Masterminds is
a movie I’d like to forget I saw. It wasn’t just a waste of time but also a
waste of effort on the part of the writers, producers, and director.
I don’t believe
Zach Galifianakis’s style of comedy is worthy of a full-length film where he
stars as the lead. I enjoyed his part in his breakthrough movie, The
Hangover (2009). There, he wasn’t the lead or the main character
but part of a pack, and his dumbness was enjoyable as it played to the movie’s
strength. Here, his dumbness is overly pronounced on screen, drowning out any
possibility of overlooking it.
Since The
Hangover (2009), I’ve struggled to warm up to Zach’s style of
comedy, where he plays a dumb character in serious situations.
Backing him up
in this movie are Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon—all of whom
added to the waste of time I felt watching this movie. None of these characters
delivered a memorable performance or even one worth noting as standing out.
In addition to
these, there’s Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis. You’d think with all these
actors, there’d be at least one scene where they delivered or made me laugh
hard, but no such moment existed.
The cast of the
movie may be well-known names in comedy, but the comedy in this movie is dull.
The moment the jokes show up, you start to smile, and by the time they land,
your smile is gone. The movie couldn’t drive home a single scene of laughter.
The characters were over-the-top silly, and the plot wasn’t strong, as the
story was wacky. If you add those two together, we have a wacky movie with
extremely silly characters, making sure you regret every minute spent watching
it.
The movie plot
centers around David (Zach Galifianakis), a guard at an armored car company.
He’s set to get married but has the hots for his co-driver, Kelly (Kristen
Wiig). Kelly always fantasized about stealing the money they transport, though
she never intended to go through with it.
She resigned from her job due to lack of fulfillment, got a less fulfilling
job, and was depressed when her brother-in-law, Steve (Owen Wilson), convinced
her to use her connections to pull off a robbery of the armored truck company.
She recalled
David, whom she knew had feelings for her, and decided to play on those
feelings. With Steve’s help, they convinced David to rob his company (which he
did), bring the money to them, and run away to Mexico until the coast was
clear, at which point Kelly would join him.
Steve and Kelly
turned on him, though Kelly felt guilty about it, and Steve ratted David out to
the cops.
Well, you’d have
to see the movie to see how it all went down—though I strongly advise you not
to.
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