{"id":887,"date":"2016-10-06T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2025-03-15T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T07:19:24","slug":"masterminds-wacky-moments-are-indeed-needed-sometimes-in-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/06\/masterminds-wacky-moments-are-indeed-needed-sometimes-in-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterminds &#8230; wacky moments are indeed needed sometimes in cinema!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When my friends recently suggested watching <em>Masterminds<\/em>, the first thing I did\u2014like always\u2014was check the ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Unsurprisingly, the reviews were less than favorable, with Rotten Tomatoes being particularly harsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, my expectations were quite low. I wasn\u2019t expecting anything on the level of Leslie Nielsen in <em>The Naked Gun<\/em> series or Peter Sellers in <em>The Pink Panther<\/em> films\u2014after all, those two were masters of physical comedy. But let\u2019s not forget the fundamental purpose of comedy: to make us laugh, even if it\u2019s through absurd and silly moments. And that\u2019s exactly what <em>Masterminds<\/em> delivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, this film may not appeal to fans of Chaplin, Laurel &amp; Hardy, Jacques Tati, Sellers, or Nielsen. It certainly doesn\u2019t boast the artistic depth of classic cinema. However, if a movie keeps making you laugh out loud, it deserves some credit. Sometimes, wacky, over-the-top humor is exactly what we need to escape, even for a little while, from the stresses of today and the worries of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you\u2019re looking for a fun, mindless comedy to help you unwind, <em>Masterminds<\/em> is worth a watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my friends recently suggested watching Masterminds, the first thing I did\u2014like always\u2014was check the ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Unsurprisingly, the reviews were less than favorable, with Rotten Tomatoes being particularly harsh. To be honest, my expectations were quite low. I wasn\u2019t expecting anything on the level of Leslie Nielsen in The Naked<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/06\/masterminds-wacky-moments-are-indeed-needed-sometimes-in-cinema\/\" class=\"link-btn theme-btn\"><span>Read More <\/span> <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[66,35],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","tag-films","tag-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/masterminds.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ask-the-razz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}