Palookaville (1995)

Directed by

Alan Taylor

Genre

comedy film, heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three small-time burglars keep trying to pull off a heist but their plans keep going wrong. They also deal with their messy family lives.

quirkyoffbeatgentleunderstateddeadpancomediclow-stakes

What happens

Palookaville is a 1995 American crime comedy film directed by Alan Taylor (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David Epstein. The film is about a trio of burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. It stars William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, and Frances McDormand. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by Italo Calvino. Palookaville premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 1995, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 25, 1996, by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. It received mostly positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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