JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

SnoopyStyle There is a bank robber known as Hamlet working the area who quotes Shakespeare during his robberies. Four friends Buzz (Dean Cain), Teddy (Andy Dick), Billy (Sean Patrick Flanery), and Sol (Mitchell Whitfield) have come to pick up Jesse (Luke Wilson) from prison released after around 3 years. They are all dressed in tuxedos going to Jesse's wedding with Hope (Drew Barrymore). Billy is dropped off at the bank who turns out to be the masked bandit Hamlet. Then the rest of the guys go into the bank. They are surprised by Billy's bank robbery, and join in. Sheriff Phillips (Fred Ward) surrounds the group, and turns out to be Billy's dad.This is a poor copy of 'Dog Day Afternoon'. Billy is way too pathetic. The FBI is way too ridiculous. The other people in the group makes no sense. It's trying to be a quirky action comedy. Except that it's more stupid than funny. And it's a horrible idea to have Andy Dick who is hamming it up for the camera. I think the filmmakers are attempting at a Tarantino-like DDA movie but they don't have the skills to pull it off. It comes off as a weak homage to the great movie.

tweety_22488 I really like this movie. The actors fit the characters perfectly and the plot was unique. It would have been even more great to find out more about the characters but other than that i really enjoyed it. What was really fantastic is how all the friends were so different from each other but the fit so well. I can understand that this movie wasn't really deep, but life isn't always like that. The movie certainly took some surprising turns, well at least in the characters they were bringing into the plot. the overall feeling of the movie was really sentimental, dealing in the fact that these guys lives had been rough but they were still willing to go on, and the end really interesting if a little sad. But it just goes to show that some people don't go down without a fight.

vchimpanzee 'Hamlet' has robbed several banks. He wears a ski mask and quotes Shakespeare, and he gives part of his money to worthy causes, making him a 'Robin Hood' as well. His next target: Independence, population 9,998. And this time he has 'merry men'.Jesse is getting out of prison on the day he is supposed to marry Hope. He and four friends who meet him are all wearing tuxedos. Billy, the son of Independence's sheriff, tells them to go on to the church because he has to stop by the bank and get some money. The robber takes hostages, and eventually the FBI shows up, led by Agent Hoover ('no relation'), who wants things done his way, doesn't care who he hurts, and has no consideration for Sheriff Phillips, who resents the FBI's intrusion into his town.The situation is not as dangerous as it sounds, since the robbers are not only bumbling idiots but also quite friendly, considering they are holding guns on people. But that doesn't matter: eventually what started as a silly farce turns quite serious and violent. Funny moments still happen, but the second half of the movie has a different tone. At the end, an exciting chase involving a bus, a helicopter and beautiful mountain scenery make things a little more exciting.One performance stands out from the rest: Brad Dourif as a 'disgruntled Vietnam veteran' who has a screw loose and knows how to help the robbers. Dean Cain also does a pretty good job--tough, serious but occasionally showing traces of the Clark Kent personality. The former green beret has some serious moments with the other vet, discussing how the army mistreated them both, one of two ways the movie is given substance. Also, Billy, who has had a falling out with his father, gets a chance to make things right, though I won't say whether he succeeds. The Hamlet, whose identity I won't reveal, is more Jim Varney than Laurence Olivier, though both were Shakespearean trained. Mitchell Whitfield shows a take-charge attitude as a Jewish lawyer who has his own solution to the robbers' problem.It was good to start with, it went downhill, but it recovered.POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOLLOW:Hope arrived at the bank very angry, believing Jesse was involved (I won't say whether he was). But negotiations resulted in the couple getting a priest to come perform the ceremony. This was funny because the priest announced the bank was 'the house of God' and that because God was present, guns should be put down.The chase scene included an escape by some of the persons inside through the roof of the bus into the helicopter. Great stunt work. The bus later wrecked and rolled over and over.DEFINITE SPOILER:The priest had a gun in his Bible and the ceremony was never performed. This was one place where the movie got particularly violent, though it was funny in a couple of ways: one character's reaction to being shot, and the Jewish lawyer's pulling a gun on the 'priest'--he had less reason to respect the man, after all.

Edward Scissorhands Basically it's there in the subject. When I first rented this movie I thought "Oh sounds like it'll be a cute movie." Yes, I said "cute." So I took it home, put it in and let it play. What I got was a completely different experience than I was expecting, but very much welcome in the end. It's a movie about friendship, love, and ultimately sacrifice. While some of the cast may not be well known to the public, what I have seen most of them in as well as this movie, has been quite impressive. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has enjoyed such films as "Thursday," "Pulp Fiction," or even Michael Mann's "Heat." One of the best ensamble casts since the recent "Ocean's Eleven," check it out. I give it FOUR out of FIVE STARS.