Small Time Crooks: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

59

Sweet and affirmative.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

63

It plays more like a second draft than a final product.
Full Review » 12 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Allen's funniest, least sour outing in nearly a decade is a small movie with a tidy payoff.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Louis B. Parks Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Allen's performance, like the movie, feels less manic than his standard comic persona.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

Unexciting acting.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

These people offer no sense that they exist beyond the bits of exposition that Allen has written into his screenplay.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

100

The grown-up's comedy of choice for summer.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

Small Time Crooks, isn't anywhere near as hilarious as I hoped it would be.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Keogh Film.com (Top Critic)

This is vintage Allen, his powers intact after a string of increasingly cranky, creaky films in the last few years.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

I wish I could recommend Small Time Crooks more strongly, but the truth is that it's a weak (bordering on inconsequential) entry into the director's canon.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Not much here to interest to children.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

I'm happy to report that the new film, Small Time Crooks, is a return to good laughs and good fun.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

59

Tracey Ullman is Allen's best on-screen match since Diane Keaton in Annie Hall; smart, funny, a fully-developed character.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Nao e um filme espetacular, como alguns dos trabalhos anteriores de Allen, mas e bastante superior a diversas bobagens produzidas por Hollywood nos ultimos tempos.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

The talented comedian Tracey Ullman carries this comedy with her elan and spunky contentiousness.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ian Waldron-Mantgani UK Critic

88

The obviousness of the humour is fine, because the tone is so old-fashioned.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Karina Montgomery Cinerina

0

I don't know if Small Time Crooks would appeal to a regular fan of Woody Allen's, but it should delight Tracy Ullman fans no matter what.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine

63

Elaine May steals the show.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Dan Jardine Apollo Guide

77

Small Time Crooks stacks up pretty favourably to Woody's cinematic debut.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette

70

It's sad to see the deterioration of such a giant of the art form.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kevin Maynard Mr. Showbiz

A half-baked affair that's a pastiche of better, more inventive comedies.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Liz Braun Jam! Movies

A return to the good old days of Woody Allen comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

63

Delivers small time laughs.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jon Popick Planet Sick-Boy

The film features some of the best comedic acting that you will ever see. Period.
Full Review » 12 years ago
E! Online

This hit-and-miss effort is a bit like watching your favorite home-run hitter trying to play out his career on two bad knees.
Full Review » 12 years ago