The Mastermind fingerprintStrong craft, a touch of humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, the mind, and history
Standout characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Mastermind is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Emotionally, it's melancholic, moving, and nostalgic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, the mind, and history
Its world is built around crime, the mind, and history.
Standout characters
The characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Mastermind is included with a subscription to MUBI in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69/100 (IMDb 6.2, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 80). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 50 min
The Mastermind runs 1 h 50 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Mastermind higher (85) than audiences (53). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.1 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French. Produced in United Kingdom, United States.
+120GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Mastermind in 134 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 7 storytelling tropes for The Mastermind, including The '70s, Irony, Stupid Crooks.
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