Review of Mascots (2016) by Ethan L — 12 Oct 2016

I wanted to like this as I'm a HUGE Christopher Guest fan. Unfortunately his style is hit or miss and this one is a miss.

This review of Mascots (2016) was written by Ethan L on 12 Oct 2016.

Mascots has generally received mixed reviews.

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This is far from the great work by Guest and this and For your consideration lack the strength that those films had…

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