57
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfSometimes Guest’s films stray into snobbery against flyover country, but Mascots mostly avoids that. It hides its toxic warfare under a furry guise.
- 75The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthGuest 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.
- 67ConsequenceSarah KurchakConsequenceSarah KurchakIt might be a lesser addition to the Guest oeuvre, but it’s a welcome one nonetheless
- If you’re a Guest devotee, you’ll be in the stands cheering; otherwise, Mascots feels like a bit of a retread.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonThis 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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe 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.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThere 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.
- 60ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThere 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.
- 51The VergeTasha RobinsonThe VergeTasha RobinsonWhile it's admirable that Guest is enthusiastically rooting for his characters, there's nothing particularly funny about it.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIt 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.