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Super

Comedy. Drama. Action After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
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Variety
Variety
"Waiting for Super to deliver the funny is an experience as long as the film itself"  NEG
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"It's really a one-joke movie, but the joke is a good one"  POS
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe
"Smart, sick, and subversive, Super gives you what you want only to make you wonder why you want it (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"  POS
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"I'm all for movies that create unease, but I prefer them to appear to know why they're doing that" NEU
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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
"'Super' starts off feeling like a cult comedy (...) But since Gunn never nails his tone, the concept makes more sense than the execution (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"  NEG
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The Guardian
The Guardian
"As black comedy, it works reasonably well some of the time, with plenty of black but not much comedy." NEU
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AV Club
AV Club
"'Super' exists in the no-man's land between indie quirk and raw exploitation, and when it works, it's thrillingly off-balance" POS
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"This movie is too pedestrian for camp, and too scattershot for an action comedy"  NEG
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Empire
Empire
"A brilliant twist on the everyman crime-fighter genre, as violent and human as it is funny." POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Most of the time it isn't clear whether Gunn is critiquing violence or celebrating it." NEU
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