A Bag of Hammers

A Bag of Hammers (2010)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (362 ratings)

A Bag of Hammers revolves around the friendship of two charming grifters, Ben and Alan, played by Jason Ritter and Jake Sandvig. Ben and Alan have built a successful though larcenous business, posing as car valets, only to steal the vehicles instead of parking them. Because of their less-than-ideal… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Brian Crano, Jake Sandvig
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
May 11, 2012 Limited
MPI Media Group

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    It's too little, too late for Crano's Wes Anderson-inflected innocence-disrupted project...

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    Brian Crano's very slight debut of a comedy.

  • Andy Webster, New York Times

    Mr. Canterbury's character is a Hollywood child archetype: wan and withdrawn, all monosyllables and needy stares.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    Woven amid the glib one-liners and contrived scenarios is an unexpected, and undeniably touching, sense of heart.

  • Nick Schager, Time Out New York

    The real scam was the filmmakers tricking Rebecca Hall (and a cameoing Amanda Seyfried) into participating in this blunt instrument of an indie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • paul s


    While starting out as one of those "quirky" comedies, the film really isn't a comedy at all, though it does attempt to retain the quirkiness. Of course it didn't help that several later scenes that I believe were supposed to be funny were truly reaching; to the… More

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    "<b>A Bag of Hammers</b> was a nice surprise. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't what I got. The movie is emotionally dark. There is some humor in there as well, but the story itself is emotional, sad, and depressing. My heart ached for the… More

  • Christopher H


    Hitting all the appropriate marks and creating a vehicle for unknowns like Jake Sandvig and Jason Ritter, "A Bag of Hammers" may veer off into pure mimicry of Wes Anderson, but if you're going to imitate, you might as well imitate the best. There is deep emotion in this… More

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