Mystery Men was recommended to me based off a quote that was quoted in the admissions office and it ended up with me borrowing it and watching it (it helped that I was in a Ben Stiller mood) and it took me almost to the end until I vaguely remember seeing a trailer for this movie back in the day.
Mystery Men is making fun of the typical superhero movie (or at least what they used to be...with new starts to Batman, Ironman, and The Hulk I think superhero/comic book hero movies have gained leaps and bounds from where they were in the 90s - which '99 is when Mystery Men hit theatres.
The movie stars 2 comedians (Stiller, Hank Azaria) and 1 William H Macy (who I am convinced is CSI Miami's David Caruso with a mustache alter ego but they are two seperate people...) anyway, the overall story of this movie wasn't really entertaining, I'm not sure what it was but it never really hooked me. With that said its worth it to watch it once because it does have its fair share of one-liners that did have me cracking up at certain moments.
It did have a nice moment at the end, but for a comedy - there is much better Ben Stiller work out there. Watching it reminds me why I didn't run out and see it as a youngster. But it does have some quality one liners.
Simple humor, 2.5 stars
-Dav3
Dude. Come on. Watch it again. This is one of those cult movies that was so weird but also so funny that a majority of people just didn't get it, you being one of them. It's way funnier than you think it is.
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Fair enough Tyler...I will give it another go, I may need to borrow it again, haha!
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