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Mystery Men
1999
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Positive Reviews
29
Negative reviews
13
Average Rating
3.1
/5
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2.0
And as with most hipster projects, this ones got a bunch of great bits from a group of eccentric talents, and not enough bourgeois discipline to see t ..
EW
2.5
Its a long, shapeless, undisciplined mess, and every once in awhile it generates a big laugh.
Rogerebert
3.0
This is a semi successful attempt at a post modern comic book style story that has it both ways.
Common Sense Media
1.5
Ushers amiable spoof of superhero movies takes a brave stab at rewriting the mythology from the inside out, with lots of witty, mildly subversive stuf ..
Time Out
4.0
Yes, I know how the formula works, how the tease is all part of the narrative build.
3.5
And never mind if youre perhaps not as schooled in the finer points of superhero comedics Mystery Men takes potshots at everything from highbrow consu ..
4.0
An instant cult comedy that doesnt walk or talk like anything else out there.
E Film Critic
5.0
He has an endless supply of clunky kung fu aphorisms and gobbledygook tautologies.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.5
Not the best movie Ive seen this summer, but definitely far from the worst.
JoBlo
3.0
Heroism in Mystery Men is well within the grasp of this band of crime fighting losers.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
2.5
This slapstick and effects vehicle depends on poker faced performances, production design that enhances the story partly because it doesnt have to com ..
Chicago Reader
2.0
So much time is spent in getting to know everyone, the jokes are few and far between when they should be fast and furious.
3.5
The movie is well cast and the actors do a fine job.Ben Stiller is especially good as the confused Mister Furious.
Lariat
2.0
This is a likable, enjoyable movie.The filmmakers, just like the main characters, just need a little more practice and then theyll truly be super.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Goofy, charming and featuring a fun set of antihero characters, Mystery Men may not be the best comedy of the year, but its certainly one of the most ..
Screen It
3.8
The movie will disappoint people expecting a genuine superhero epic or an over the top spoof.
Cs Monitor
3.0
Greg Kinnear makes an all too brief appearance in Mystery Men as Captain Amazing, the evil eradicating guardian of Champion City.
Film Journal International ..
3.5
And there is a very unfunny and unnecessary joke involving The Spleen and a love hungry skunk.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
How in the name of sweet Jesus did first time director Kinka Usher get such a first rate cast to act in this muck
Internet Reviews
3.1
There isnt much to Mystery Men, but what there is will keep a smile on your face.
Internet Reviews
4.5
But Macy and Azaria deserve the biggest kudos for giving their Shoveler and Blue Raja surprisingly moving undercurrents of pathos amidst all the mania ..
2.5
Amusing sight gags, witty dialogue, and great slapstick stunts add to the fun.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
This droopy action comedy saps Hollywoods best comic actors of their superpowers.
Salon
2.0
But in Mystery Men, the idea is taken to all sorts of hilarious conclusions.Based on the Dark Horse comics, this film adaptation is both a playful rom ..
2.5
With its wit and adventuresome spirit, The Iron Giant is a superbly entertaining film for the entire family, but what makes it transcendent much like ..
Mr Brown Movies
0.6
If there is a bright spot to be found beyond the unbearable filmmaking stench of desperation, it is Janeane Garofalo.
The Movie Boy
2.5
But even with a capriciously cornball story and such a delightfully demented cast, Mystery Men manages to miss its mark.
Spliced Wire
2.5
But the movie is so slow and so obsessed with its own jokes that it is ultimately disappointing.
Movie Habit
4.5
This affectionate and astute mockery of the big budget, star studded, sci fi/fantasy crime thriller genre boasts genius, cameo bursting casting and fr ..
Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
With a script as solid as Supermans grip and a cast funnier than the entire Justice League of America, its no mystery why this send up of some not so ..
E Online
2.5
Its whacky deadpan silliness.And although good performances are given all a round (special praise to Ben Stiller) Mystery Mens humor escaped my eager ..
Ross Anthony
3.0
It is good that the film has charm, for after a certain point it doesnt necessarily have anything else.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
The superhero spoof Mystery Men is based on a Dark Horse comic book.
Big Picture Big Sound
1.9
This is the movies problem: the timing is way off, so it makes the already tired and barely funny comedy even lamer.
Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Hugely entertaining especially for those with a thing for superheroes.
Film 4
2.5
However the movie cant sustain any high level of hilarity: the jokes simply arent funny enough, the bad taste not bad enough and the camp not camp eno ..
Scifi Movie Page
4.0
Mystery Men winds up paying clever but vaguely sincere tribute to the idea of superheroes that marginal talents can come together for the greater good ..
Filmcritic.com
5.0
At least 71 shot, 12 killed in Chicago over violent summer weekend, police department says At least 72 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago, m ..
Rochester Goes Out
4.0
Who would have thought that this pseudo parody of comic book movies...would be better than most of the serious comic book films to grace (or stain) th ..
Need Coffee
0.5
It is really odd to see such good performances in such a wretched film.
Juicy Cerebellum
4.4
Here it is, at last, something sharp and imaginative to save us from all those predictable summer blockbusters.
Cinema Phile
4.5
A dream comic ensemble and an almost foolproof satiric concept gets Mystery Men through.
Daily News
0.5
For all the name actors and elaborate scenery, Kinka Ushers film is amateurish.
Boston Phoenix
3.0
The source material gets a richly deserved drubbing for its pretensions, but the resulting parody cant help but seem a bit glib and secondhand.
eye WEEKLY
4.0
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1.5
The erratically funny film feels more like Stiller and his friends got together to get paid for messing around.
2.0
Director Usher should have spent a little more time in the editing room.
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews ..
3.0
Mystery Mens greatest resource its terrific actors have goofy charm to spare and really know how to put the punch in punchlines.
4.0
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