Bandits (2001) Critic Reviews
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As for Billy Bob, they all steal the money, but he steals the show.Read the full review
An amusing tale of larceny triumphant, Bandits is an entertainment with a rogue's imagination.Read the full review
Almost every scene has something to chuckle over.Read the full review
The main reason to see Bandits is celebrity actors riffing with each other. That's not a bad reason, though. These two actors are also skillful comedians.Read the full review
It's a rare romantic comedy/road picture that's not only flat-out funny, but also presents complex and well-developed characters.Read the full review
Taken as a whole, Bandits is a success, a two-hour entertainment that floats along, stumbling into various genres, discovering its moments.Read the full review
The disparate but highly skilled leading trio of Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett keeps this road movie engaging even when it veers giddily onto the shoulder.Read the full review
Isn't awful, but neither is it the tangy entertainment it could have been.Read the full review
Levinson must think he's on safe ground morally by keeping Bandits bloodless, as if the absence of carnage somehow makes kidnapping and armed robbery wholesome.Read the full review
Guilty of behaving like a petty thievery corporation; it steals from so many other sources that we're forced to realize that it has little of its own to offer. As such, it can't help but fail to meet expectations, given the talents involved.Read the full review
