The Specials (2000)

• Year: 2000
• Released: 18 Sep 2000
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181836/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_specials
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• Available in: 720p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
• Runtime: 82 min
• Writer: James Gunn
• Director: Craig Mazin
• Cast: Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Paget Brewster
• Keywords: superhero,

	5.7/10
	38/100
	82% – Critics
	83% – Audience

The Specials Storyline

America’s 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members’ extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.—

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(One way that) a superhero film just oughta be

One way a superhero film ought to be is Blade. Or maybe X-Men. Where it’s pretty much animation, but they shell out the money for Halle Berry’s body as well as her voice. And most of it is just watching Wesley Snipes put on sunglasses and then hit people. It’s nifty, and, frankly, worth the $8 to see.

The Specials is the other way. Nobody paid $8 to see it, but now, we all ought to be shelling out $20 for a DVD (or $16.99, and spend the change on some fried chicken. And a can of beer).

A mockumentary on a mediocre superhero team, the Specials is great ’cause the fight scenes are verbal. And there aren’t any sunglasses. Good soundtrack through. It’s absolutely cheeky and self-deprecatory, and shows that superheros are like ordinary people. But crazier.

Just a pleasure to watch. Very clever, with absolutely genius performances by The Weevil (Rob Lowe) and Deadly Girl (someone I don’t know, but really ought to. She was fantastic). I even teared up a tiny bit. Kinda. In a manly way.

A brilliant idea well-played

From the people who brought us “Free Enterprise”, “The Specials” is clearly made by the same caliber of geek, but this time it dives into the fantasy. The conceit of this film is pure genius: make a superhero movie in which there are no battles, and nobody uses their powers; just focus on their personal lives and interpersonal conflicts, and play it mostly for laughs. I’ve seen several reviews here for whom that itself is the complaint. Let them go back to watching “Spawn”. Those of you who are able to see the potential in the concept are in for a treat.

Going in, I’d only heard of Rob Lowe and Thomas Haden Church, both of whom are excellent. The surprise is that the rest of the cast keeps step all the way. They all understand the joke here, which is that they are not in on the joke. They’re funny by way of taking it utterly seriously. This is not the “Airplane” of superhero movies. These people are completely serious about their past exploits and their powers, which we glimpse only briefly, and hear of in conversation.

The movie’s length is perfect. It clocks in at under 80 minutes, disappearing long before the idea becomes tired or overused. I actually wanted to see more, which is far preferable to wishing it were over sooner. I could actually see a TV series based on this concept.

7 out of 10.

Just like Batman & Robin, except funny on purpose.

The specials is nothing short of brilliant. The comedy is wonderful, with a nice Clerk’s style hard edge to most of it. The characters well realized, and the superhero world is taken to a logical, and never used before conclusion. Most importantly though, is the fact that the film has real heart, and characters you want to see more of. Special indeed.