Mystery Men is a sporadically entertaining superhero comedy that gets a big boost from some engaging performances from Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Claire Forlani, and Greg Kinnear.

Kinnear is Captain Amazing--the city's greatest corporate sponsored superhero. When kidnapped by the ruthless Casanova Frankenstein, a band of wannabe superheroes attempt to rescue him.

The film has a terrific look and some wonderful gags, but it's just not consistent. It has a hard time deciding if it wants to be an all-out slapstick comedy or a superhero satire. Also, at a running time of two hours, the film is definitely much too long.

However, Mystery Men does have its moments and it also offers the big screen return of Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman).