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Mystery Men
A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city. The only problem is that their strange powers, silverware hurling, bowling, shovel skills, incompetent invisibility and deadly flatulence, aren't doing them any favors.
15 September 1914, Pelham, New York, USA
6 July 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
20 November 1972, Sonoma County, California, USA
30 January 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 October 1967, Union Township, New Jersey, USA
5 May 1967, Eugene, Oregon, USA
30 January 1977, San Fernando Valley, California, USA
7 February 1962, Aden, Yemen
17 December 1947, Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
29 June 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
17 December 1971, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
26 May 1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 April 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
December 26, 2010
Witty comic-book story is edgy, with lots of potty humor.
August 25, 2008
An instant cult comedy that doesn't walk or talk like anything else out there.
November 16, 2009
Fails to come up with worthy gags and one-liners for the able cast.
September 29, 2012
Even with its super cast, the slow-moving 'Mystery Men' falters in its attempt to spoof comic book heroes.
July 15, 2010
Hugely entertaining -- especially for those with a thing for superheroes.
June 18, 2002
This bunch achieves peaks of sublime nuttiness.
May 07, 2012
It is good that the film has charm, for after a certain point it doesn't necessarily have anything else.
July 15, 2010
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.
March 22, 2002
Surprisingly, this spoof's heart is genuinely warm.
January 01, 2000
Crafty, witty.
February 21, 2004
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.
June 24, 2006
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.
