Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
Vincent PatrickCinematography:
Andrzej BartkowiakComposer:
Cy ColemanCast:
Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto, Victoria Jackson, Bill McCutcheon, Deborah Rush, James Tolkan, Salem Ludwig, John Capodice (more)Plots(1)
An ageing career criminal and his son, who is currently on the straight and narrow, approach the grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past about a burglary scheme. The grandson is shocked, but not necessarily disinterested. (official distributor synopsis)
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The strength of the main trio of actors, which was supposed to be guided by an experienced directorial hand, ultimately remained unexploited due to the uninteresting screenplay that combines a heist comedy with an intergenerational conflict that is meant to be taken seriously. The director adds unnecessary or irrelevant elements to the film to make the runtime nearly two hours, which occasionally tempted me to close my weary eyes towards the end. Nothing is going to change that for me even with the impressive form dominated by the excellent camera work of Andrzej Bartkowiak, who should patent his skyscraper cinematography. In the end, I had no choice but to shrug my shoulders and let the film fizzle out quietly over the next day.
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