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I really like Dennis Hopper and Seth Green, however, this movie really make me think that probably they don't seem to go up into a lot of good projects. Of course, every actor has his or hers now and then of getting into a bad film, and I like to...
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I really like Dennis Hopper and Seth Green, however, this movie really make me think that probably they don't seem to go up into a lot of good projects. Of course, every actor has his or hers now and then of getting into a bad film, and I like to believe that this was the case, because this film was bad.

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Posted mar 21, 2007 8:01 am pt

• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  The movie crosses two formulas -- Fish Out of Water and Coming of Age -- fairly effectively. Because it isn't wall-to-wall action but actually bothers to develop its characters and take an interest in them, it was not at first considered commercial by its distributor, New Line, and languished on the shelf for two years.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  50
  Young male auds should warm to its cool criminal ethos, sharp dialogue, charismatic cast and wry humor.

  by David Rooney | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  50
  Not as bad a movie as it sounds, just mediocre.

  by Gary Dowell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  It has its moments of swaggering camaraderie, but more often just feels generic, derivative and done to death.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  50
  Nothing you haven't already seen elsewhere, except for Vin Diesel looking even then like a box-office champ.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  50
  Likable performances are critically wounded by implausible scenarios and derivative-minded direction referencing everything from ''Reservoir Dogs'' to ''Fargo.''

  by Janice Page | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  50
  It has no twistiness or intrigue, and none of the juicy anthro-underworld detail that Koppelman and Levien brought to their screenplay for the tricky, enjoyable ''Rounders.''

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  50
  A layabout movie -- not risibly bad, just relentlessly sub-par.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  40
  Knockaround Guys proceeds with a gravity that's constantly tripped up by its characters' stupidity.

  by Scott Tobias | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  40
  Despite flashes of originality, is a formulaic quagmire that traps bits and pieces from all these genres without really satisfying any of their true aims.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  40
  This high-concept gangster picture tries unsuccessfully to duplicate Reservoir Dogs's(1992) hair-raising high-wire balance between dark comedy and violent crime thriller, undermining some entertaining performances and the script's small virtues in the process.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  38
  Any one episode of "The Sopranos" would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes.

  by Megan Lehmann | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  38
  There's nothing original about the father-son conflict that forms the core of the film, nor is there enough suspense and drama.

  by Loren King | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  38
  Malkovich acts as if he's doing Shakespeare, pontificating, enunciating and generally overreaching.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  33
  It all makes you realize the importance of the guy who should have played Malkovich's role -- Christopher Walken. He makes films like this bearable.

  by Kim Morgan | Read Full Review »