movie

2016 · United States

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 86 min
Age rating: R
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.

concert
musician
pop star
celebrity
mockumentary
record album
cheerful

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Tim Meadows — Harry Duggins
Maya Rudolph — Deborah
Joan Cusack — Tilly
Imogen Poots — Ashley Wednesday
Chris Redd — Hunter
Edgar Blackmon — Eddie
James Buckley — Sponge
Evan Fine — Ten-Year Old Conner
Maxwell Jenkins — Ten-Year Old Owen
Elliott Smith — Ten-Year Old Lawrence
Questlove — Ahmir-Khalib Thompson

Directed: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Written: Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg

Production

Rating: 6.6 / 10 · 1,399 ratings
Studio: Apatow Productions, The Lonely Island

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.