Band of Robbers

Name: Band of Robbers
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: January 15, 2016
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Adam Nee, Daniel Edward Mora, Eric Christian Olsen, Hannibal Buress, Kyle Gallner

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: January 15, 2016 | Not Rated

Starring: Adam Nee, Daniel Edward Mora, Eric Christian Olsen, Hannibal Buress, Kyle Gallner, Matthew Gray Gubler, Melissa Benoist, Stephen Lang

Summary: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.

Director: Aaron Nee and Adam Nee

Genre(s): Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin

Oct 26, 2015

Structuring their modern tale around the Mark Twain narratives, the sibling directors find laughs, pathos, and some surprising storytelling twists, plus have a game cast to deliver it. Read full review

Nick Prigge

Jan 10, 2016

It places more focus on the childish fabulousness of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer than the racial reckoning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jan 19, 2016

The Nees lean toward the rat-a-tat comedy of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” presumably knowing they can’t match the profundity of “Huckleberry Finn.” (Who could?) Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jan 14, 2016

This comic take on “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is infused with a gleefully absurdist sense of humor while retaining a childlike sense of wonder. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jan 14, 2016

There’s an element of parlor trickery here that the movie’s never entirely able to overcome. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jan 14, 2016

The film works best when focusing on the conflict between world-weary Huck and dreamer Tom, but the characters are underdeveloped and the plot overly convoluted, lacking the foundational support to prop up their antics and capers. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jan 15, 2016

Band of Robbers just plain doesn’t work, to the extent that I’m almost regretful that the attempted schoolroom bans on Twain’s work weren’t more effective over the years, as they might have spared me watching it. Read full review

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Jan 16, 2016

A silly re-imagined classic.

If you can make it through the first 20 minutes or so, full of silly man-child antics, The Robbers rewards with a clever, present day take on Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It's not a great movie but it passes the time and those familiar with theA silly re-imagined classic.

If you can make it through the first 20 minutes or so, full of silly man-child antics, The Robbers rewards with a clever, present day take on Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

It's not a great movie but it passes the time and those familiar with the original stories will enjoy the Easter egg laden plot and adult versions of the classic characters.… Expand

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