The Specials

The Specials

They're not incredible, they're just special.

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Release Date

9/22/2000

Runtime

82 mins

Overview

America's seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan Nightbird joins the group just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$13,276

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A lovingly irreverent deconstruction of superhero mythos that finds pathos in the petty dysfunction of misfits trying to save the world. It's a scrappy indie comedy that's as much about struggling to keep a friend group together as it is about spandex and superpowers.

Mood

AbsurdBittersweet

Themes

FriendshipIdentityComing apart

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genreHandheld

Structure

Ensemble

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