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  Review by matt lynch ★★★★

  Bluftoni

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  Review by robyn ★★★

  the first 15 min in the bank are better than the rest of this film combined

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  Review by Peter Labuza ★★★★

  Truly a "where has this movie been my entire life" moment watching this beautiful gem, which Eric Hynes and I discuss on the latest podcast. One thing I forgot to note: this film gives us basically zero exposition about the characters we're following and why until about 1/3 of the way through the movie. And even that first third basically throws us right in the situation and makes us into observers. Which is to say, the film has no interest in spoon feeding us anything, even if it's just a "dumb comedy."

  Randy Quaid screaming into the air is my spirit animal.

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  Review by Justin LaLiberty ★★★★½ 1

  “You get bad luck just from seeing a thing like that”

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  Review by Blair Russell ★★★½

  Well, at least I can’t say anything bad about Geena Davis IRL…

  This is a case where I can share a personal story about the film. In this case, would you believe that as an 8 year old boy with my family in the summer of ’89 we went to visit New York City (where my aunt lived at the time) and on a guided tour of the city, the vehicle passed by a set where they were filming this? We were not in the midst of any filming so no celebrities were seen and the set we passed was a bank, not the many “crappy New York City of old settings shown in the second and third acts. Despite…

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  Review by Joe ★★★★★ 3

  "the Edisons will have better sex than they've had since Altamont"

  Shoutout to mbs

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  Review by viol ★★½

  hoW abOut AnOther JoKe, BiLL mUrRay?

  WHAT DO YOU GET...

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  Review by Jordan Beaumont Anderson ★★★★ 6

  I understand the appeal of surprise casting. Contrasting an actor's persona against a wildly different role can open narrative pathways otherwise inaccessible. Cruise in Magnolia, Keaton as Bats, Radcliffe in anything post-Potter.

  But enough with the puzzle box bullshit. JJ Abrams somehow conned an entire industry into thinking that inscrutable worldbuilding and reading wikis was what the audience lusted after, instead of professionals doing their prime cuts.

  Bill Murray knows that if he isn't a cynical misanthrope, what's the point? That's not a face built to love his fellow man.

  Geena Davis knows that her job is to be the film's moral center, while also being its smokin hot lady.

  Jason Robards knows that he has to snarl and harumph and make all sorts of dad noises and smack the tops of cop cars when he's real upset.

  Randy Quaid knows that if he hollers and sobs at the right times his handler will give him a biscuit.

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  Review by pirateneckbeard ★★★½ 8

  Okay so it's not a perfect story and not everything lands but damn there are some comedic nuggets in here and a few smart throw away lines that you could easily miss or force you to do some research on like "Great! We'll have to sail a raft to Fiji like Thor Heyerdahl! ". Geena Davis(Phyllis) and Bill Murray(Grimm) are great in this with a lot of fun smaller performances by a solid ensemble. I might be biased by a little nostalgia but this is entertaining when you want an enjoyable comedy.

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  Review by FilmsInSight ★★★★ 2

  Bank Guard: What the Hell kind of clown are you?
  Grimm: The crying on the inside kind, I guess.

  Sometimes described as "Clown Day Afternoon" this heist comedy opens with Bill Murray dressed as a clown — with the bank scene feeling like it's taking place in Gotham City instead of New York. It starts off as more of a heist film but progresses into much more as the film unfolds. The three leads Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid make a great trio that balances much of the dialogue and character development with excellent execution — all at the top of their game. While Bill Murray is uncredited as a writer he did supposedly work on the story…

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  Review by WillDraugelis ★★

  I don't know why, but words cannot explain how much I was looking forward to watching this. Even though, I wouldn't say this was all that good of a film, I really wasn't to terribly let down either, for the most part. I was looking for a short and entertaining Bill Murray movie and I got a short and entertaining Bill Murray movie. The movie felt like a good SNL sketch just stretched into a 90 minute movie. A trio who robbed a bank and just can't seem to get to the airport. And all while not even really needing to outwit some not so great cops. I haven't seen every SNL sketch ever, but it seems like the script…

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  Review by Timcop ★★★★

  Captures a specific kind of New York-centric social anxiety that comes the closest to almost any movie I've ever seen to replicating an episode of Seinfeld, whereas something like AFTER HOURS is way too dark to compare. And obviously I mean, an alternate reality where Jerry, Elaine, and Kramer all live outside the law.