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starring: Hank Azaria, Ernie Lee Banks, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard See Larger Image Used Price: $0.01 Collectible Price: $10.00 Third Party New Price: $1.80 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783241586 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 0783241585 Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: May 16, 2000 Running Time: 121 minutes Sales Rank: 23099 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 1999 Related Items: Galaxy Quest Shaun of the Dead The Big Lebowski - 10th Anniversary Edition The Last Starfighter Army of Darkness see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Ever wonder if there was a class system in the world of superheroes? After all the big names like Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, etc., who were the supporting players? The folks assigned to the less-than-stellar gigs of saving only a small part of the world? According to this intermittently successful send-up of comic book heroism, there are indeed masked heroes who struggle and toil for their moment in the super sun. Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, Mystery Men follows the travails of three B-list avengers--Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), the Shoveler (William H. Macy), and the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria)--as they fight to make themselves known to the citizens of Champion City, quite difficult to do when the flashy Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear, never better) takes all the cool gigs and has product endorsements up the ying-yang. According to them, it's all a matter of timing--never mind that Mr. Furious never rises above a snit, or that the Blue Raja wears green. Their big break comes when Captain Amazing is abducted by the evil Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush), and it's up to this motley crew to save Champion City. Blessed with a wondrously gifted comic cast and full of droll details, Mystery Men struggles in fits and spurts towards its climax. Transcendently witty in parts, it's also woefully sophomoric in others. Literally, this is the kind of movie in which someone gets off a brilliant line and then sits on a fork. Still, when this movie is rolling, it's gleefully on target, thanks primarily to the mordantly cocky Stiller and Janeane Garofalo as a latecomer to the superhero gang; her secret weapon is a bowling ball in which her dead father's head is encased. The comic chemistry between these two is fierce, and when you add the dryly funny Macy and the endearing Azaria (who finally gets a chance to let loose with his comic gifts), it's a hilarious joyride. Too bad that the gas tank is only half-full; this stunning cast deserves a first-rate vehicle. With Tom Waits as a weapons expert, Claire Forlani as the requisite babe, and Paul Reubens as the Spleen, the world's most flatulent superhero. --Mark Englehart Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Love this Movie Gotta love a Super Hero movie that doesn't take itself seriously. This is the Hancock of Super Hero movies before there was even a Hancock. Rating: - Good movie, poor HD format I think this is one of the most underrated comedies. It's very funny, but the HD fizzles big time. This version is exactly like the DVD. No vivid colors, no pop, just blah. Get the DVD version. Do not buy this HD DVD! Rating: - As bad as its reputation suggests.... I decided to watch this the other night, despite its reputation as a really bad film. Well, my low expectations were met. It's an OK concept (rejected superheroes team up to gain self respect), but the execution of the film is all wrong. It might have been better (though not by much) as a sketch, not a full length feature film (and it's a relatively long film at 2 hours). It has a great cast (William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria), but here they try way too ... Read More Rating: - You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums Mystery Men is a tale of wannabe superheroes in the shadow of Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear), who has cleaned up Champion City so well that he needs Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush) to be released from the insane asylum so he'll have someone to battle (his publicist insists that he must do something spectacular to appease his advertisers). Greg is great as the smarmy Captain with an insincere toothpaste grin (what there is of him before he gets fried in a psychofrakulater). The sudden ... Read More Rating: - Mystrey Men HD-DVD Fun movie - great price - movie came ahead of estimated delivery time, what else can you ask for. 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