Superlopez

More often than not, Spanish cinema is a matter of hollywood rehashes, really terrible humour, and forced drama.

Superlopez a superhero parody. Here we have some of the finest in Spanish comedy (although the bar is very low, so it's really not much of a compliment) and it really makes use of some native tools that can make Spanish films stand out from Hollywood films in a good way.

First, much of the humour centers on critiques of Spanish society. As an example, Superlopez' adopted father says at one point "in this country, you have to be mediocre to get ahead." Like in Hercules (1997), rather than being celebrated for his super abilities, the townsfolk revile him as a freak. In that movie it didn't make sense (wouldn't people want to be friends with a freakishly strong person?), here it is critiquing Spanish society as complacent and uniform to the extent that any deviation from the norm is seen is undesireable.

Granted, there is the obligatory "make fun of regional Spanish accents" scene which occurs in most Spanish comedies. That's not funny, but we can overlook it since I assume there's some law requiring such scenes to be in every Spanish comedy.

Secondly, because Europeans are not so socially developed as the USA, they're able to get away with being less PC. Here the Latin American characters are not shown in a positive light. All are in very low-ranking employment positions compared to the Spaniards and some are stereotyped as violent or lecherous. It's offensive and it wouldn't fly in today's USA, but the outrageousness of it is pretty funny. Now, whether or not it's responsible or desireable to have this sort of thing in the media is a good question for debate.

Ultimately it's got laughs and it's effective as a vehicle for satire, outrageous humour, and physical gags. On the other hand, it has its longueurs here and there and the plot is silly and inane in the extreme.

Honourable Mentions: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). A hilarious action parody. It's similar to this movie but more surrealist in its humour.

From someone who's never heard about Super Lopez before: I found this movie on Netflix and it's a great entertainment. Fun, light and well done. I'm Brazilian and didn't know this superhero even exist and I found hilarious. I watched with my husband and we both enjoyed it. It's a superhero parody and if you watch it without expectations you'll have some fun, too. I gave it 10 for the effort to make some good parody (and to correct the ratings. This movie doesn't deserve 5,4).

An enjoyable light hearted parody of Superman. The English audio and sub titles don't really do justice to the original Spanish script but still worth watching. A welcome counterbalance to the "serious " super hero genre.

I think it's a good adaptation of cartoon and I found it so funny. I lived in Spain and understand Spanish language. That's way, I understand that some people doesn't like this movie. A little bit difficult feel the ambiance of movie, if you're not familiar to Spanish society and language..

Before you judge the movie, you must understand it is based on a famous comic. It's a superman parody hero which makes some superhero situations so funny