FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
chepe_77
I was hoping to get laughs throughout but instead got one or two smirks. I feel like they try really hard to be funny. Jokes just don't seem to flow. It has many jokes and I love dumb movies with dumb jokes but for some reason this one just didn't do it for me. Perhaps because it was it was based on true events is the reason I can't grasp the jokes. This movies is not to be taken seriously and I knew that going in but I am truly disappointed by it.
MJB784
I wanted to like it, but I didn't laugh that much. It was very odd where I couldn't tell if parts of it were supposed to be funny. There was no reason why 17 million was stolen and I find it hard to believe it was all a true story.
jtindahouse
There are two types of comedic actors in the world. There are the ones who can adequately deliver a funny performance provided they are given a great script to work with, and then there are the geniuses who can take any material and make it hilarious regardless. Unfortunately for 'Masterminds' the cast is filled entirely with the former. Also sadly for 'Masterminds' it doesn't have a brilliant script to work with.You might look at the cast on paper and think that looks like a hell of a line-up. But is it really? Zach Galifianakis shot to fame through 'The Hangover' but has failed to achieve anything since. The reason? He's a one-trick pony and he can't pull off any other sort of role. Owen Wilson can be good, but only at playing off someone who is hilarious in the role opposite (think 'Wedding Crashers') and there is no one funny for him to play off in this movie. Kristen Wiig may be well known now for 'Bridesmaids' but was she actually that funny in that movie? As far as I remember almost every laugh I got in that film came from Melissa McCarthy.So the movie isn't funny, but what about the story? Is it interesting enough to carry a film? Not really. It's about as basic as stories come. No intricacy or cleverness is apparent at any stage of the movie and some of the plot points are nothing short of idiotic it has to be said. In fairness it was based on a true story (although I have to suspect some pretty big liberties were taken).I read that Jim Carrey was at one point attached to play the lead role. It's sad that fell through because he is someone who can get blood from a stone. Sadly though it wasn't meant to be and instead this film will forever live in mediocrity.
Lee Eisenberg
Jared Hess's "Masterminds" is the sort of movie that you'll appreciate if you accept low humor. I do. It might be a surprise to learn that the movie is based on a true story (the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery). I'm sure that a lot of what the movie shows is added for comic relief, and to let the cast members do their stuff. Even so, they lay everything out quite well, as the scheme's main man sets up the armored car driver as a patsy.While Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig are the top-billed stars, some of the best lines come from Leslie Jones (if she's in a movie, you know that it's gonna be good). As expected, Kate McKinnon and Jason Sudeikis also turn in good performances. Basically, the combination of the heist, the snappy dialogue, and the occasional gross-out humor makes for one funny movie. Betcha never thought that an Enya song would get used this way! It's also gotten noted that three of the four modern Ghostbusters star in this movie. 2016's "Ghostbusters" is a criminally underrated movie. It's hard to believe that there are people who call it one of the worst movies ever while still regarding as masterpieces the obnoxious "Everyone Says I Love You", the vacuous "Eyes Wide Shut", and the pointless "Man on the Moon".