Superhero Movie

Summary: Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Release Date: March 28, 2008

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Craig Mazin

Writer: Craig Mazin

Runtime: 1 h 15 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dimension Films, Dimension Films

Distributor: Dimension Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Comedy Central, Genius Products

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,881,068

International: $ 45,690,232

Box office:

Budget:$35MDomestic:$25.9MInternational:$45.7MWorldwide:$71.6M

16%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 16% higher than the critics.

16%32%

The Metacritic audience rated this 31% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

33/100

Metacritic User:

64/100

28%28%

28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

28% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White44.44%Jewish27.78%Black22.22%Latino5.56%

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Possibly woke elements:

Ku Klux Klan,interracial,interracial friendship

BechdeltestPassed!

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Violence3/5
Sex3/5
Language3/5
Drugs3/5

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Sex3/5
Language5/5
Violence2/5
Drugs3/5
Nudity2/5
Other2/5

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Race	White	Black	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	12	1	13		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	5		5
Total	17	1	18
Cast Percentages	94.44%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1990) Percentage	75.6%	12.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[{"name":"White","y":75.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.35,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":2.78,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.33,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.8,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":9,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.9,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.22,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1990) Representation	+18.84	-6.54		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[["White",75.6],["Black",12.1]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+13.19	-2.16		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	80.3%	8.65%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11408903646984,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":465372241363,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1229363999071,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":86625140358,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":610568280000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":407206884474,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+14.14	-3.09		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",80.3],["Black",8.65]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (1987) Percentage	18.62%	10.11%		{"name":"World population (1987) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9703733585,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":28391657782,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6507075061,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":92803668309,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":50388764822,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":176248710393,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":34238839793,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":98364767685,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1702032879,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1987) Representation	+75.82	-4.55		{"name":"World population (1987) ","series":[["White",18.62],["Black",10.11]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+57.96	-0.82		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
Notes

absurd comedy absurdism accidental killing accidental shooting adoptive father adoptive mother african american alley alley cat alternate ending armed robbery aunt aunt nephew relationship award award ceremony bald woman bank bank robbery banquet bare chested male batgirl character bee besteirol bestiality bicycle billionaire bird bird in a cage bishop blind man blonde body in a woodchipper bong bouquet boy wears a tuxedo boyfriend girlfriend relationship brake failure brawl break door in breakdancing buddhist monk bullying burning a corpse burning a dead body bursting into flames candle carrying someone catfight caught in the rain ceiling collapse cemetery cerillium chasing a bus class ring climbing a wall climbing up a wall clique cockatiel coffin coma comic book convention comical female death convention costume costumed hero coughing blood crashing through a wall cremation crooner crush dalai lama dancer death of aunt death of wife dental floss dental floss panties depression dizziness dizzy doctor dog humping someone's leg dragonfly dragonfly bite drawing drug use ducking a punch electric fence electric shock electrified fence electrocution engraved ring erlenmeyer flask eulogy excrement experiment explosion explosive fake beard falling from a skyscraper falling from height falling on feces father son relationship father's ring field trip fire extinguisher fire in an oil drum fish tank fistfight flash photography flashback flashbulb flatulence flying flying man flying superhero fruitcake funeral gag humor gang raped by animals gargoyle gasoline genetic engineering genetically engineered animal glass in eye glass pipe gong grave side ceremony graveside ceremony gray tabby cat gross out comedy hanging upside down head blown off helicopter hero high school high school student hit by a car hit by a falling object hit by a truck hit in the crotch hit with a fire extinguisher hit with a trash can lid home aquarium hospital hospital room hour glass hourglass human experimentation iguana insect bite insect sting internet chat interracial friendship invisibility invisible dog invisible woman killed in a chipper killer bee kissing in public kissing in the rain kitten laboratory laser vision life force sucked out life sapping life support llama loan officer loss of parents loss of wife male virgin male vomits man carries a woman man gives flowers to a woman man in a coma man uses a wheelchair man wears a tuxedo man wears boxer shorts marijuana marijuana pipe mask masked vigilante medical experiment megaphone mgm misunderstanding monkey motorized wheelchair movie in title mugging murder mutant mutation nail gun neighbor news report news stand newspaper newspaper headline next door neighbor nipples visible through clothing nose hair trimmer odd couple old woman open casket origin of hero origin story orphan parody parody comedy person on fire pheromone photograph photographer picking nose police chief pope porcupine pot pounding someone's head against a brick wall prayer product placement professor charles xavier character psychokinesis psychotronic film public nudity punched in the face rabbit rainstorm raped by an animal rapid aging reading a newspaper red carpet reference to batman reference to celine dion reference to google reference to nelson mandela reference to paula abdul reference to rosie o'donnell reference to spider man reference to stephen hawking reference to the dalai lama reference to tom cruise reference to x men reporter rescue ring rooftop runaway truck saying grace scalding scaling a wall scatological humor scene during end credits scented candle school bus school trip science fair science project scientific experiment scientist secret identity segway self injection shot accidentally skunk skyscraper slapstick comedy smack upside the head smoking marijuana snail snake soaking wet splashed with water spontaneous combustion spoof stabbed in the hand stabbed with a fork step father murdered steroids storm character strapped in a chair streaming video stuffing a turkey super villain superhero superhero origin superhero spoof superheroine supernatural power supervillain origin swarm of killer bees tampon tampon in nose teenager terminal illness thanksgiving thanksgiving dinner the weinstein company thong panties toilet tom cruise character touch of death tour trophy truck true identity revealed turkey the bird tv news two word title uncle uncle nephew relationship unveiling upskirt urban setting urination vigilante vigilante justice vigilantism vodka voice over narration vomiting voyeur waking up from a coma water fountain website weed wetting pants wheelchair widower wings wolverine character woman uses a wheelchair woman wears blue lingerie woman wears lingerie woodchipper young love younger version of character

