Superpowerless (2016) User Reviews

Beautiful Small Independent movie

[gulliver-50177 · 8/10 · 24 July 2016]

Just saw the premiere of this movie at the Fantasia festival in Montréal. It is truly a beautiful movie with brilliant acting. Part of the beauty is that the director wrote that movie having in mind the main actor, a friend from when he was 8 years old and with whom he was making super 8 movies as kids. The movie was shot in the main actor's actual house. Some of the characters were the Director's aunt and uncle. This is the type of movie that seems ordinary but will haunt you (positively) for months. Why is it that Hollywood produces crap movies with hundreds of millions budget when something so crafty can be made for a minuscule amount of money?

I can't find better words to describe that movie than Dante in the "Divine Comedy": "In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost". That's what "Superpowerless" is about.

Great, fun and original superhero-type-of-film

[ericpiccoli · 7/10 · 25 July 2016]

I had the pleasure of seeing ''Superpowerless'' on big screen on its World Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival (2016) and I had a great time! The trailer seemed fine, but what really got me to the cinema was the premise itself. I was afraid that the description would be better that the result, but the film succeeded.

It's really a fun film in an era where all these superhero's flicks are everywhere to finally see a film where what really matters is the psychological aspect of the main hero / character and the people surrounding him. Asking one basic question : what would happen if someone like ''Captain America''would suddenly lost his powers and was condemned to live a normal life? Knowing he would never go back to a time where he felt relevant, what would be his reaction?

In a that sense, the film is really interesting in showing normal situations from a genre point of view, giving a chance for the audience to actually care and relate to the characters and what happen to them.

The actors were really touching as these were faces new to me. They look like actual real people and play like them and it gives this film an original touch that even those independent film in the USA usually can't propose because they need a star in it (and seriously, I'm in for good storytelling, not ''startelling'').

On top of all this, what was really touching was the Q&A and knowing the story behind the making of the film.

'' Let's just make a film! And don't let yourself film powerless by not doing it. ''

That's what I learnt again and that's what I'll do, another film myself.

Thanks for a fun and great moment of San Francisco cinema!

Eric