''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' is a 2016 American

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directed by

Akiva Schaffer Akiva D. Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He began his career with The Lonely Island maki ...

and

Jorma Taccone Jorma Christopher Taccone (; born March 19, 1977) is an American comedian, director, actor, and writer. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. In 2010, Taccone co-wro ...

and written by and starring

Andy Samberg Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer and screenwriter. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2005 ...

, Taccone, and Schaffer. The trio also co-produced the film with

Judd Apatow Judd Apatow (; born December 6, 1967) is an American comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his work in comedy and drama films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and directed the films '' ...

and

Rodney Rothman Rodney Rothman is an American writer, producer, and film director known for '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', '' Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,'' ''22 Jump Street'', ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'', ''Get Him to the Greek'', ''Undeclare ...

Sarah Silverman Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Silverman was a writer and performer on ''Saturday Night Live'', and she starred in and produced ''The Sarah Silverman Program'', which ran from 2007 to ...

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, and

Maya Rudolph Maya Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''), and later played supporting roles in the films '' 50 First Dates'' ...

appear in supporting roles. The film was released on June 3, 2016, by

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, and it became a box-office bomb, grossing just over $9 million and failing to meet its budget of $20 million. Despite this, it received positive reviews from critics and has developed a

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Plot

Conner Friel is a musical prodigy at an early age, and he forms a

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group dubbed "The Style Boyz" with his childhood friends Lawrence Dunn and Owen Bouchard. They almost instantly gain fame in the music industry and inspire many of today's musicians. However, after failing to receive credit for writing Conner's guest verse on a popular single, Lawrence leaves. After the Style Boyz disband, Conner becomes a solo act, taking on the name "Conner4Real", with Owen as his DJ. Lawrence begins farming in Colorado after a failed attempt at going solo. Conner's debut album ''Thriller, Also'' rockets to the top of the charts, and his fame increases. In 2015, Conner releases his sophomore album, ''Connquest'', which is heavily panned due to his writing every song himself and using hundreds of different producers rather than Owen's original beats. With low sales, Conner's manager Harry suggests having Aquaspin, a home appliance manufacturer, sponsor the tour. The company's appliances begin playing Conner's songs when in use, causing a nationwide power outage. Conner begins his tour, but the shows do not sell as well as he had hoped. Harry suggests they hire hip-hop artist Hunter the Hungry as an opening act, and the ticket sales begin to rise. Conner adds new gimmicks to his act, including a robotic mask for Owen, and publicizes his relationship with actress Ashley Wednesday. But when a trick is seemingly botched in

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, Conner is exposed naked (without his penis visible) mid-concert and becomes the subject of mockery. Conner's publicist, Paula Klein, suggests he pull another publicity stunt to deflect attention from his humiliation. Conner decides to propose to Ashley on live TV, with a display including several trained wolves and a performance by

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. Seal's vocals agitate the wolves, and they break loose, mauling the attendees. The backlash against Conner grows, and Ashley breaks up with him and starts dating Seal, who sues Conner for his injuries. Worried about the declining quality of his friend's music, Owen sets up a meeting between himself, Conner, and Lawrence. The reunion ends poorly when Conner refuses to acknowledge that Lawrence wrote the track that launched his career. As the solo tour progresses Hunter's career takes off, selling more records than Connor, and Hunter begins to extend his opening performances. At a concert, Hunter announces that he will perform as long as possible, causing Conner to rush to the stage. A brawl ensues when Hunter quietly admits that he orchestrated Conner's wardrobe malfunction. Conner demands that Harry let Hunter go and fires Harry after discovering he has signed Hunter. ''Connquest'' is later knocked off the charts, and Aquaspin decides to pull their sponsorship. The remainder of the tour is canceled, and Owen decides to leave the team when Conner tests Owen and the entourage's loyalty by making them pancakes mixed with dog feces. After his beloved pet turtle Maximus dies, Conner sinks into a depression and moves back into his mother's house. He begins drinking heavily and starts selling crude horse drawings online. Paula forces Conner to leave the house and takes him to a club featuring Owen. Conner and Owen reconcile and decide to finally make amends with Lawrence. Conner gives Lawrence his Poppy, apologizes, and acknowledges his contributions. As the three get high and collaborate in Lawrence's studio, Conner receives news from Paula that a six-minute slot has opened for Conner to perform at the Poppy Music Awards due to Taylor Swift being arrested for murder. With encouragement from his friends, he decides to reunite the Style Boyz. At the Poppys, Hunter and

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argue on stage, and Harry quits as Hunter's manager after being insulted by him. Conner reconciles with Harry and later finds out that the six-minute slot has been shortened to three, forcing him to perform either a Conner4Real song or a Style Boyz song. Conner decides to perform the Style Boyz's new song "Incredible Thoughts" featuring

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. Conner reflects on his lessons and the value of holding onto relationships after reaching stardom. He introduces a new baby turtle named Maximus II before a wolf from the disastrous proposal attacks him.

