
Down-and-out Weslake (Donald Sutherland) was reduced to minding the counter at the San Francisco pawn shop of crusty Garvey (Jack Warden) when he tumbled onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind. Louis Malle's hilarious remake of I soliti ignoti (1958) co-stars Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Christine Baranski, and Professor Irwin Corey.... (Full plot summary below)
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Down-and-out Weslake (Donald Sutherland) was reduced to minding the counter at the San Francisco pawn shop of crusty Garvey (Jack Warden) when he tumbled onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind. Louis Malle's hilarious remake of I soliti ignoti (1958) co-stars Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Christine Baranski, and Professor Irwin Corey.
Leave your thoughts about Crackers.
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis was planned for John Belushi, who died before it could get off the ground and might have made the whole thing worth doing. |
| User Reviewbill sThe lull in Penn's career begins here. |
| User ReviewKnox MIt's not good, which is sad to see since there are quite a few well-established actors in front of the camera and a powerhouse director behind it. Crackers tries to be one of these heist comedies, like a smaller scale Ocean's 11, but lacks any sense of wit or style and ends up being just bland and boring. |