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Knockaround Guys (2002)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:19
Rotten:78
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Well-acted, but it's too derivative.
Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $11,509,127
Synopsis: Matty (Barry Pepper) is the only son of Brooklyn mobster Benny "the Chains" (Dennis Hopper). Considered too sensitive for mob work, but unable to find a regular job, Matty finally gets a chance to... [More]
Starring: Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Barry Pepper, Andrew Davoli
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
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Reviews for Knockaround Guys
"Sopranos" wanna be's.
10/02/02
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04/29/09
If the movie itself doesn't know if it wants to be funny or dramatic, how am I supposed to make the distinction?
10/10/02
It's so derivative that it's almost shocking, considering the guys behind Guys are Rounders writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
10/11/02
I've had more interesting -- and, dare I say, thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf, point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama.
10/14/02
It’s mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here, but it’s so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through.
12/30/02
The final climax, and its family feud denouement, is so obvious in the concept and so silly in the execution. The movie, which started well, sells us out.
10/11/02
Lackluster.
10/11/02
Top CriticFails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers.
11/19/02
Not a great movie, but it was entertaining.
10/11/02
It's not a thriller, it's not a comedy, it's not a family drama, and the biggest thing it's not is entertaining.
10/11/02
Borrowing heavily from leftfield genre spin-offs like True Romance, it's no wonder this misfire was on the shelves for so long.
12/30/06
A promising story that's been sloppily put to film.
10/10/02
A dimwitted Mafia melodrama that fails even as a guilty pleasure.
10/15/02
Koppelman and Levien manage nice camaraderie among their young thugs, but most of the characters are too bland, repugnant or dunderheaded -- in some cases, all three -- for viewers to invest much emotional interest.
10/19/02
Of interest only to male viewers who are addicts of Scorsese-meets -Tarantino gangster-life frolics.
10/11/02
Top CriticWhen it comes to Knockaround Guys, the only remotely energetic aspect of the project is the fact that characters occasionally use words with more than two syllables.
10/21/02
The inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise, but the only drama is in waiting to hear how John Malkovich's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line.
10/08/02
Even the stalest Sopranos episode is better than this.
10/12/02
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