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This film gets a 1/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426592/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/superhero-movie last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Message 0/5	Pointedly stupid characters make pointedly wrong decisions; villain and hero are equally vulgar. Stereotypes are repeatedly played up for laughs. Rick's dead father appears in a photo wearing Ku Klux Klan robes.
Violence 3/5	Various fights involve punching, kicking, bruising, slamming bodies into/through walls and glass, and banging heads against surfaces (walls, bars). Rick is slammed by a bus stop sign; an old woman is tossed into a chipper (legs visible, no blood). Weapons include titanium stars, automatic weapons, and handguns (in a flashback, young Rick accidentally shoots his parents multiple times). References to suicide. "Barry Bonds," demonstrating steroids' effects, appears monstrous, with red laser eyes. "Tom Cruise" is killed when he attempts to fly (photo of corpse in news report). Blinking bomb attached to crotch. Flying hero hit by helicopter.
Sex 3/5	Jill shows cleavage repeatedly; Pamela Anderson shows major cleavage. Rick watches as Jill appears in her window, removing one bra and showing another beneath, then donning a literal string for a thong (not shown). Jokes about computer porn (goats, questionnaires), sex with animals (Rick is "jumped" by lab animals). In two scenes, men appear to be having sex with corpses. Woman tells her husband he has a "tiny penis." Uncle tells Rick that in puberty, "You may bleed from your vagina" (then realizes he's reading from the "wrong book"). Mention of circumcision. "Medical" Web site asks Rick if he's a virgin. "Stephen Hawking" tells students he thinks about sex, describes his "lesbian" nurse. Reference to Hooters. In a rainstorm, both Jill and Rick's nipples appear beneath their wet costumes. Aunt stuffs turkey with items that simulate sex. "Dalai Lama" stripped to diaper.
Language 3/5	Language includes one use of "f--k," plus other profanity, "s--t" (one with "dip-"), "son of a bitch," "hell," "damn," "ass" (with "dumb-"), "c--k," and "p---ies." Repeated use of the term "douche-bag" (in lyrics and speech).
Drugs 3/5	"Stephen Hawking" offers high school students hashish. A doctor injects himself with painkiller (he faints). Aunt puts vodka in Thanksgiving turkey. Rick uses a bong to inhale cake frosting.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/7096-superhero-movie/
Sex 3/5
Language 5/5
Violence 2/5
Drugs 3/5
Nudity 2/5
Other 2/5

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