Esto es un Robo

Name: Esto es un Robo
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2005-11-20T14:47:49-08:00
Rating: 17

2003

Esto es un Robo

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Movie Info

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, breaks up with her after three years of stringing her along, both emotionally and professionally. In order to get revenge against Rick, Sheila decides to rob the bank, but come the night of the heist, she discovers she wasn't the only person with similar plans that evening. Stuart (Paulo Costanzo) wants some adventure in his life, and plans to loot the bank vault to finance a gambling vacation in Las Vegas with his brother Max (David Krumholtz). And put-upon teller Jason (Woody Harrelson) wants to clear out the safety deposit box of foul-tempered local tycoon Charles Merchant (John Cleese), not knowing that Shmally (Rachael Leigh Cook), a clerk at a clothing store with a score to settle against Merchant, already has her own plans for dealing with him. Scorched was shot in 2001, but didn't play in American theaters until 2003, though it did enjoy a run in Europe during the interim.

Rating:

PG-13 (for language)
Genre:

Comedy
Directed By:

Gavin Grazer
Written By:

Joe Wein
In Theaters:

Jul 25, 2003 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jan 27, 2004
Runtime:

95 minutes
Studio:

Neverland Films

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Cast

Alicia Silverstone
as Sheila Rilo

Rachael Leigh Cook
as Shmally

Woody Harrelson
as Jason 'Woods' Valley

John Cleese
as Charles Merchant

David Krumholtz
as Max

Paulo Costanzo
as Stu

Joshua Leonard
as Rick

Ivan Sergei
as Mark

Marcus Thomas
as Doleman

Max Wein
as Loomis

Gavin Grazer
as Cleatis, Cletis

Steven Shenbaum
as Winston

Wayne Morse
as Gavin

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Critic Reviews for Esto es un Robo

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (5)

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

Jun 3, 2003

Duane Byrge
Hollywood Reporter
Top Critic
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.

Dec 8, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

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

Oct 2, 2003 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

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

Jun 3, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Susan Green
Boxoffice Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Esto es un Robo

Aug 12, 2011

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 only one character is all that interesting and that's Rachael Leigh Cook's. Every other character was either extremely dull or extremely over the top. This is the type of movie we get when a Tarantino wannabe think he finally has a great idea. It's pretty easy to tell throughout this movie that the written (Joe Wein) and the director(Gavin Grazer) think their material is pretty smart. In reality they fail to pull all the characters and their stories together. The movie has a few decent ideas, a few good scenes and a few good actors. But the movie ends up being a below average comedy. Rachael Leigh Cook is a reason to watch this movie though. She's a decent actress who isn't in enough movies; so whenever I come across a movie with her in it, I'll normally watch it. Woody Harrelson is completely wasted throughout the whole movie. John Cleese's character is too over the top. The movie has a lot of problems. Most of which come from the writing.

Melvin W Super Reviewer
Oct 16, 2009

Not as funny as I thought it was gonna be.Kinda stupid

Brody M Super Reviewer
Apr 17, 2008

the story was all over thew place, it dident fit for me, the comedy not great and trying to be serious at same time not helping, racheal leigh cook and alicia silversdtone come of well, and why they went off rails i dont know why,

scott g Super Reviewer
Nov 16, 2007

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

Curtis L Super Reviewer