Mystery Men: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

60%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

38

An overproduced summer bombast.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Mystery Men begins terrifically, then dwindles away to overextended ordinariness in its action sequences.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Stretched far too thin for its meager plot, broad characters and lame running jokes.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

A good example of what happens when a movie becomes what it should be jabbing.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

A long, shapeless, undisciplined mess!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Rod Dreher New York Post (Top Critic)

This year's The Avengers.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robert Horton Film.com (Top Critic)

Could use a little more brain, and a little less spleen.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Simon Houpt Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

Surprisingly, this spoof's heart is genuinely warm.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

This droopy action comedy saps Hollywood's best comic actors of their superpowers.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Decent depiction of post-modern comic-book story.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Film4

Hugely entertaining -- especially for those with a thing for superheroes.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

50

Fails to come up with worthy gags and one-liners for the able cast.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

80

An instant cult comedy that doesn't walk or talk like anything else out there.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound

75

How many laughs can you get out of a handful of one-joke characters? Well, if your ensemble contains the talents of Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria and Ben Stiller, the answer is: a lot.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews

The Just-Us League of America
Full Review » 6 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

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.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

50

So much time is spent in getting to know everyone, the jokes are few and far between when they should be fast and furious.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

59

If as a kid you ever put on a costume and imagined you were a superhero, you should have a perfectly good time with this movie.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Steve Murray Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Scott A. Mantz Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews

40

Director Usher should have spent a little more time in the editing room.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

42

...better than sitting at home on a hot summer night watching the sitcoms. Or maybe it's exactly like sitting at home on a hot summer night watching the sitcoms
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

60

Stiller, Macy, and Garofalo are a joy to watch.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jonathan Romney Sight and Sound

A desperately hit-and-miss affair.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Kevin N. Laforest Montreal Film Journal

38

As hip as this dud thinks it is, it's not fooling me.
Full Review » 10 years ago