Rainn Wilson
Frank Darbo/The Crimson Bolt
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- 2010 · Documentary · 1h 36m
Jun 10, 2011 · 7 Videos. 99+ Photos. Action Comedy Crime. 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, but lacking in heroic skills. Director. James Gunn. Writer. James Gunn. Stars. Rainn Wilson. Elliot Page. Liv Tyler. See production info at IMDbPro.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- James Gunn
- 2011-06-10
Jun 16, 2011 · When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But ...
Jul 1, 2016 · 422. 62K views 7 years ago. ...more. Super is a 2010 American superhero black comedy-drama film written and directed by James Gunn, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon...
Apr 11, 2012 · SUPER - The last scene (2010) - YouTube. Napopunkrock. 22 subscribers. Subscribed. 643. 59K views 11 years ago. Super is a 2010 American black comedy superhero film writen and directed...
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Short-order cook Frank Darbo recalls his only two good memories from a disappointing life: marrying his wife, Sarah, and an incident in which he directed a police officer to catch a purse snatcher. Frank immortalizes these two events in a pair of crayon drawings that he hangs on his wall for inspiration. Sarah, a recovering drug addict, leaves Fran...
Super was filmed between December 9, 2009, and January 24, 2010, in Shreveport, Louisiana, with additional shooting at director James Gunn's home in Los Angeles, California (the comic book store shown in the film is a real store, ComicSmash, in Studio City). Since the film was a low-budget, independent project, everyone involved in the film was pai...
Critical response
Super received mixed reviews from critics, who debated the moral ambiguity, violence and messages, but still received praise for the acting, tone, writing and humor. According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 124 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Super's intriguing premise and talented cast are drowned in a blood-red sea of graphic violence, jarring tonal shifts, and th...
Box office
Super made $46,549 on opening weekend with eleven theaters, averaging $4,232 per theater, which was considered by analysts to be "a disappointing start" for the film. Conversely, the film fared better on VOD and had been anticipated to be the most successful film VOD for IFC.As of August 2011, it made $1.2 million on DVD and Blu-ray sales. During an interview actor Rainn Wilson explained his thoughts about the struggling box officeperformance, saying the risky tonal decision worked against th...
Awards
At the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival, Super was tied with the documentary Superheroes for the AQCC Prize; "For two films that perfectly capture the Zeitgeist of our age and that present elaborate reflections on one of the biggest Americans trends, the AQCC Jury has awarded its best international film prize, in a tie, to the fiction film Super by James Gunn and to the documentary Superheroesby Michael Barnett, two strong and complementary works."
Music featured includes an original score by Tyler Bates. The movie's 17-song soundtrack includes hit songs such as Eric Carmen's "It Hurts Too Much" and Cheap Trick's "If You Want My Love".
Close to the time that Super was released, another film on amateur superheroes, Kick-Ass, was released. During the production process, Gunn, a friend of Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar, learned of the other film. In an interview after Super was released, he commented that "I was definitely wary of it, I was like 'This sucks! Kick-Assis being made into...
Super at AllMovieSuper at Box Office MojoSuper at IFC FilmsSuper at IMDb- $593,933
- James Gunn
- $2.5 million
- Tyler Bates
Apr 1, 2011 · Rent Super on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Super 's intriguing premise and talented cast are drowned in a blood-red sea of graphic violence, jarring tonal shifts, and thinly written ...
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Super is a 2010 American black comedy superhero film written and directed by James Gunn and starring Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, and Nathan Fillion. It tells the story of Frank Darbo, a short-order cook who becomes a superhero without having any superhuman ability, calling himself the "Crimson Bolt".
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