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.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Mystery Men
Not your classic superheroes...they're the other guys.
1999 · 2h 1m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Kinka Usher
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Mystery Men
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Kinka Usher Director
- Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious / Roy
- Hank Azaria as Blue Raja / Jeffrey
- William H. Macy as Shoveler / Eddie
- Greg Kinnear as Captain Amazing / Lance
- Kel Mitchell as Invisible Boy
- Paul Reubens as Spleen
- Janeane Garofalo as Bowler / Carol
- Wes Studi as Sphinx
- Claire Forlani as Monica
- Geoffrey Rush as Casanova Frankenstein
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
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
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
Fresh
This bunch achieves peaks of sublime nuttiness.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Surprisingly, this spoof's heart is genuinely warm.
Simon Houpt, Globe and Mail
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