Synopsis
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
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Cast
- Woody AllenRay
- Tracey UllmanFrenchy
- Michael RapaportDenny
- Tony DarrowTommy
- Jon LovitzBenny
- Hugh GrantDavid
- Elaine MayMay
- Sam JosepherReal Estate Agent
- Lawrence Howard LevyDynamite Dealer
- Brian MarkinsonCop
Recommendations
- 90
Film.com
This is vintage Allen, his powers intact after a string of increasingly cranky, creaky films in the last few years. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Handsome as all Allen films are, and it proceeds with the brisk, sophisticated air of throwaway confidence and lack of pretense that we expect from the contemporary master of grown-up comedy. - 88
Christian Science Monitor
The plot is lively and the dialogue packs many good laughs. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Dumb as they (allegedly) are, the characters in Small Time Crooks are smarter, edgier and more original than the dreary crowd in so many new comedies. - 75
Boston Globe
It's the kind of movie you can settle into, secure in the expectation that you can steal from it more than a little vintage Allen fun. - 70
Film.com
Feels like a first draft, in need of toning, pruning, and a little old-fashioned discipline. As an outline, the picture is full of possibilities. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
For all its wispy fun, Small Time Crooks still tilts, with little-guy stubbornness, at windmills in Allen's mind. - 67
Portland Oregonian
Ullman and May make something intermittently memorable of an otherwise minor film.
