Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Realizing he wouldn't make it on his own after ditching his friends and group members, Conner's music career begins to suffer hard as he try to hold on to his fame and fortune.
8 March 1985, Houston, Texas, USA
17 February 1991, Yorkshire, England, UK
20 February 1988, St. Michael, Barbados
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14 April 1980, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
26 November 1975, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 August 1976, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
8 September 1979, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
1 October 1979, California, USA
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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 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.
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.
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.
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 11, 2016
Made with good cheer, it's consistently funny and never overstays its welcome.
June 07, 2016
It turns out rising from fame and falling from it make for equally good material.
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 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.
December 14, 2016
Popstar simply doesn't go far enough.
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.
