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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 18, 2021

It's a rather surprising, amusing mix of playful goofiness and crass grotesqueries.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

The film is plagued with bad jokes that are trying way too hard to make you laugh. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2020

The long-delayed new film from director Jared Hess turns out to be a surprisingly moving love story couched in a bizarre heist film that had me laughing at some truly dark and twisted behavior.

| Apr 28, 2020

The gags are there, they are all good ideas on paper, and all are executed with aplomb by an incredible cast. Yet somehow they just don't work, even when they do. Which they don't. Unless you want them to, in which case they might. Ya know?

| Mar 31, 2020

...a watchable yet awfully forgettable comedy...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 10, 2019

Masterminds isn't a total dud. Yes, it has its share of warts, but some of its faults are concealed nicely by a fun premise and a talented cast led by Zach Galifinakis, Kristin Wiig and Owen Wilson.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2019

If you love dumb movies about nothing then you will enjoy this film. If you expect comedies to have some sort of substance and actual funny actors, then you will not want to spend your money on this.

| Nov 13, 2018

It's a surprising piece of comedy filmmaking featuring a talented cast working at the top of their game.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 1, 2018

Painfully unfunny comedy that lacks every sense of wit, charm, and most of all competent filmmaking that should've stayed unreleased.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Aug 30, 2018

Where it fails is the characters. Attempting to strike a balance between warmth and the grotesque, I am here to tell you that the scales tip very, very far into the grotesque.

| Aug 23, 2018

While Nacho Libre and Napoleon Dynamite have a certain charm and were made with a passion for filmmaking, Masterminds seems more like a movie that was made with a passion for making money.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 23, 2018

Zach Galifianakis turns a public swimming pool brown after eating a Super Taco somewhere from a local stand in Mexico. With jokes like that, how can this movie possibly be a failure?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 5, 2017

If you're in a mood for some weekend cheer, Masterminds could do it for you.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 2017

It doesn't have great dialogue or memorable set pieces, but within the confines of its setup it comes up with enough madness to please the average idiot-comedy buff

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2017

At its best, the movie feels like an extended skit, but the script feels witless and is far too focused on moving along the convoluted plot.

| Aug 21, 2017

This is a film made for a specific audience whose members delighted in the anachronistic eccentricities of Hess' past films. If you found those tedious or too outrageous, this isn't for you.

| Original Score: C | Aug 14, 2017

Not every gag lands, but those that do make this broad yet lovable schlub of a comedy worth a $3.99 online stream.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 21, 2017

As a throwaway Friday night pizza time killer, this redneck comedy is a funny enough caper lark. Apparently based on a true story.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 24, 2017

A comedy that is entertaining thanks to its interpreters, but it ends up being more effective in its social analysis between white aristocracy and the new rich. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 17, 2017