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Masterminds
The life of an ordinary van driver, David Ghantt, who has a boring life, as he has the same day over and over, so driving by his dream of getting rid of such boring and has an adventure life, has been changes, as he decides to take part in the biggest robbery ever, as he falls in love with Killy Campbel, who inspires him to change his life, as he wants to win her heart, but her love brings terrible for him, as he involved in the robbery.
19 July 1951, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
11 January 1977, New York City, New York, USA
July 17, 1982 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA
September 30, 2016
The subtext is all about class dispossession, but a movie in which a character is stupid enough to propose a big-time bank robbery so that his gang can make it into the news ("the big show") is pushing it.
September 30, 2016
Masterminds finds plenty of targets for its satirical jabs and lets them all off the hook.
December 09, 2016
A comedy with a fairly linear structure in its plot and that entertains with good gags. [Full review in Spanish]
January 01, 2017
There's some punchy play with comic timing and scattershot laughs, but the movie's too skittish, misfires in a hitman-subplot, and can't make us treasure its Most Wanted Dopes.
January 17, 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]
September 30, 2016
Hess dives deeply into the ass crack of suburban North Carolina, finding lowbrow caricature courtesy his two wonderfully shameless lead actors, Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig.
December 31, 2016
All of these actors and filmmakers will do better work in the future, but Masterminds won't be on the top of anyone's résumé.
September 30, 2016
The movie has been on ice awaiting release for over a year, owing to the bankruptcy of its studio. But some of the jokes were moldy long before that happened. Masterminds owes us our two hours back.
September 30, 2016
What Masterminds lacks in sharp one-liners it more than makes up for in ridiculous slapstick.
October 05, 2016
It's just smart people acting like dumb people in a dumb movie.
February 21, 2017
Not every gag lands, but those that do make this broad yet lovable schlub of a comedy worth a $3.99 online stream.