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Bebe Neuwirth, Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, Harry Dean Stanton, Kris Kristofferson
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Id: 10894914
Y'know this looked like an excuse for everyone to have fun in Hawaii. It actually didn't bother me. It's a laid back crime comedy. I approached it the same way.
Frank: I'm desperate for this money and we're friend, right?
Jack Ryan: Yeah, we're friends. But, you know, it's the type of friendship where if you're in trouble, I probably won't be there for you. Just like I wouldn't expect you to be there for me. It's a more honest friendship...( read more)
If it's based on a Elmore Leonard novel (Out of Sight, Get Shorty and 3:10 To Yuma) and stars the guy who wrote The Royal Tenenbaums it must be great, right? Wrong. It gets credit for a good cast but loses major points for just not being funny. The sooner you forget it the better.
They got a good cast together to make this film, but it's all for naught. The actors are mostly naturally charming, including Foster, who has good screen-presence even if her career, like this film, never went anywhere. I typically like Leonard adaptations, as it's hard to screw ...( read more)
One of those con-man films where everybody has a motive and you don't find out who was "actually" conning who till the very end - which comes quickly. This is a short film and the "reveal" at the end is very non-thrilling. Even with such a great cast the film can't rise above med...( read more)
nice ... if you have faith & a little luck everything will always be right :D
