Mystery Men (1999)
Genre: Action / Comedy
Duration: 121 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Kinka Usher
Stars: Ben Stiller, Claire Forlani and William H. Macy
IMDb score:
6,1 (73.696)
Releasedate: 6 August 1999
Mystery Men plot
"We're not your classic heroes, we're the other guys."
The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious, 3 superheroes from Champion City, but not to impress the inhabitants of the city, not to mention the greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when he is kidnapped by his worst enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, the 3 superheroes must team up with other heroes to save the Captain and the city.
Actors and actresses
Mr. Furious
Casanova Frankenstein
Monica
The Shoveler
The Blue Raja
The Bowler
The Invisible Boy
Spleen
Lucille
Powerwoman
Reviews & comments
Linn
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- 3289 messages
- 3798 votes
May the forks be with us
Very funny, lame and totally idiotic film about a bunch of freaks who try to be a superhero, but just lack superpowers. Very well-known cast in which Stiller and Macy are already very funny, but Reubens really takes the cake in terms of total folly. The blue Raja is also very funny.
4*
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31191 messages
- 5473 votes
Ben Stiller is Ben Stiller of course. This Mystery Men takes on superheroes. Something you can compare with Kick Ass, but much more brave. It's all rather bland with only rarely a nice fragment. This film isn't bad, but it comes out too thin to really amuse as a comedy. Humor remains relatively natural. I do agree that Macy plays a standout role again. Don't give him a leading role, but these kinds of supporting roles fit him perfectly.
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Collins
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- 7350 messages
- 4348 votes
Very nice parody of the superhero movie.
The heroes are overly curiously dressed characters who go wild with the most ridiculous weapons in a simple storyline. The line about a group of weirdos with inferior or no superpowers, who is firmly convinced that they do have these powers, is usually funny.
No hero is like another. One has a slightly more interesting inner layer than the other and the other wears a much more hilarious costume or has a slightly more unusual super power than the one. There is deviation and variation.
The heroes have very diverse personalities inside and out and that's nice. In this way sinking moments are prevented. Every hero has his moments to show his specific ability and always does so long enough to keep the viewer interested. This way there is no irritation or boredom. The characteristics and idiosyncrasies are too different from each other for that and the stage moments are, as mentioned, too short. The film focus is effectively staggered.
The humor is many and diverse. The line runs from witty one-liner and woolly language to the better fling and other forms of physical comedy. It goes from pointy and witty to bland and fainter and back again. There is comedic variety to match the variety of characters. One humorous moment is therefore clearly more successful than the other.
And so the film goes up and down and back and forth at a decent pace. Sometimes humorous, usually entertaining and never boring.
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