8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Name: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: April 18, 1997
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 18
Cast: Joe Pesci

1997

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Overwhelming dislike based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 54 Ratings

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Orion Pictures Corporation | Release Date: April 18, 1997 | R

Starring: Joe Pesci

Summary: All gangster Tommy Spinelli (Pesci) wants to do is board a plane and get to San Diego so that he can deliver his carry-on duffel bag to his boss. Unfortunately, the bag is dumped during boarding and is switched with that of a Mexican-bound medical student...who has no idea that the bag he now carries contains the severed heads of eight LosAll gangster Tommy Spinelli (Pesci) wants to do is board a plane and get to San Diego so that he can deliver his carry-on duffel bag to his boss. Unfortunately, the bag is dumped during boarding and is switched with that of a Mexican-bound medical student...who has no idea that the bag he now carries contains the severed heads of eight Los Angeles gang- sters! (MGM)… Expand

Director: Tom Schulman

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Barbara Shulgasser

Especially fine are Spade and Louiso, the latter possessing a quality of injured integrity that is priceless here. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Expectedly lowbrow and grotesque, but there are some truly inspired moments. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

Pesci proves he can act his way through anything. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

An excruciatingly unfunny comedy. Read full review

Tom Meek

One such feeble miscue that can't be saved by the star power of Joe Pesci and David Spade. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Sheer torture, the very definition of unfunniness itself. Read full review

Bruce Fretts

Aims for dark farce but ends up playing more like Weekend at Bernie's Part VIII. [25 Apr 1997, p. 50]

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Joe

Mar 11, 2006

I am astonished that a film of this caliber, was not nominated for an academy award. Anything with joe pesci is golden. It's a shame to see this movie fail the way it did. If you haven't seen it yet, see it now!

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ryanneevman

Dec 23, 2014

Aside from a little bit of laughs in the beginning, this movie is pretty much a lousy, immensly forgettable picture, one that makes you wish you would rather see peci getting hit by paint cans rather than lugging a bag full of severed heads.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MovieGuys

Aug 20, 2014

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is one of those movies that is so awful you wonder how it ever got made. The script is so bad that no character can ever say the right thing at the right time, and no character can ever explain themselves correctly. The screenplay is laughable, and the whole movie8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is one of those movies that is so awful you wonder how it ever got made. The script is so bad that no character can ever say the right thing at the right time, and no character can ever explain themselves correctly. The screenplay is laughable, and the whole movie seems like a 10 minute SNL skit that ran 90 minutes too long. Don't be fooled by Joe Pesci as the main billing; he's not the most important part of the movie.… Expand

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