Small Time Crooks (2000)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

comedy film, heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 756 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-time crook and his wife try to rob a bank by renting a nearby storefront. The plan goes wrong, but their cookie shop becomes a huge success.

lightheartedwittyplayfulquirkyamusingcleverupbeat

What happens

Small Time Crooks is a 2000 American crime-comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Allen, Hugh Grant, Elaine May and Tracey Ullman. The picture's plot has some similarities to that of the 1942 comedy Larceny, Inc. Small Time Crooks was the highest-grossing film directed by Allen at the North American box office between 1989's Crimes and Misdemeanors and 2005's Match Point. The film was released by DreamWorks Pictures on May 19, 2000 and received positive reviews from critics while grossing $29.9 million against a $25 million budget. Allen has never said whether the film's similarity to Larceny, Inc. was deliberate or if his film was in any way inspired by it. The plot also parallels episodes of at least two American TV series: Gomer Pyle ("Dynamite Diner") and Car 54, Where Are You? ("The White Elephant"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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