"Mystery Men" (1999) came out when I was 7 years of age. It was one of those rare instances I had no idea what we were going to see, and I remember falling in love on the car ride home with it's absurdity ever since.
Taking the street level hero to new depths of low. Three "heroes" Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) & The Shoveler (William H. Macy) decide to recruit more people to their cause, amongst the growing epidemic of disco street thugs. All of which are being organised by recently released criminal mastermind, Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush).
From that description alone, you can tell this movie is like Marmite. You either love it or hate it. The villains Geoffrey Rush & Eddie Izzard's chemistry together is so hilarious, I would love to see more movies with them together. The rest of the cast are made up of too many talented comedians, who all get an equal amount of time to shine. The plot is thin, yet the laughs are heavy. As I get older I do re-watch it from time to time, just to see if it continues to hold up and it pleasantly does.
Final Verdict: I loved it the first time I saw it, and I continue to love it all the more now. The only thing that holds it back over the years is that the budget was pretty large. 7.5/10.
Taking the street level hero to new depths of low. Three "heroes" Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) & The Shoveler (William H. Macy) decide to recruit more people to their cause, amongst the growing epidemic of disco street thugs. All of which are being organised by recently released criminal mastermind, Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush).
From that description alone, you can tell this movie is like Marmite. You either love it or hate it. The villains Geoffrey Rush & Eddie Izzard's chemistry together is so hilarious, I would love to see more movies with them together. The rest of the cast are made up of too many talented comedians, who all get an equal amount of time to shine. The plot is thin, yet the laughs are heavy. As I get older I do re-watch it from time to time, just to see if it continues to hold up and it pleasantly does.
Final Verdict: I loved it the first time I saw it, and I continue to love it all the more now. The only thing that holds it back over the years is that the budget was pretty large. 7.5/10.