. A mildly hyperactive Catholic school student convinced that she smells bad, Mary Catherine has a dream: she wants a boy to kiss her. Not just any old sloppy teenage make-out party kind of smooch,… More Molly Shannon brings her Saturday Night Live character Mary Katherine Gallagher to the silver screen. A mildly hyperactive Catholic school student convinced that she smells bad, Mary Catherine has a dream: she wants a boy to kiss her. Not just any old sloppy teenage make-out party kind of smooch, but the sort of kiss that will make her tingle with joy from head to toe. The trouble is, boys aren't all that interested in Mary Catherine, especially not Sky (Will Ferrell), the boy she'd most like to be kissed by. So Mary Catherine has a goal: if she wants to be kissed the way boys kiss girls in the movies, then she must become a movie star. Not a bad idea, but how does one bring this about? Superstar co-stars Elaine Hendrix and former Kids in the Hall cast member Mark McKinney, while another Kids in the Hall alumnus, Bruce McCulloch, directed. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruce McCulloch
- Written By
- Steve Koren
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
A pleasant surprise.
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
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Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
A stick-figure Rembrandt that provides neither the quick surreal poke of a TV satire nor the full lustre of an actual movie.
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Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Another SNL misfire.
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Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Synonymous with crap.
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Cast
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Molly Shannon
as Mary Katherine Gallagher
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Will Ferrell
as Sky Corrigan
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Elaine Hendrix
as Evian Graham
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Harland Williams
as Eric Slater
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Mark McKinney
as Father Ritley
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Glynis Johns
as Grandma
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Gerry Bamman
as Father John
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Jason Blicker
as Howard
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Natalie Radford
as Autum
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Jennifer Irwin
as Maria Ganitisis
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Rob Stefaniuk
as Thomas Smith
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Karyn Dwyer
as Summer
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Tom Green (III)
as Dylan
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Emmy Laybourne
as Helen Lewengrub


