One of my all time favorites.

Absolutely Fantastic

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Super cute and creative way to look at superheroes... Less tent-pole, more back- story... Amazing what J Hanna did on a low budget indie. If you go back to story telling, you can do a super hero movie without big budget effects. Definitely seems like a passion project where blood, sweat and tears were put into it. My favorite was the Frog King played by Andre Antwan who added a definite comedic element to the story. Barrett Mitchell gives a charming turn as Larry/Kid Dynamic who falls for a girl who hates superheroes. But I guess you would too if one of them destroyed your families home. Also fun to see the locations that were used that are in the town that I live. Overall, well done!

I was always a huge Batman fan, but (especially when I was a kid) I was always much more interested in Robin than I was Batman. Which was the point of teenage sidekicks I think-- for kids to see themselves in the comic fighting along side the larger than life superhero. I Was a Teenage Superhero Sidekick is an original look at what happens when the teenage sidekick, Kid Dynamic, grows up and is wondering what he's supposed to do with his life. A feeling that, now that I'm older and just out of college, makes Kid Dynamic just as relatable now as Robin was to me years ago. Kid Dynamic's (or Larry's) journey is a great balance of jokes and real heart. Same goes for the hilarious scenes with Frog King and his personal struggles. It's good to see that even crime fighters can be delightfully screwed up. The animated back stories are a nice touch to building this world where superheros can believable exist, but the acting and writing really sell it. The film is well written and relatable enough that it doesn't need crazy special effects and huge fight scenes to be believable. Overall, a fun movie that looks at superhero's actual character instead of their powers.

What a fun, novel concept! Really liked the film's humorous exploration of the personal struggles of comic book heroes, and of course, sidekicks! I Was a Teenage Superhero Sidekick shows that there's actually a lot more happening with comic book characters than the typical hero vs. villain battle, and the writer/director is smart to tell the story of a sidekick who has quit the life. That said, the film still feels like a comic book movie, not just because of the subject matter, but also because of the excellent graphic interstitials, which both move the story forward and give the movie a very cool look. The comic tone is unique, kind of a weird world played totally straight. That makes for a fun ride because although these characters are takes on comic book tropes, the film treats them as if they're real people, which in turn makes their problems real and relatable. And personally, I couldn't stop laughing whenever the Frog King was on screen.There's a lot to like about this movie! Highly recommend giving it a go.

I kept thinking throughout that "this is an extremely clever way to make a low budget, independent film about super heroes." Instead of the Batman/Superman/Ironman method with big stars and huge special effects, the film chose to focus on the sidekicks (non-stars) in the super hero world, so it helped that the actors were all non-stars themselves. And the fact that several were ex-super heroes meant that you could do most scenes without costumes and elaborate effects. And the few times that flashbacks were needed to explain previous super hero exploits, those were handled capably with animation. A very clever "hack." So, overall, I thought it was a very smart "moneyball" approach to making a film. Plus I liked the emotional core of the film -- the somewhat Oedipal struggle between KD, Dynamic Man, and Electra Girl. Which all got neatly resolved at the end. Who knew that super heroes just wanted to stay home and bake pies?