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Scorched

Scorched (2002)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (5,001 ratings)

A handful of disgruntled bank employees decide to stage a robbery, but with no plans of doing it together, in this comedy. Sheila (Alicia Silverstone) is a teller at a small town bank who reaches her breaking point when her boyfriend, Rick Becker (Joshua Leonard), who also happens to be her boss,… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Max Wein
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 25, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Jan 27, 2004
Neverland Films

Critic Reviews

  • Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

    Screenwriter Joe Wein has smartly wired these three bizarre personal stories into a raucously satisfying triumph of good over evil.

  • Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

    The comedy is extremely broad and there's a slight air of desperation to the whole thing, as if the film is trying too hard to be quirky and likeable.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    It feels completely pointless, despite some entertaining sequences and gifted performers.

  • Susan Green, Boxoffice Magazine

    The word 'quirky' should be stricken from the English language if Hollywood doesn't stop churning out comedic romps that try too hard.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Melvin W


    Shmally: You wanna jack with the ripper?  "To break out... You gotta break in" Although not as clever as it tries to be and not as funny as it needs to be Scorched is still pretty entertaining. In the end though, it's just not enough. The cast should be great, but… More

  • Curtis L


    Fun in a PG13 kinda way. In other words, they got off way too easy.

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