Mascots

Mascots Information

Mascots is a 2016 mockumentary from Christopher Guest that premiered on Netflix on October 13, 2016, featuring Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Zach Woods, Chris O'Dowd, Bob Balaban, and Jennifer Coolidge.

Guest has a small role as "Corky St. Clair", a role he first played in Waiting For Guffman. Posey, Willard, Lake, and Balaban also appeared in Guffman, but play different roles in this film.

Plot

Several sports mascots compete for the World Mascot Association championship's Gold Fluffy Award.

Cast

Jane Lynch as Gabby Monkhouse
Parker Posey as Cindi Babineaux
Christopher Guest as Corky St. Clair
Fred Willard as Greg Gammons, Jr.
Ed Begley Jr. as A.J. Blumquist
Christopher Moynihan as Phil Mayhew
Don Lake as Buddy Campbell
Brad Williams as Ron 'The Worm' Trippman
Zach Woods as Mike Murray
Chris O'Dowd as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
Susan Yeagley as Laci Babineaux
Tom Bennett as Owen Golly, Jr.
Kerry Godliman as Sarah Golly
Bob Balaban as Sol Lumpkin
Jennifer Coolidge as Jolene Lumpkin
Michael Hitchcock as Langston Aubrey
Maria Blasucci as Jessica Mundt
John Michael Higgins as Upton French
Jim Piddock as Owen Golly Sr.
Kathreen Khavari as Bosphorus Cooper
Oscar Nunez as Cesar Hidalgo
Sarah Baker as Mindy Murray
Harry Shearer as Competition Announcer

Production

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.

Reception

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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