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Movie Info

After getting laid off, Weslake (Donald Sutherland) begins working in the pawn shop of stingy Garvey (Jack Warden). When Weslake's friend Dillard (Sean Penn) and his pal, electrician Ramon (Trinidad Silva), come in to retrieve Dillard's pawned guitar, Ramon makes a deal with Garvey to install a burglar alarm system. Realizing the system will make his job unnecessary, Weslake teams up with Dillard, Ramon, pimp Boardwalk (Larry Riley) and homeless man Turtle (Wallace Shawn) to rob Garvey's vault.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Louis Malle
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 19, 2016
Runtime:

1h 32m
Production Co:

Universal/Universal Int

Cast & Crew

Donald Sutherland
Weslake

Jack Warden
Lou Garvey

Sean Penn
Don Dillard

Wallace Shawn
Turtle

Larry Riley
Boardwalk

Trinidad Silva
Ramon

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Critic Reviews for Crackers

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (4) | Rotten (5)

This was planned for John Belushi, who died before it could get off the ground and might have made the whole thing worth doing.

March 11, 2015 | Full Review…

Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
Basically consists of a wide assortment of character riffs which are offbeat enough to provide moderate moment-to-moment amusement but don't create a great deal of comic impact.

March 26, 2009 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Cardiac arrest finally seizes the film, after a long case of terminal whimsy.

June 24, 2006 | Full Review…

Chris Peachment
Time Out
Proves that with the right material an intelligent director of demonstrated style and a cast of thoroughly accomplished comic actors can make as painfully witless a comedy as any knucklehead on the block.

May 20, 2003 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Despite the predictability of the story, there might have been moments of mirth had director Malle been able to sustain a narrative. Since viewers don't care a whit for anyone in it, the picture implodes in its own cynicism.

March 11, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

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