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There's nothing like a good robbery... to bring a family together.Plot:
Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Disappointingly flat comedy... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Connery | ... | Jessie McMullen | |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Vito McMullen | |
| Matthew Broderick | ... | Adam McMullen | |
| Rosanna DeSoto | ... | Elaine (as Rosana DeSoto) | |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Margie, Waitress at Dohenys | |
| Victoria Jackson | ... | Christine, Adam's Girl | |
| Bill McCutcheon | ... | Danny Doheny, Bar Owner | |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Michele Dempsey, Adam's Lawyer | |
| Marilyn Cooper | ... | Rose Gruden, Elaine's Mother | |
| Salem Ludwig | ... | Nat Gruden, Elaine's Dad | |
| Rex Everhart | ... | Ray Garvey, Jessie's Lawyer | |
| James Tolkan | ... | Judge in 2nd Trial (as James S. Tolkan) | |
| Marilyn Sokol | ... | Marie, Vitel Meat Bookeeper | |
| Thomas A. Carlin | ... | Neary the Undertaker | |
| Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Phil, Selling Things That Fell Off a Truck |
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Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Australia:MMOVIEmeter: 
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Revealing mistakes: When Jessie McMullen confronts Jimmy Chiu in his car, he calls him by his real name (Wong). moreQuotes:
Jessie: Come on. Let's pay our respects to the grieving widow before she falls flat on her face, drunk. moreFAQ
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In this disappointingly recycled, dry and surprisingly unfunny comedy, a tri-generation family of males (Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick) with problems of their own mix paths in crime. Broderick is the grandson who wants to help his granddad pull off the heist. Hoffman works in-between as the worrier who knows exactly what's going to happen to his son. And it does.
Too bad Lumet never stopped to insert any laughs in this dry comedy with a top-notch cast that just barely manages to make it worth watching on television.
Just barely.
Don't go out of your way for this one.
2.5/5 stars
- John Ulmer