SuperBob (2015)

Directed by

Jon Drever

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 94 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A postman in Peckham gets hit by a meteorite and becomes the world's only superhero. The film follows him on his weekly day off as he juggles government work and his personal life. It is presented as a mockumentary.

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What happens

SuperBob is a 2015 British superhero mockumentary comedy film directed by Jon Drever and written by William Bridges and Brett Goldstein, from a story by Bridges, Drever and Goldstein. Based on Drever's 2010 short film of the same name, it stars Goldstein as Bob Kenner, a Peckham postman who becomes the world's first superhero after being struck by a meteorite fragment. The cast also includes Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock, Ruth Sheen, David Harewood and Catherine Tate. Presented in a mock-documentary format, the film follows Bob as he tries to balance his duties as a government-employed superhero with his personal life on his weekly day off. The project grew out of Drever's short film and was developed into a feature with Goldstein and Bridges. Filming took place largely in Peckham and other London locations in 2013. SuperBob was first screened at the London Comedy Film Festival in January 2015, where it won the festival's Discovery Award, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2015. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its humour, low-budget charm and Goldstein's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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