How sad is this?

good back-story, and good acting

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It is going to be very difficult adding to what's been said already as it has been summed up brilliantly already in previous reviews. The scenery is the only one hint of a redeeming quality, it's very pretty. The rest of Supernova is the complete opposite. The photography is too drab and simplistic and even badly done papier-mâché is better than the special effects here. The music is unmemorable and too much of a dirge, while the direction shows no heart or even an idea of how to direct anything and the dialogue sounds so awkward, mumbo-jumbo-like and unintentionally funny that it's enough to make anybody cringe. The story isn't believable in the slightest, the countless scientific and geographical errors(as long as both your arms and legs put together) suggests either poor research or none at all, the latter is most likely, consequently it is next to impossible to take the story seriously. That's not all that's wrong with the story, the length is far too overstretched, there are too many subplots that either didn't add anything or are underdeveloped(the serial killer subplot felt very thrown in) and the pacing is very sluggish and somewhat padded. The characters are not engaging at all and have a lack of personality or development, so we as a viewer can't get emotionally invested in them. The acting is terrible, Tia Carrere is the best in the cast but even she's flat. A paper bag has more charisma than Luke Perry shows in his acting, and although he is not helped by having nothing to do Peter Fonda just sleepwalks through his role. Lance Henrikksen is a dependable actor usually even in bad films but can't do anything with a character so stock and unnecessary. Even worse is how not one of the cast made an attempt to sound remotely Australian, there were some accents going on but it came across as a weird mix. In conclusion, a super-bad disaster all round. 1/10 Bethany Cox

"An astrophysicist has made a cataclysmic discovery. Then sun is set to explode, bringing about the end of civilization. As a team of fellow scientists race against time to stop his predictions of apocalypse from coming true, the world is already becoming a whirling inferno out of control," according to the DVD sleeve description. As Luke Perry (as Chris Richardson) explains, it's "the end of the world as we know it," in an original two part Hallmark Channel TV movie.This film simply fails to take advantage of what it has to offer. The locations are great, but passed off as something they are not. There would have been nothing wrong with setting the movie where it was shot, and letting people marvel (instead of laugh) at the luscious scenery. And, the likable stars aren't scripted to do much of what made them likable; their roles seem carelessly assigned. The cast and locale should have made "Supernova" shine much more brightly.**** Supernova (9/5-6/05) John Harrison ~ Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Emma Samms, Peter Fonda

The Sun suddenly going supernova... hmmm... all life on earth would be completely extinct for about 1000 different reasons by the time it even got close to doing so. The whole concept is completely flawed. If the film had been portrayed intelligently in pieces over a few million years, maybe it might have worked.I'd go so far as to put a "R"/"XXX" rating on this if I could: do not let anyone under 21 see it - it is detrimental to their intelligence, and unlike old 1940s & 50s B films (which are equally as stupid these days), we now know FAR more. What gave these old films their charm was that they didn't know any better at the time, and to their credit, the writers/directors/whatever were trying to push the boundaries and encourage budding new thought.As always, making an obviously idiotic film like this is just retarded and lazy.

Ditto what everyone else said. About halfway through I was tempted to start MST3King this film (my husband & I do this a lot on dumb movies). Plot, acting, scenery and fake Aussie accents have already been well covered. But...what is the deal with Dr (did he get his PhD from one of those schools you see ads for on late-night TV?) Chris Robinson is trying to protect his family? "Whoa! There's a mad rapist/murderer after my womenfolk, and the power went out, so how about I go out into the dark foggy night to start the genny, taking only a handgun and a flashlight so the Evil Convict can see where I am? And for good measure, how about I find the genny and don't bother to peer around to make sure said Evil Guy isn't about to conk me on the head?" And the Evil Guy wasn't the brightest bulb on the string, either. If he really wants the womenfolk, why doesn't he take the gun he just picked up and pop Luke, er, Phony PhD Chris? No, instead he conks him on the head, picks up the gun, and WALKS AWAY! I don't write screenplays, but maybe I oughta try. I could do better than this with a bad hangover.