Shooting Fish Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Joshua KleinAdd Critic to Favorites

As a cute diversion, it's a pleasant, painless, wonderfully forgettable surprise. Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Wafer-thin, content-light, structure-wobbly, and whimsy-heavy.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

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

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

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

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Aspires to the breezy esprit of a Richard Lester comedy from the '60s, but it's a deadly, leaden affair. Read the full review

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