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Masterminds

Play trailer 2:14 Poster for Masterminds PG-13 Released Sep 30, 2016 1h 35m Comedy Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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An armored-car driver (Zach Galifianakis) helps a flirty co-worker (Kristen Wiig) and her friends pull off a heist, then finds himself holding the bag after they double-cross him.
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Masterminds' great cast and stranger-than-fiction true story are largely wasted on a scattershot comedy with a handful of funny moments and far too much wackiness.

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Steve Davis Austin Chronicle Galifianakis' cluelessness can tickle, but he's having a progressively difficult time making things feel fresh. Rated: 2/5 Oct 6, 2016 Full Review Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader It's just smart people acting like dumb people in a dumb movie. Rated: 0/5 Oct 5, 2016 Full Review Jordan Hoffman Guardian A tooth extraction without painkillers would have been far more enjoyable. Rated: 1/5 Oct 1, 2016 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nobody would ever mistake Masterminds for a good movie ... but it would be criminal to deny the huge laughs strewn throughout, sneakily exploding like depth charges at random intervals. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's a rather surprising, amusing mix of playful goofiness and crass grotesqueries. Rated: 6/10 Dec 5, 2020 Full Review Ricardo Gallegos Pólvora The film is plagued with bad jokes that are trying way too hard to make you laugh. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 28, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Will this win an Oscar? Nope...is it a nice silly way of watching a movie? Yep...and Kristen Wiig is as usual...simply gorgeous Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Jace E The first thirty minutes of Masterminds are top-notch comedy. Full of surprising dialogue and deadpan delivery, the first act had me clutching my sides in laughter. Unfortunately, the rest of the film (post-heist) is fairly average. The pacing is clumsy and the characters lose their spark. That being said, every scene with Kate McKinnon is comedy gold. I know that I will be quoting the first thirty minutes of this film for days. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review angela g masterminds is a really great biopic comedy watch this movie Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/24 Full Review Audience Member Uma comédia muito engraçada, principalmente depois de saber que foi baseada em fatos reais. Zach é um ator que pessoalmente me agrada muito em comédias. Por mais bobo que o filme seja, é divertido atuação: 2 imagem: 1,5 enredo: 2 experiência pessoal: 1,25 TOTAL: 6,75 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/24 Full Review Richard M Ducks in a row bring us closer to death, of a… …Alrigh, alrigh… To Kill A Mockingbird..but the soundtrack. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review Nitrox x Funny, but extremely cheesy. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Kate McKinnon as Jandice in "Masterminds." (L-R) Kristen Wiig as Kelly and Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt in "Masterminds." (L-R) Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt and Kristen Wiig as Kelly in "Masterminds." (L-R) Owen Wilson as Steve and Mary Elizabeth as Ellis as Michelle in "Masterminds." (L-R) Jon Daly as Dective and Leslie Jones as Dective in "Masterminds." Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt in "Masterminds." (L-R) Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt and Kristen Wiig as Kelly in "Masterminds." Jason Sudeikis as Mike McKinney in "Masterminds" (L-R) Kristen Wiig as Kelly and Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt in "Masterminds." (L-R) Zach Galifianakis as David Ghantt and Kristen Wiig as Kelly in "Masterminds." View more photos

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Synopsis An armored-car driver (Zach Galifianakis) helps a flirty co-worker (Kristen Wiig) and her friends pull off a heist, then finds himself holding the bag after they double-cross him.
Director
Jared Hess
Producer
Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Screenwriter
Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Emily Spivey
Distributor
Relativity Media
Production Co
Relativity Studios, Michaels/Goldwyn
Rating
PG-13 (Some Language|Crude and Sexual Humor|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.3M
Runtime
1h 35m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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