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The Crew (2000)

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Reviews Counted:80

Fresh:15

Rotten:65

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: Though the four actors are good together, the jokes are stale and not funny.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Box Office: $0

Synopsis: For a quartet of former wiseguys and lifelong friends, retirement is a degrading bore. Joey "Bats" (Burt Reynolds) is stuck working at Burger King, Bobby (Richard Dreyfuss) spends his time scouring... For a quartet of former wiseguys and lifelong friends, retirement is a degrading bore. Joey "Bats" (Burt Reynolds) is stuck working at Burger King, Bobby (Richard Dreyfuss) spends his time scouring Miami for his long-lost daughter, Tony (Seymour Cassel) is all washed up as a ladies' man, and Mike "The Brick" (Dan Hedaya) relives the glory days by sending Christmas cards to the old gang. It seems like old times when the boys run a little scam to protect their South Beach hotel from a yuppie invasion. Unfortunately, they run afoul of a drug kingpin in the process, and he soon comes looking for revenge. The result is a farcical entertainment, but also a case for the dignity and ability of the aged. Director Michael Dinner mines comedy from every vein--the mafia, old age, Jews and Hispanics--but relies on his four great, veteran principals to provide the best laughs and the pathos, as well. Bobby's personal story is the most fleshed-out, and Dreyfuss keeps the action moving, delivering the wry voiceover he perfected in STAND BY ME. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jennifer Tilly, Lainie Kazan, Anthony Sandoval, Jeremy Piven

Director: Michael Dinner

Director: Michael Dinner
Screenwriter: Barry Fanaro
Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson
Composer: Steve Bartek

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  • Loaded with laughs, THE CREW features Academy Award(R)-winner Richard Dreyfuss (MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS) and Burt Reynolds (MYSTERY, ALASKA) in a sidesplitting story about a set of golden-year goodfellas fighting to protect their last piece of turf! Back in the days when mobsters were larger than life, none lived bigger than Bobby (Dreyfuss), "Bats" (Reynolds), "The Brick" (Dan Hedaya, SHAFT), and "Mouth" (Seymour Cassel, RUSHMORE). But now well into retirement, the old crew find themselves suddenly facing eviction from their run-down Miami Beach hotel -- The Raj Mahal. That's when they decide there's only one thing left to do -- turn back the clock and pull one last hit in order to save their home! As their wacky plot unfolds, you'll happily laugh along when these grandfatherly gangsters set off a hilarious chain of events that quickly spins outrageously out of control.
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    The movie always seems to be out of sync with itself.

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    My first reaction to The Crew was: 'Thank goodness it was only 88 minutes.'

    Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
    06/28/04
    Judith Egerton
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    Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

    Once the story clicks into gear, The Crew is a lot of fun. But that doesn't happen until after the midpoint.

    Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
    12/15/03
    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    Emily Blunt
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    ... the worst of American popular culture; it is a lazy, condescending, formulaic film that the filmmakers didn’t even bother to finish

    Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
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    Yeah, nothing funnier than old men farting and Viagra jokes.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    10/10/01
    Scott Weinberg
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