Bandits: Critic Reviews

It's just about impossible not to fall for the ingratiating trio, especially Thornton's Terry.

I like movies that don't settle into a groove, especially if the groove is already well worn. But the different kinds of movies that make up Bandits are pretty worn, too.

Thornton and Willis save the day with their performances.

The movie has a one-take feel about it, containing vast stretches where nothing much happens. The cinematography looks amateurish, often badly composed and poorly lit.

What started as cute becomes cloying and bloated.

Adults will get this movie, but kids won't.

Terrible. A substitute for sleep medication that's so self-indulgent and plodding, it drove four people out of my screening midway through.

A hybrid crime-comedy that unsuccessfully tries to blend classic screwball comedy (the Preston Sturges brand), romantic triangles (Jules et Jim, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), and character-driven crimers (a la Bonnie and Clyde).

There's good on-screen chemistry, good acting, and an incredibly well written and clever ending.

Bandits' most intriguing plot line, the three-way love story, merely hints at the complexity of a two-man/one-woman relationship and never moves past the initial stages of cuteness and adolescent eroticism.

comedy, a great cast, an intelligent script, but a weak ending.

The Odd Couple meets Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Fairly fresh and fun, if ultimately fleeting entertainment.

As the eponymous bandits, tough-guy Willis, with his usual array of slanted smirks and horrendous hairpieces, is easily outshone by the versatile Thornton.

The action-comedy could have easily been a delightful romp thanks to its A-list cast and well-written script, but poor editing causes Bandits to be just another hum-ho movie.

It is an unexpected blend of caper, buddy flick and romantic comedy, brought to life by a skilled cast who look for all the world like they are having themselves one heckuva a blast.

Sometimes funny, sometimes boring, overall a mediocre film

Who in his right mind would fall for the woman in this movie?

A lighthearted action/comedy with great performances that's worth checking out in the theater.

Sin mayores pretensiones que la de divertir un rato, logra su cometido con creces.

clearly the work of a guy who shows up and does his job with one eye on the clock. ... the promised fireworks never materialize, partly because Willis is constantly blown away by Blanchett and Thornton's vigorous comic turns...

The same Hollywood that brought us the vision of The Marquis De Sade as 'champion of free speech' earlier this year in Quills, now brings us the positively lovable bank-robbing duo of Bandits.

...flimsy stuff, to be sure...but it's good-natured fun and provides as many or more laughs as any straightforward comedy released in 2001.

Thornton's brilliant performance justifies a great deal of the pap on display.

The reparte in Bandits is annoyingly clownish and the only inquiry you find yourself wondering about is how both leads Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton manage to keep those shaggy hairpieces on their pates without the wind blowing them off!

Calls its subjects heroes and ends up making a joke of them.