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Superlpez (2018 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Superlpez' is a 2018 Spanish superhero comedy film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera based on the comic strip of the same name.
Plot
In the planet Chitn the scientist Jan has created the "ultimative weapon" to fight against the evil dictator Skorba: a baby with superpowers. He sends him in a spaceship to Earth, but gata, Skorba's daughter, follows him in another spaceship to capture him. However, the baby's spaceship impacts with the Hispasat satellite, so he lands on Spain, whereas gata lands in United States. The baby is adopted by the Lpez family, who teach him to hide his powers, to not make other people jealous of him.
Years later, Lpez is his 30s and has a normal life only using his powers when nobody is watching. In his office his boss and friend Jaime hires Luisa. Jaime is romantically interested in Luisa, but she is more interested in Lpez and they both go on a date. After the date, a subway loses control and Lpez manages to stop it. Footage of this rescue is seen by gata, who is now the owner of the biggest tech company in the world.
gata creates an ultrasound machine with a message that can only be heard by Lpez, asking him to meet her. He complies and is informed of his true origin. He goes to his parents house to confront them and they show him the spaceship. Lpez accidentally activates a holographic message of his biological father, explaining his original planet conflict. His (Earth) parents convince him to try to learn how to use his powers and, after many trials and errors he finally discovers how to fly.
gata kidnaps Jaime and Luisa. Lpez manages to rescue them and they go to the house of the parents of Lpez. There gata attacks them with a giant mecha robot. Lpez's father distracts gata by firing a shotgun at her before being sucked into the mech's vacuum, while Lpez attempts to put on his suit despite the hot weather. With the help of his parents and friends, he finally embraces his abilities to become Superlpez and takes on the robot. gata sucks him in, only to push him out and cause him to land within Camp Nou during a match between F.C. Barcelona and Villareal CF. Juan rips out the goal net but misaims and tosses it at his Earth mother. gata captures her, before stamping Lpez into the ground. Before she tries to kill him via buzzsaw, Jamie distracts her, while Luisa drives the Lpez's truck. Regaining consciousness over Luisa's cries, Lpez uses his ice breath on the windshield and pushes it into the pool as the mech trips over the Lpezes's truck. Lpez's adoptive parents and Jamie come out of the pool safe, followed by gata. Lpez's adoptive mother reminds him that his home planet is still waiting for his help, before he tells her to not worry as he has a plan.
Days later, Skorba's spaceship returns to Chitn with gata, carrying the man from the park who everyone believed as "Juan", and appoints him as the planet's new leader. Back on Earth, Juan now becomes a proper superhero, much to the disdain of the press and general public. Luisa and Lpez start dating, while the latter points towards the man who called him Superlpez before he teleports away, leaving behind a pacifier.
Cast
*Dani Rovira as "Superlpez"
*Alexandra Jimnez as Luisa Lanas
*Julin Lpez as Jaime Gonzlez
*Pedro Casablanc as adoptive Lpez father
*Gracia Olayo as adoptive Lpez mother
*Maribel Verd as gata Mller
*Ferrn Ra as Skorba
*Gonzalo de Castro as Jan, Lpez biological father
Reception
Box office
The film had the best opening weekend of 2018 after it was released on 23 November 2018, grossing 2.3 million euros from an attendance of 377,501. After only two weeks of its release, the film had grossed more than 7 million euros by 10 December 2018, making it the third highest-grossing Spanish film of 2018. By the end of the year, with a box-office taking of 10.3 million, it had become the second highest grossing Spanish film of 2018 in Spain, after 'Champions'.Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .The movie received generally positive reviews. Oti Rodrguez in 'ABC' describes it as "a surrealist cross between the sainete, the grotesque and the joke about a serious matter (Superman) that has completely lost any hint of sensibility". Beatriz Martnez in 'El Peridico' says that is an "intelligent comedy of adventures that through an addictive rhythm reflects on the Spanish idiosyncrasy, mediocrity and mediocrity as engines that drive our society". More negative is Javier Ocaa in 'El Pas' who says "Nothing is wrong: neither the interpreters nor the situations nor the dialogues nor the direction. And, nevertheless, not a grimace, because nothing is good enough to provoke a certain merrymaking".
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2018
References
Category:Spanish comedy films
Category:2010s superhero comedy films
Category:Films based on Spanish comics
Category:Films distributed by Disney
Category:2018 films
Category:Films produced by lvaro Augustin
Category:Films produced by Ghislain Barrois
Category:Zeta Studios films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Telecinco Cinema films
Category:2010s Spanish films
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