Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Childhood friends Conner (Andy Samberg), Owen (Jorma Taccone) and Lawrence (Akiva Schaffer) found fame and fortune after forming the hip-hop group the Style Boyz. When it becomes clear that Conner's solo album is a failure, he does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.
14 August 1987, Croydon, England, UK
4 August 1989, Sylmar, California, USA
14 September 1973, Queens, New York, USA
5 May 1962, Clark Air Force Base, Philippines
18 March 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 April 1973, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
8 March 1985, Houston, Texas, USA
26 February 1953, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
3 October 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
30 November 1970, Detroit, Michigan, USA
19 February 1993, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
December 17, 2016
Samberg and his co-writers, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone (the film's directors), give us lots of good, silly jokes, several of them provided by terrific pastiche songs. Extra marks, too, for the celebrity cameos.
December 14, 2016
Popstar simply doesn't go far enough.
December 30, 2016
Popstar puts its finger firmly on the computerized pulse of contemporary pop music. This is a cathartic satire -- a much-needed roast of the celebrities currently driving the world mad.
June 05, 2016
Popstar doesn't quite reach This Is Spinal Tap levels of satire (few things could), but as a send-up of the mores of today's celebrity-obsessed culture, it largely succeeds.
March 23, 2017
It's clear the Lonely Island guys sincerely love the entertainment they're parodying; you have to in order to do it well.
June 03, 2016
Star Andy Samberg & Co. are at their best when they're deadpanning as addlepated celebrity man-children whose vision of the good life involves the getting of ways and the indulging of whims.
June 09, 2016
It quickly becomes evident that this expensive-looking feature is an overextended Saturday Night Live digital short that would have worked better on the small screen.
December 27, 2016
The hero and his support rockers, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, who co-directed and with Samberg co-wrote the script, are amiable, antic and tuneful.
June 07, 2016
It turns out rising from fame and falling from it make for equally good material.
June 03, 2016
Too often ... it feels lazy and derivative and it's difficult to recommend something that, despite offering a few solid laughs, is instantly forgettable.
June 11, 2016
Made with good cheer, it's consistently funny and never overstays its welcome.
