
This is a very black comedy. A mob courier is hired to transport the heads of eight murder victims to a mob boss. However, the duffel bag gets mixed up with the bag of a college student who is off on a vacation in Mexico with his girlfriend and her parents. However, the mother is a recovering alcoholic whom everyone believes is delusional when she claims to have found heads.... (Full plot summary below)
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This is a very black comedy. A mob courier is hired to transport the heads of eight murder victims to a mob boss. However, the duffel bag gets mixed up with the bag of a college student who is off on a vacation in Mexico with his girlfriend and her parents. However, the mother is a recovering alcoholic whom everyone believes is delusional when she claims to have found heads.
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| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserEspecially fine are Spade and Louiso, the latter possessing a quality of injured integrity that is priceless here. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasExpectedly lowbrow and grotesque, but there are some truly inspired moments. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPesci has a lot of scenes that strike just the right note. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorPesci proves he can act his way through anything. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSo stupid you'll wish you'd brought a duffel bag of your own. |
| VarietyLeonard KladySpade is tiresome in yet another smart-ass part. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyFewer heads in the film and more evidence of one on the director's shoulders might have squeezed a legitimate laugh or two out of this contrived juvenile carnage. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellThe heads may be dead, but at least they have a comical look. |
| Film ThreatTom MeekOne such feeble miscue that can't be saved by the star power of Joe Pesci and David Spade. |
| Dallas ObserverPeter RainerAppears to have been made by people with nothing between their ears. |