Has anyone ever wondered if those museum guards strolling about master paintings get a chance to appreciate the art all around them? Well, that seems to be the case for three security men at a Boston fine arts institution. Roger Barlow, has fallen in love with a painting titled "The Lonely Maiden". Roger fantasizes about the picture during his tour of duty. Charles Peterson, another guard has also a favorite picture, one in which a woman and cats appear. A third museum guard, George McLendon's admiration for a classic sculpture brings him to the room where it is exhibited, getting naked in the process, imitating the way the young man depicted in the piece.
Their enjoyment of being close to their beloved works of art come to an end as they learn the museum is selling its collection to a Danish institution to make room for a change in the direction the curators want to bring to the gallery. Roger, Charles and George bond together to see what they can do to keep the beloved works back in Boston. The only possible way to deal with the problem is to steal the works and exchange them for well made fakes no one will notice. Roger has a problem though, his wife, Rose, a beautician, has been saving for a trip to Florida and she is determined to have her vacation with Roger at the crucial time when the men will be involved in the heist.
One wonders how a film sporting three Oscar winners could go directly into DVD. The culprit appears to be a financial problem that made the production company send it to oblivion without a commercial release. The film directed by Peter Hewitt, and based on a screenplay by Michael LeSieur, certainly deserved a better end. This comedy main strength lays in its fabulous cast who evidently had a good time while it was under production. The plot is a bit far fetched, but it is fun to see how these three men can pull the caper and get to keep their beloved works of art.
Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy, and Marcia Gay Harden make a wonderful quartet of players in this, or any movie they decide to grace with their presence. They are all top rated performers who know what is expected of them and deliver it big time for director Hewitt. The film is light and funny, meriting a look by fans of the stars. William H. Macy gets to show a lot of himself as he disrobes to be naked in front of his favorite sculpture.
Their enjoyment of being close to their beloved works of art come to an end as they learn the museum is selling its collection to a Danish institution to make room for a change in the direction the curators want to bring to the gallery. Roger, Charles and George bond together to see what they can do to keep the beloved works back in Boston. The only possible way to deal with the problem is to steal the works and exchange them for well made fakes no one will notice. Roger has a problem though, his wife, Rose, a beautician, has been saving for a trip to Florida and she is determined to have her vacation with Roger at the crucial time when the men will be involved in the heist.
One wonders how a film sporting three Oscar winners could go directly into DVD. The culprit appears to be a financial problem that made the production company send it to oblivion without a commercial release. The film directed by Peter Hewitt, and based on a screenplay by Michael LeSieur, certainly deserved a better end. This comedy main strength lays in its fabulous cast who evidently had a good time while it was under production. The plot is a bit far fetched, but it is fun to see how these three men can pull the caper and get to keep their beloved works of art.
Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy, and Marcia Gay Harden make a wonderful quartet of players in this, or any movie they decide to grace with their presence. They are all top rated performers who know what is expected of them and deliver it big time for director Hewitt. The film is light and funny, meriting a look by fans of the stars. William H. Macy gets to show a lot of himself as he disrobes to be naked in front of his favorite sculpture.