Small Time Crooks
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: May 19, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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54
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Only Elaine May shines, in a weird and wonderful turn. Her loopy character has such a struck-by-lightning demeanor that she's always delightfully off in her own comic orbit even in the tritest of scenes. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
Sour and mostly feeble, with a depressingly curdled worldview. It bears no resemblance to Allen's surreal, open-ended comedies. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Allen was out of his element in creating characters who feel like East Coast cousins of the Clampetts, and his dialogue has never been more banal or forced. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This thin, clichéd comedy of crime and social climbing contains some scattered laughs and whole lot of padding. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
It's a sweet little snack of a movie that leaves the heavier courses for some other outing. Read full review
50
TNT RoughCutSusannah Breslin
It's a comedic caper with a slap-your-head-in-kookiness that ends up making Allen, at this age, seem like an old man desperately still trying to ham it up at the dinner table. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A pleasant frolic, but fairly inconsequential in terms of the overall Allen output. Read full review
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