What Masterminds lacks in sharp one-liners it more than makes up for in ridiculous slapstick.
– Christian Holub,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep 2016
rotten:
Masterminds finds plenty of targets for its satirical jabs and lets them all off the hook.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
30 Sep 2016
rotten:
The movie has been on ice awaiting release for over a year, owing to the bankruptcy of its studio. But some of the jokes were moldy long before that happened. Masterminds owes us our two hours back.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep 2016
fresh:
Hess dives deeply into the ass crack of suburban North Carolina, finding lowbrow caricature courtesy his two wonderfully shameless lead actors, Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out,
30 Sep 2016
rotten:
It's just smart people acting like dumb people in a dumb movie.