Masterminds 2016 Full Movie Review

Masterminds 2016 full movie review HD version. How I despise these comedies that are released each year which you know are not going to be innovative but you still hope you'd get some laughs out of it nonetheless. This one doesn't even accomplish that... No wonder that the comedy genre is currently the least acclaimed (common, there's 1 to 2 great actual comedies each year comparing to drama's countless solid offerings).

This film feels like an overlong SNL skit with an underused Kate McKinnon, a truly unfunny Zach Gali-I-give-up-couldn't-you-just-picked-a-stage-name with film's worst accent and Wiig actually being great, as usual (but her eyes scream to be freed from the screen, though). The characters are so underdeveloped that everyone's convinced to do a robbery in 30 seconds! No surprise that 90% of the jokes fall flat and the ones with potential are spoiled in the trailer. I do have to say it's consistent: for example, the characters are plain bad and the dialogue is there to match them, the directing is poor and the soundtrack harmoniously concurs, and so on and so forth. Do yourself a favor and go watch... anything else, really.

Strengths: The cast is chock-full of comedic talent. Zach Galifianakis (David) was pretty much the perfect choice to play the lead. It's a character that suits him. Kristen Wiig (Kelly), Owen Wilson (Steve), Jason Sudeikis (Michael), and Kate McKinnon (Janice) were all funny in their own way within their roles. Jared Hess does well enough to make sure this features his brand of comedy.

Weaknesses: Despite being based on a true story, too much of this was way over the top. The situations felt super contrived and as if the writers added or embellished on too much in an attempt to be funny. There are struggles to tell a consistent story, while things go from funny to goofy too often. Jones and Jon Daly are mostly a miss as the cops on the case. None of their scenes are even remotely funny. In fact, that's the case with a lot of the jokes, despite the talented cast. The script lets them down at every turn.

Overall: Considering the quality of the director and the talented cast, this feels like a letdown. It just misses the mark in a lot of ways and tries too hard to go over the top in retelling what was already a wacky story.

So for once I actually looked up the reviews of a movie before watching it but I'm glad I ignored them. Masterminds got a 35% on RottenTomatoes (a site I am now a top contributor on) and they could not have been more wrong. Thank God there are good honest Americans like me on there giving my unfiltered and unbiased opinions I loved this movie but I am notorious for liking terrible movies and TV shows. An absolute star-studded cast. Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, the Waitress and unfunny Kate McKinnon who sucked in this movie like she has in every role so far. I like Kristen Wiig, she's been in some bad movies but this was not one of them. This might have been her best role yet, she killed it. Also, Owen Wilson as the villain?! Hook it to my veins. Jason Sudeikis was probably only in like 15 minutes of this movie but every second of it was great. Zach Galifianakis played his normal quirky weird self and was perfect for this role. This movie had everything, comedy, action, romance, drama, suspense, you name it. I won't give away too many spoilers because everyone should see this movie. 10 outta 10 would recommend to a friend.

So I Guess This Means Crime Does Eventually Pay Yeah?? 2-Million Unaccounted For & A Movie-Consultant Role Reenacting Your Own Foolish Behaviour. There Are Some On-Point Comic Moments But The Dynamic Of Cast Chemistry Feels All A Bit Like An Extended SNL-Skit. Luckily The Shortish Run-Time Keeps It Going To The End Strongly. It Was Worth Watching From A True-Story Of Stupidity Aspect, But Nothing To Rave On About. So I'll Leave It At That. :-)

This film is like the Saturday night live version of a true story that is a bit funny to start with. The DVD extras had the true story told by the thief and the FBI. The whole film is uniformly crazy acted with total lack of serious. The filmmakers mostly exaggerated what happened in real life but they continued the story differently than reality at the point where the thief was to be killed by the mastermind. It was the second biggest heist of the USA history. The redhead thief actually sounds and looks a lot like a friend of mine. Funny.