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Small Time Crooks (2000) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 22,740 users
Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 185 user | 123 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Candy Salesperson
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Frenchy
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Denny
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Tommy
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Dynamite Dealer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Cookie Store Customer
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Dishwasher and small-fry criminal Ray hits on a plan with his partners in crime to re-open a local pizza place and dig through to the bank down the street. As his wife can't cook pizza but does great cookies, that's what they sell. While the no-hope tunnellers get lost underground, the cookie operation really takes off and the team find themselves rich business people. But the other local money isn't quite ready to accept them. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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crook | safecracker | harp | written and directed by cast member | screwball |Taglines:
They took a bite out of crime. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 May 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Woody Allen Spring Project 1999 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$18,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£184,548 (UK) (1 December 2000)Gross:
ESP 477,699,084 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Jesse Levy
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Frenchy: Well I wanna be the real thing! and you better wise up coz if grow and you stay as stupid as you are we're gonna have big problems Ray!See more »
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"Sarabande From the Suite #2 for Solo violoncello In D Minor"Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Jesse Levy
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I doubt if many people share this sentiment, but this is my favorite Woody Allen movie simply because it does what Allen usually sets out to do: makes me laugh. I'm not a big fan of Allen's films but he and Tracey Ullman make a great pair in this 95-minute farce. Ullman has to be one of the most talented ladies to never achieve real movie stardom. She matches Allen laugh-for-laugh in here and, in some respects, even steals the show.
Other than Allen's penchant for using the Lord's name in vain, this has a real classic-film feel to it, one of those old bickering spouse films but with more modern-day humor. Allen and Ullman trade some very funny insults, and there are many of these quality gags. Ullman is just plain hilarious as the bimbo-like "Frenchy."
Add a gigolo (Hugh Grant), a couple of inept crooks, a couple of old-time Elaine favorites, Strich and May, and a pretty funny premise and you have some good entertainment and an underrated Allen film.