Cast

as Conner "Kid Conner" Friel / Conner4Real ** Evan Fine as ten-year-old Conner *

as Owen "Kid Contact" Bouchard, Conner's former bandmate and current DJ **

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as ten-year-old Owen *

as Lawrence "Kid Brain" Dunn, Conner's former bandmate and songwriter who became a farmer following the breakup ** Elliott Smith as ten-year-old Lawrence *

as Paula Klein, Conner's publicist *

as Harry Duggins, Conner's manager *

as Deborah, a representative for Aquaspin *

as Tilly Friel, Conner's mother *

as Ashley Wednesday, Conner's girlfriend *

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as Hunter the Hungry, an underground rapper who tours with Conner * Edgar Blackmon and James Buckley as Eddie and Sponge, members of Conner's entourage who serve as his

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Members of Conner's staff include: Ashley Moore as Sarah, his personal assistant;

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as Zippy, a roadie;

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as his perspective manipulator;

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as his bagpipe player; and

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as Tyrus Quash, Conner's chef. Timberlake was uncredited for the role.

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, and

Chelsea Peretti Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, television writer, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and writing for ''Parks and R ...

portray CMZ reporters, a parody of

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appears as photographer Gary Sikes, and

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plays the wolf handler at Conner and Ashley's engagement ceremony.

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makes an uncredited cameo as Claudia Cantrell, a well-known pop singer who helped kickstart Conner's solo career, and

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appears as the lead singer of Hammerleg. The wives of Samberg, Taccone, and Schaffer all make brief appearances:

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(Samberg's wife) as Zippy's flatline doctor;

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(Taccone's wife) as a member of Conner's documentary crew; and

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(Schaffer's wife) as the Poppies stage manager.

voices one of Conner's fans. Cameos as themselves *

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* Big Boy *

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* T.I. *

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Production

Principal photography on the film began on May 14, 2015, announced by

under the working title ''Conner4real''.

Release

The film was advertised on YouTube the month of its release date. On May 10, 2016, Samberg made an appearance on NBC's ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' in character as Conner4real to perform "I'm So Humble", alongside judge

, and give answers to contestants in a farcical Q&A session. Samberg then made a guest appearance on the Saturday Night Live (season 41), season 41 finale of ''Saturday Night Live'', on May 21, 2016. Promoted as a new SNL Digital Short, he appeared in character as Conner4real and debuted a song from the movie ("Finest Girl"). Taccone and Schaffer received guest writing credits for the episode. The Lonely Island also released a video "I'm a Weirdo" to their YouTube channel, featuring conner4real rapping on the street. The film was released in the United States on June 3, 2016, and in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2016, by Universal Pictures. It did not get an international release.

Soundtrack

The ''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' soundtrack album, performed by the Lonely Island, was released on June 3, 2016, the day of the film's release.

Track listing

Charts

Reception

Box office

In the United States, ''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' opened on June 3, 2016, alongside ''Me Before You (film), Me Before You'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' and was expected to gross around $7 million from 2,311 theaters in its opening weekend. The film grossed $322,000 from its Thursday previews and $1.8 million on its first day. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $4.6 million and finishing 8th at the box office. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $9.5 million against its $20 million budget.

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79% based on 175 reviews, with an average rating of 6.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' updates the rock mockumentary for the 21st century mainstream – and hits many of its low-hanging targets with side-splitting impact." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Vince Mancini of ''Uproxx'' gave the film a positive review, saying: "It's as stupid as it is relevant, and that layering of humor styles — insightful satire, no-holds-barred vulgarity, irresistible juvenilia, surreal pop art, timeless deadpan — are ''Popstar''‘s hallmark. It's smart, dumb, silly, and gross in all the right ways. I loved it." David Palmer of ''The Reel Deal'' gave the film 8/10, calling it the best comedy of 2016 and praised the songs. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of ''The A.V. Club'' wrote: "No music mockumentary has really managed to reproduce ''This Is Spinal Taps comic mojo, but ''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' gets closer than most to that subgenre-defining comedy's mix of the dead-on and the over-the-top, even if it tends to go for quantity over quality."

Home media

''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 13, 2016. As of June 16, 2017, it had made $1.1 million in home media sales. Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray on November 12, 2019, which included the previous special features in a limited edition steelbook case.

Sequel

In 2022, Schaffer announced that a sequel to the film is not in the works, but is not off the table.

References

External links

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