Shooting Fish Critic Reviews
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Though the script never makes a convincing case for the lads as '90s Robin Hoods, it's restlessly inventive, with a pleasant, rather than rib-cracking, humor and likable touch of naivete. Read the full review
As a cute diversion, it's a pleasant, painless, wonderfully forgettable surprise. Read the full review
Not as inspired or amusing as it might be, leans heavily on the considerable charm of its three young and attractive principals. Their charisma and the film's larky spirit, English locales and elaborate cons might be just enough to divert easily satisfied date-night audiences. Read the full review
Wafer-thin, content-light, structure-wobbly, and whimsy-heavy.Read the full review
This aggressively whimsical fairy tale about a pair of grown-up orphans who rob from the rich to give to the poor (themselves!) and end up living happily ever after darts forward so quickly that several major plot turns are dispensed with in 10 or 15 seconds of babble. Read the full review
The film is preposterous to the point of distraction, where the necessary level of suspension of disbelief exceeds the capacity of a normal, thinking person. Read the full review
Aspires to the breezy esprit of a Richard Lester comedy from the '60s, but it's a deadly, leaden affair. Read the full review