Mascots (2016 film)
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| Directed by | Christopher Guest |
| Produced by | Karen Murphy |
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Jane Lynch Parker Posey Christopher Guest Fred Willard Ed Begley, Jr. Christopher Moynihan Don Lake Zach Woods Chris O'Dowd Bob Balaban Jennifer Coolidge Michael Hitchcock John Michael Higgins Jim Piddock Maria Blasucci |
| Music by | Jeffery C.J. Vanston |
| Cinematography | Kris Kachikis |
| Edited by | Andrew Dickler |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mascots is a 2016 mockumentary from Christopher Guest that premiered on Netflix on October 13, 2016, featuring Guest, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Zach Woods, Chris O'Dowd, Bob Balaban, and Jennifer Coolidge.
Several sports mascots compete for the World Mascot Association championship's Gold Fluffy Award.
Netflix announced on August 11, 2015 that it would be released on the streaming service in 2016. It was reported on August 26, 2015 that previous Guest collaborators Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, John Michael Higgins, Jennifer Coolidge, Bob Balaban, and Chris O'Dowd were in negotiations to join the film. It screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Mascots received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 54%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 57 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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