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Mystery Men | Year: 1999 Classification: Comedy Country: USA Language: English Directed: - Kinka Usher Actors/Actresses: - Hank Azaria - Claire Forlani - Janeane Garofalo - Greg Kinnear - Lena Olin - Geoffrey Rush - Paul Reubens - Wes Studi - Ben Stiller - William H.Macy - William H Macy It ain't Shakespeare -- -- so, just sit back and enjoy it! Original, very funny andentertaining movie about a group of superhero-wannabes who bandtogether to save their city's real, yet commercially-sponsored,superhero (Greg Kinnear) from the clutches of the evil Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush) and his Bee Gees-loving henchmen. Led by The Shoveler (William H. Macy)and Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), the "Mystery Men" -- a misnomer since the group's person with any real powers is a woman (Janeane Garofalo at her sarcastic best)-- team up with a non-lethal weapons expert (Tom Waits) to save their city. Some really funny moments and memorable lines, especially from the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria), the "British" superhero who doesn't have a shred of blue in his outfit, and the "terribly mysterious" Sphnix ("Dances with Wolves'" Wes Studi). I would have loved to seen more development of Invisible Boy's (Kel Martin) character -- no pun intended -- but less of scenes like Spleen's (Paul Reubens) encounter with the skunk. The movie's message is obvious -- we identify with these heroes because they represent who we are. Bottom line -- rent it first, because you'll either love it or hate it. If ya love it, I'm sure Amazon can hook you up. If not, then take comfort that there are worse movies you could've rented. Peace!... END Few laughs, little interest, no raves. I rented this movie on DVD a couple of nights ago with high hopes of being entertained, unfortunately, I was disappointed. In spite of the strong cast (Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Ben Stiller, Greg Kinnear, Tom Waits just to name a few), the movie was basically a big bore with a few amusing moments mixed in. It starts out with three less-than-super would-be heroes trying to save the day only to have their clocks cleaned and rescued by Champion City's resident hero. Where do you go from there? You could have gone to a lot of funny and/or interesting places, but the movie makers decided to do neither. This rag-tag trio puts out the word they are looking for help and become an even bigger rag-tag troup of losers. The most interesting of the heroes is Janeane Garofalo as The Bowler and her magical bowling ball weapon powered by her murdered fathers skull. Although they do save the day in the end, you couldn't care less. The premise is interesting, but it was hopelessly mangled with a bad script. Its a mystery no one stopped them before they got this far. The DVD has a lot of deleted scenes in the special features, but they are about as interesting as the rest of the movie. Maybe they should have deleted the whole thing. Rent this movie first before you think about buying it. Hysterical and very Art Deco! This film is really special. It's not some low budget comedy movie but it's a mix between Batman, Seinfeld and Austin Powers, an overall bizarre combination! I really like the part when Stiller jumps on the badguys' car and tries to scratch the label off! LOL! If you really want to give yourself a break and indulge in some innocent childish fun you should watch this movie. Buy Mystery Men at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mystery Men Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mystery Men This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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