When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Surprisingly, this spoof's heart is genuinely warm.
– Simon Houpt,
Globe and Mail,
22 Mar 2002
fresh:
This bunch achieves peaks of sublime nuttiness.
– Bob Graham,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
Mystery Men is like its hapless heroes. It's a wannabe that has the best intentions -- including a pronounced anti-gun stance -- but none of the knack it takes to save the day, or itself.
– Steve Murray,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
21 Feb 2004
fresh:
Usher's amiable spoof of superhero movies takes a brave stab at rewriting the mythology from the inside out, with lots of witty, mildly subversive stuff.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The characters have been designed to make fun of themselves, disguising the craft of writer Neil Cuthbert and director Kinka Usher in getting us to laugh at them.