The Super

A The Super (Original: The Super) is an American comedy film directed by Rod Daniel from the year 1991, the film has been inspired by a true story. .

Action

Louie Kritski grew up as the son of the dreaded landlord Big Lou Kritiski and receives birthday his first apartment building. Cocky and arrogant as his father, he is only interested in rental income, but not for the welfare of his tenants. Persistently, he refused to make any repairs and any modernization of the house, so he is being sued by Naomi Bensinger, a lawyer for tenancy. Louie is found guilty for his failure to justice and punishment has to live in his own hovel 120 days. During this period he has time to renovate the apartment building or he must then go to jail. His father like this at all, so he threatens his son that he disinherit him if he only begin anything 'll also repair.

So he pulls in his rundown apartment, with pipe rupture, overloaded electrical systems, leaky roof, poorly sound-proofed walls and broken furniture. The area is poor and full of petty criminal, but Louie tries to make the best of it, but he does not succeed. Not only that his car is broken down and stole his luxury spoiled girlfriend Heather flees before him from his new forced home. This, however, in turn amused the other tenants who experience that their großkotziger now landlord lives in the same misery as well. But they take the chance and gamble it off several times in order to pay off their rent right back at him can.

And Naomi urges more and more that Louie finally starts his repairs. But although he refuses, he begins gradually to determine under what conditions his new neighbors live, so he agrees to ever larger repairs. He seems not only the sympathy of Naomi to win, but also the resentment of his father, Big Lou. But for his commitment to the tenants Louie is taken from the tenants in the community and he can celebrate at the parties. But like his father, this is not, so he lures Louie with the promise from the house, he is now free on bail. But Louie understands quickly that it is a distraction, because Big Lou has the same front that house and let it burn down with all its inhabitants. Louie rushes back to prevent this, where he is dedicated to helping his neighbors safe. Front of the whole neighborhood, he admits to his father that he was different and would rather take care of the people, instead of always just collect the rent, so that it not only prevents the fire, but also modernized the house as promised.

Criticism

The film received very poor reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes of 9 evaluated professional reviews 0 positive, corresponding to a value of 0%. However, the film was poorly received by the public, because simultaneously evaluated only 35% of 6654 users the film positive. This, in turn, will tend to be confirmed by the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, because there gave the film an average of 2671 User poor 5.0 out of 10 possible points (as of 9 October 2011).

In the Chicago Sun- Times, the renowned film critic Roger Ebert compared the film with the comedy The homeowner of 1970 and saw in it a " cynical, [ ... ] less ambitious [ and ] less idealistic " comedy, in which, however Joe Pesci entertaining representation of a " stocky, energetic, totally convincing, unbiased and essentially warm-hearted " figure display. This was so good that Pesci deserves both a better director and a better script, which to " formulaic " is.

As you Go around critical issues such as drugs and crime for the most part, the film is to show the situation comedy, said the renowned film critic Janet Maslin in the New York Times. Even the racism in some funnies Jump around so skillfully that the director Pescis " talent for physical clowning " use to " leave act ridiculous," his movie character ever.

In the Washington Post, Hal Hinson slating this " shameless clumsy and terribly predictable comedy". The only laugh that producing the film, the performances are Pescis which, although " was effective, but do not make it any better." Rather, one would be " ashamed to laugh [because ] the film was morally reprehensible and at the same time. "

The lexicon of the International film said that it is " an original in the basic idea of ​​comedy that is next to some tense unconventional " leaves camera movements on the fiercely grimacing protagonist " IN QUESTION.

Publication

The film was launched on 4 October 1991 in U.S. cinemas and could only import 11 million U.S. dollars with a production budget of 22 million U.S. dollars. In Germany, he was not released in theaters and appeared only on 11 January 1993 to VHS and had its television premiere on April 2, 1995 on ProSieben.

1991 in film Screenplay Sam Simon Nora Ephron Charles Gordon (producer) Film score Miles Goodman Bruce Surtees Rubén Blades Chicago Sun-Times The Landlord
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