Death of a Superhero (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 30 Aug 2012
• Country: Germany, Ireland
• Adwords: 7 wins & 5 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1384927/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Death_of_a_Superhero
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/death-of-a-superhero
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 97 min
• Writer: Anthony McCarten
• Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
• Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilly Forgách, Ian Fitzgibbon
• Keywords: superhero,

	7.0/10
	91% – Critics
	81% – Audience

Death of a Superhero Storyline

A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.

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I loved the movie ,, It’s real and the acting was amazing

The story is really realistic and interesting ,, How a teenager thinks with him dying , he has also an artistic way of thinking feeling the pain in a comical sort of way , that’s unique perspective ,,it was sweet and a bit depressing but painfully real , I loved the acting especially from Thomas and Andy Sirkes ,, they were excellent I’m not a fan though of the inappropriate scenes it wasn’t necessary ,, the idea was obvious

Something in this film makes me believe it.

I don’t (and didn’t) know a person with cancer, but I think, there is something true in this story. We all can be aggressive and cruel, but we can’t be so offended at life. Healthy people will never understand the one with cancer, but we can try. And we must. Because the human beings can’t be alone. We need to be surrounded by warmth and care, physically and mentally.

This film is not only about an incurable disease, it’s about relationship. Real, difficult, “in the raw” relationship between parents and the kid, brothers, a boy and a girl, and just between people with difficult life situations.

This film is about hard, painful, distressing acceptance that not every problem can be fixed, but it’s not the reason to give up.

Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Michael McElhatton as the other actors make me believe the story, and film crew makes me live in this drama for 93 minutes. Thank you a lot.

The drama of dying of cancer made into a (boring) comic book

In “Death of a Superhero”, Donald (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) wants to be a superhero when he grows up. That’s not going to happen because Donald is dying of cancer. He’s trying to balance his survival/mortality rate with his coming-of-age interest in girls and sex. It’s a drama about cancer, comic books, superheros, thanatologists, and teenage boys. It’s an interesting mix which results in an odd, quiet, and unfortunately uninteresting film.

On paper it can be compared to “50/50” (2011) but it has a completely different tone and feel which makes it less palpable. It’s like “Kick-Ass” (2010) but with less action, more comic book drawings, and less humour. And I mean that as a good thing. I think. This is a very slow-moving film about a depressed teenager who draws out his superhero and superheroine fantasies. I think it would have been easier to take if he really did fall or jump off the bridge that he teetered on the edge of. It started getting more entertaining when he met a girl and she elevated his graffiti to revealing heights. But, as it has a tendency of doing, cancer slowed that down.

Remember the cute and only slightly annoying kid from “Love Actually” (2003) and then remember the knowing laugh of amusement when he appeared as a young Paul McCartney in “Nowhere Boy” (2009)? This is your chance to see him in a very impressive dramatic role. The other stand-out was Andy Serkis as the thanatologist hired by Donald’s parents to help him and themselves deal with his impending death. For all intents and purposes, let’s call him a therapist. It’s the usual character which all of these types of movies have, but there was something more here which I can’t quite put my finger on which grabs your attention and then makes you bookmark his IMDb page.

The drawings were insanely impressive; unfortunately, I’m not one for comic book stylings. “Death of a Superhero” is certainly a good film that I appreciated, but I can’t say I liked it.