2007
Rated: R for pervasive language, some graphic sexual images and brief violence.
Genre: Action Crime
Directed By: Jason Carvey
Running Time: 1:33
Review by: Momar Van Der Camp
Review Date: 11/27/08
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There wasn't much good, if any, in this film. It was a sad excuse at comedy, bank heist films, and just about everything else about it was sad and obnoxious.

The acting was over-the-top and laughable, especially from the three main leads: John Krasinki (who is usually so great in the office), Andrew Keegan, and Lacey Chabert. Throw in Dean Edwards, and you're just wasting celluloid.

That might be a little cruel, but it is. Nothing comes off convincing in this film. Not the heist itself. Not the dramatic bits between actors discussing the happenings in their world or even when they are sitting in front of a television or when they are at a bar acting like fools together. It's not convincing. And what's worse? Andrew Keegan should be able to play a man in love with Lacey Chabert, but it all just comes off as the same style of acting he tried to perfect back in 10 Things I Hate About You: smoldering asshole. He's got asshole down, but it comes with giant douche abilities these days.

Krasinki is laughable, especially in the last scene with the bandana and the cigarette. Nothing about him exudes leading man, nothing about him screams put the camera on me all the time, and this film just goes to show that Leatherheads was not a mistake. He probably might never be a leading man in Hollywood, and that's okay, so long as he sticks to The Office.

The movie as a whole is one of those weird trying to be quirky and kitschy, when in reality, it fails miserably. And what's worse, it points to movies already better than it is in some of the opening scenes when Krasinki attempts to watch films like Reservoir Dogs or Dog Day Afternoon for inspiration. It doesn't work. It just fails. Miserably.

You may like this film if you're still holding onto a crush you had on Andrew Keegan growing up, or if you currently suffer from John Krasinki-itis. But it's doubtful. It takes what could be a great premise and generally is (bank heist) and turns it into low budget sad sack comedy fare that tries way too hard to be consequential and deep. That's the summary. The final word is it's trying to be deep and you can see through it a mile away.

 

 

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