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Mystery Men (Widescreen)

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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.

With all honesty we know this film would have been like gum underneath a shoe if it hadn't been for the cast. The story is nonexistent, the dialogue a joke and the plot...well you get the picture. The best part of Mystery Men is how the cast is so colorful they come together to rescue what would otherwise be a disastrous movie. This is not a film you can easily recommend to anyone. It's not a film that's so black and white you can classify it so it's truly up to people's tastes whether they should see it or not. I bought it in 1999 and have watched it about ten times since then. It's a good film to watch if you're bored but I can't say it's so wonderful you should run out and buy it. Just wait to see it on television. You'll enjoy it better when you save your money. It's entertaining even if the story centers around a bunch of funny, yet weird morons.

This is one of the best movies ever I could not believe how good
It was It was much better than A Beautiful Mined and Pearl Harbor it is a must buy.

#28

Being acutely familiar with the source material for this film as I collected many a comic book in my youth, I thought Mystery Men (1999) did a really good job staying close to its' roots. Based on characters created by Bob Burden and showcased within the pages of his 'Flaming Carrot' comic book, Mystery Men highlights those 'not so super' super heroes, the blue collar ones that don't necessarily have the most spectacular powers, but seem to share a desire to protect their fellow man against evil and it's minions.

The film has a pretty impressive ensemble cast including Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious, William H. Macy as The Shoveller, Janeane Garolafo as The Bowler, Paul Rubens as The Spleen, Hank Azaria as The Blue Raja, Greg Kinnear as Captain Amazing, and Geoffery Rush as the villain Casanova Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Claire Forlani, Lena Olin, Tom Waits, Eddie Izzard, Artie Lange, and Louise Lassiter.

The story involves the kidnapping of Capitol City's most popular hero, Captain Amazing (Kinnear) by Casanova Frankenstein, and a small group of less than stellar heroes attempting to rescue him while thwarting the villain's evil scheme to subjugate the city to his will. The core group, consisting of Mr. Furious (his rage is boundless), The Shoveller (he shovels better than anyone), and The Blue Raja (flinger of cutlery), realize they don't have the numbers to go up against Casanova and his gang, so they have a recruitment drive and enlist the aid of The Bowler, whose bowling ball is imbued with the spirit (along with the skull) of her deceased father, Invisible Boy (who can only turn invisible when no one is watching), The Spleen (whose powers involve the ability to produce flatulence and direct it with precision accuracy), and The Sphinx (Wes Studi), whose main power seems to be the ability to produce a conundrum for any situation . Also they acquire some very interesting non-lethal weaponry from a local mad scientist Dr. A Heller (Tom Waits) to assist them in their mission.

The production values in the movie are really wonderful, creating beautifully detailed sets and serve well to create a comic book atmosphere that fit the story well. I was impressed with the director's ability to focus on the core characters just enough to provide the appropriate background, while keeping the secondary characters in the loop. There was a lot going on in the film, so I think this was quite a juggling act. A lot of the humor was tongue in cheek, sort of spoofing the image of the classic superhero, and doing so in a good-natured way. Some of the humor is crude, and the movie does get a little bogged down in silliness at times, but the actors all seemed to have a lot of fun putting forth their performances, and it comes through.

There are a ton of special features available, from deleted scenes, production notes, a history of the Mystery Men from their comic book origins, biographies, a commentary track with the director, recommendations, musical highlights from the film, and more. The deleted scenes are worth checking out as I think they weren't so much removed from the film due to the poor quality of the scenes, but probably a desire to trim the running time of the movie as it is at two hours as released. I probably wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone, but if you have an odd side to your sense of humor, and can appreciate a somewhat subversive look into the world of super heroes, then you may enjoy this film. I you liked this film I would also recommend The Specials (2000), another super hero movie of sorts, with a similar skewed view and a wry sense of humor.

Cookieman108

Ben Stiller, as always, is hilarious. The rest of the cast does a good job too. They all did pretty well. But they make the movie funny.

Basically some average superheroes have to save a real superhero called Captain Amazing. They have a whacky adventure.
I love the superhero tryouts. Dane Cook and that mysterious guy. He was cool.

Great movie though. Lots of funny situations. I don't know how to describe it any more than that.

MYSTERY MEN has as many misses as it does hits, but the hits are great, and a wonderful cast imbues this otherwise iffy comedy with vitality, life and a droll sense of humor. What makes it work is the actors take their roles so seriously and seem delighted to be in this movie. The real standouts are William H. Macy, Wes Studi, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear and of course, the Bowler Jeannine Garafolo. Although it sometimes slows down a little, it has some really inventive and hilarious segments and on the whole is a very entertaining spoof.

There are dozens of clever, offbeat films worth watching, but this isn't one of them.
This was the worst movie I have seen since Robert Townsand's Meteor Man.

I passed this on the shelves for months then rented on the recommendation of a friend. Boy, am I glad I did -- it is freaking hilarious! Ben Stiller is always funny, Macy is brilliant and there is nothing bad I can say about the rest of this funny cast. Wes Studi (Sphinx) is perfect. Azaria, Garafalo, Reubens . . . they shine. And Tom Waits! What movie can go wrong with Tom Waits?!

This is a 4-star movie increased to 5 stars with Janeane Garofalo's riotous inclusion as "The Bowler". With her father's skull, Carmine, imbedded within the flying bowling ball, not only does she wield a wicked strike on every toss, her witty banter keeps the movie alive.

I am not particularly a Ben Stiller fan, but he does a sound job as the dubious "Mr. Furious". His claim to fame was that he once pushed a bus ... that was already moving. Imbued with dubious super-strength whenever he gets furious, his jumping upon the antagonist's limosine is a riot as he couldn't really do anything else in comparison to his teammates.

William Macy is amazing as "The Shoveler". He can wield a mighty mean shovel and was the most physical member of the team. His job as a construction worker was where he primed his talent.

Hank Azaria as the "Blue Raja", a fork and spoon tosser with a supposedly far east Indian background was a riot. He was anything but "blue" while covered mostly greens and browns, coupled with his fake British accent while he is an American demonstrated a character completely quirky.

With the capture of Greg Kinnear's "Captain Amazing", the group held a tryout where more wanna-be heroes came to audition. Ranging from "Pencil Head" and his sidekick, "Son of Pencil Head" to "The Waffler", the audition was a complete bust. However, the late arrival of Janeane's "The Bowler" awed them with her talent and capability.

Other eventual teammates included Paul Ruben's "The Spleen", the boy who could only become invisible when no one was watching, and the mysterious man from New Orleans whose claim to fame is an ability to cut guns in half and speak phrases along the lines of "Control your fears, or your fears will control you" and "Work for good, and good will work for you."

The assault upon Casanova Frankenstein's home was difficult with the various gangs he had brought to his banner. From the fellas stuck in the disco era, to the "Frat Boys", and the all-woman dance gang, our heroes have their work cut-out for them.