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On the surface The Specials looks like a sitcom version of Mystery Men with a droller sense of humor ("Remember the time we caught and drained the Blister?"). The sly script drops the misfit bunch into a suburban world where superheroes are just another part of the media and marketing landscape. First-time director Craig Mazin is a little clumsy putting it all together and perhaps too effectively captures the bland, everyday-ness of the setting, but he tweaks familiar clichés with straight-faced absurdity. The underplayed performances and deadpan gags soon catch up to the concept, and by the end it emerges as the funniest, smartest superhero parody in ages. --Sean Axmaker
| ACTORS: | Paget Brewster, Thomas Haden Church, Rob Lowe |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Craig Mazin |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Pioneer Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 013023151895 |
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Customer Reviews of The Specials
The Special's is a direct to video gem!!!! I'm a big fan of comic books and being a fan usually means that I watch every super hero movie to come out of the woodworks. They usually range from great (Batman, Rocketeer, & X-men) to not so great (Batman & Robin, Captain America, & Spawn). I picked up the Specials without hearing anything about it and only seeing one preview. What a pleasant surprise this movie is, and funny as hell too. The Specials is about the 6th or 7th biggest super hero team and how they deal with only fighting bad guys about 10 times a year. The film deals with each member of the team and all their bickering that encompasses being one of the specials. As the film progresses the team is targeted by a toy company that wants to create action figures of them. The movie is very low budget so there is no huge super hero battles but this movie is not about that. The Specials although not as good as Mystery men could easily stand as a good companion piece to this equally great movie . Thomas Haden Church, Rob Lowe, & Jamie Kennedy throw in great performances as these twisted heros. I can only imagine that this movie was buried because of the dismal box office grosses of Mystery Men. If your a fan of the Tick or you always wondered what super heros do when their not fighting crime pick this movie up and watch it but make sure you keep the restraints of the budget in mind and you'll be pleasantly surprised like I was.
In Spinal Tap's League, but wish they had a budget
This isn't a film for everyone: if you grew up reading comic books and you like Spinal Tap or the underplayed style of British humor, you'll laugh your tuckus off. Like 'Free Enterprise' by the same company, this film is fun if you don't get the endless comicbook in-jokes, a scream if you do. However, if you're looking for splashy fight scenes, special effects or American-style (some might say "infantile") humor, you'll be sorely disappointed. (Watch Mystery Men instead.)
I do wish they had a bit more of a budget; the documentary/drama style of the film seems to be building towards a climactic superhero battle that never happens. The script is so skillfully-written otherwise I suspect the climactic scene was written but cut for budget reasons.
So keep the "no superheroic payoff" in mind, fill your living room with comic book geeks some night and otaku mightily.
Best Thomas Haden Church Movie --- EVER!
For anybody just becoming a fan of Thomas Haden Church, I'd advise you to see this movie.
This is Thomas at his best (also, it was before his brunette period! - if you don't believe me, see that new episode of "Lucky" called 'The Method' that he was in. He's USUALLY a blonde).
I like almost every character in this movie and there is never a dull moment!
You'll find yourself quoting the scene where they discuss the action figure celebration in the boardroom, which turns into an arguement
about Amok's actions.
The Great Strobe needs his own comic book. Badly. Just as long as Archie Comics and Ken Penders aren't involved.
I have another suggestion to new Thomas Haden Church fans, avoid "Susan's Plan... Dying to Get Rich" and "3000 Miles to Graceland".
Both movies are bad and... I hate that hairdresser chick in SP:DTGR. She's just scary.