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| FILM DETAILS | | Certificate PG | | Cast
Ben Stiller
William H Macy
Greg Kinnear
Janeane Garofalo
Geoffrey Rush | | Directors
Kinka Usher | | Screenwriters
Neil Cuthbert | | Running Time
122 minutes |
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Mystery Men
The world's most inept superheroes are brought to screen life in this comic book inspired comedy.
Plot
A group of frankly crap superheroes attempt to rescue kidnapped real super-hero, Captain Amazing, in this stupidly entertaining comedy.
Verdict
The screenplay is packed with gags that hit; personal favourite is The Sphynx, a character whose "wisdom" is generated by reversing the ends of sentences ("He who does not control his rage is controlled by his rage"), and helmer Usher keeps the pace up so you don't notice the clangers. Only the inexplicable presence of Eddie Izzard - as unfunny as he was in The Avengers - conspires to slightly sour the stupidly entertaining brew.
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