Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) Full Movie Stream on 123Netflix, 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.
There are plenty of hoots to be had as we hit the road with Conner4Real (Samberg), the pop prat who broke up the pioneering rap trio The Style Boyz to go it solo.
Yet while former bandmate and best friend Owen (Taccone) has stuck by Conner as his loyal DJ, grouchy Lawrence (Schaffer) now lives in quiet disgruntlement on a farm in Colorado.
But nobody cares about them. Or do they? As his second album ConnQuest is released to the sort of reviews people have to scrape off their shoes and his tour barely covers its costs, Conner clearly needs to do something to get his career back on track.
Unfortunately Maya Rudolph's PR nitwit Deborah (aptly pronounced 'Duh'-borer) helps to ensure that every publicity stunt ends in disaster.
A wifi gimmick causes a nationwide blackout. A televised proposal to girlfriend Ashley (Imogen Poots) results in a bloodbath. And worst of the lot, a wardrobe malfunction leaves everyone questioning Conner's manhood.
Still, as an encounter with one autograph hunter proves, few stars are willing to get closer to members of the public...
As the self-inflicted embarrassments pile up, so do the cameos. Whether playing it straight or for laughs, everyone gets into the self-parodying spirit, with Mariah Carey, Pink, Ringo Starr and Simon Cowell just some of the music biz icons getting in on the punchlines.
As embodied by the colossally irritating crew of a TMZ-style newsroom, it also deserves credit for lampooning the tattlers as well as the tattled.
That it eventually runs out of ideas is no surprise - it is, after all, just an SNL sketch writ large. But it's still a cheekily enjoyable swipe at the fickleness of fans, fame and the global gossip machine.
Elliott Noble
After a two-year, sold-out, worldwide tour, Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) is the biggest name in music. Go behind the scenes as Conner faces a crisis of popularity after this sophomore album flops, leaving fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when Conner4Real is no longer the dopest star of all. The hilarious comedy from blockbuster producer Judd Apatow (Trainwreck, Superbad, Knocked Up) and digital short superstars, The Lonely Island, is loaded with cameos from the biggest names in comedy and music.
After a two-year, sold-out, worldwide tour, Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) is the biggest name in music. Go behind the scenes as Conner faces a crisis of popularity after this sophomore album flops, leaving fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when Conner4Real is no longer the dopest star of all. The hilarious comedy from blockbuster producer Judd Apatow (Trainwreck, Superbad, Knocked Up) and digital short superstars, The Lonely Island, is loaded with cameos from the biggest names in comedy and music.
Critics Consensus: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.
Samberg's funny but raunchy comedy skewers fame.