Synopsis
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
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Cast
- William H. MacyRiley
- Isaiah WashingtonLeon
- Sam RockwellPero
- Michael JeterToto
- Luis GuzmánCosimo
- John Buck Jr.Old Man in Prison
- Patricia ClarksonRosalind
- Andy DavoliBasil
- Brett C. LeonardMickey
- Frank O'DonnellPriest
Recommendations
- 75
Christian Science Monitor
The farce is energetically written, breezily acted, and never quite as dumb as the lunkheads it's about. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Filled with a sweet, loopy sensibility and some fresh comic turns, Welcome to Collinwood is a low-budget American film that falls into the good-but-slight category. - 75
Baltimore Sun
Clearly a spiritual descendant of the old Looney Toons cartoons; it's not hard to imagine Daffy, Bugs, Porky and their pals in the starring roles here. And that's a cinematic pedigree worth cherishing. - 70
Los Angeles Times
There isn't much else to the film beyond slapstick antics and professional gloss, but the results are diverting enough, in great measure because it's essentially a scene-by-scene remake Mario Monicelli's 1958 satire, "Big Deal on Madonna Street." - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Populated by a great ensemble cast and oozing a grubby sort of charm. - 63
New York Post
Doesn't have the polish of "Ocean's Eleven" - but it does have George Clooney. - 60
Washington Post
This ensemble comedy has its inventively funny moments. But ultimately, it gets a little too cute for its own good. - 60
Chicago Reader
The climactic sight gag is lifted from Monicelli's movie like a diamond from a jeweler's window.
