Mascots
Netflix | Release Date: October 13, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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12
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80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 12, 2016
Sometimes Guest’s films stray into snobbery against flyover country, but Mascots mostly avoids that. It hides its toxic warfare under a furry guise. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthSep 17, 2016
Guest isn’t fixing what isn’t broke, but after so long between movies, and with many more people tackling the style, it does leave Mascots at times feeling a bit overfamiliar. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganOct 6, 2016
If you’re a Guest devotee, you’ll be in the stands cheering; otherwise, Mascots feels like a bit of a retread. Read full review
67
ConsequenceSarah KurchakSep 17, 2016
It might be a lesser addition to the Guest oeuvre, but it’s a welcome one nonetheless Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 13, 2016
Both the sweetest and the funniest performer is Love and Friendship’s Tom Bennett, endearingly innocent and dreadfully coiffed as a third-generation British hedgehog gently upgrading from his dad’s tired routines. Read full review
60
SlateDan KoisOct 13, 2016
It’s offbeat and refreshing nonetheless. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 12, 2016
Although Mascots is neither as funny nor as satirically acute as its forerunner, it would be churlish to complain too loudly. And the sharpest verbal jokes in the screenplay by Mr. Guest and the actor and writer Jim Piddock are as inspired as ever. Mr. Guest’s gift for the archly comedic mot juste is undiminished. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonSep 17, 2016
The gentle tone and disjointed sketch-show structure here will appeal to long-standing fans, but Mascots wins no prizes for innovation or progression. The jokes are uneven, the caricatures often overly broad and the plot almost nonexistent. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonSep 17, 2016
There are plenty of solid laughs in Mascots — everything from jokes about furries to throwaway bits involving obscure cable channels — but what’s disappointing is that there’s not a great overr-iding idea that ties all the gags together. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerSep 17, 2016
There are an obscene number of funny people in this movie — though Mascots is not as obscenely funny as that Murderers’ Row of comedy talent would suggest. Read full review
60
CineVueBen NicholsonSep 17, 2016
This is the fourth instalment in the Guest mockumentary 'canon' and it's evidence that the format has now solidified into a template that needs refreshing, as much gentle enjoyment as it might bring. Read full review
51
The VergeTasha RobinsonSep 17, 2016
While it's admirable that Guest is enthusiastically rooting for his characters, there's nothing particularly funny about it. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaOct 13, 2016
As hard as it is to admit, Guest’s once-incisive satirical bite has grown dull in its familiarity. He doesn’t seem to be having as much fun here and neither are we. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 12, 2016
The only thing Mascots has to be is laugh-out-loud funny, and yet, most of the time, the only things it elicits are reflexive chuckles and a sense of creeping boredom. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 12, 2016
Unfortunately, this improvised film (Guest’s actors work off a detailed outline) contains the occasional titter but few guffaws. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 17, 2016
It lopes along, merrily but a bit slack, always reminding you of the earlier Guest films, and then it works up a bit of a fizz in the competition. Read full review
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