Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Ben StillerFurious
- Hank AzariaBlue Raja
- William H. MacyShoveler
- Greg KinnearCaptain Amazing
- Kel MitchellInvisible Boy
- Paul ReubensSpleen
- Janeane GarofaloBowler
- Wes StudiSphinx
- Claire ForlaniMonica
- Geoffrey RushCasanova Frankenstein
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Maybe it's no mystery how they did it, considering the aggregate comic talent, but this bunch achieves peaks of sublime nuttiness. - 80
Slate
One of those half-straight, half-spoof comic-book extravaganzas that don't ever work, and what's neat is that this one does--beautifully. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This spoof's heart is genuinely warm. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Mystery Men gives proof that satire isn't dead. - 70
Variety
Sharply written, with a lavish look and top-drawer effects adding to the appeal of its large and talented cast, pic achieves a nice balance of fondness and satiric snap, character laughs and goofy action. - 70
Newsweek
A lightly entertaining, though not hilarious, film parody of comic book heroes. - 70
Chicago Reader
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. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mystery Men must have seemed magically goofy on storyboards, but has somehow turned into unappealing mush by the time it made it to the screen.
