
Tripp (Patrick Dempsey) walks into a bank to get some change and ends up as a hostage to two bank robber-teams, robbing the bank he is at. In an almost Sherlock Holmesian way he has to solve this Agatha Christie inspired mystery and win the girl's (Ashley Judd) heart. But not everything is at it seems, and there are many twists and turns in this comedy.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tripp (Patrick Dempsey) walks into a bank to get some change and ends up as a hostage to two bank robber-teams, robbing the bank he is at. In an almost Sherlock Holmesian way he has to solve this Agatha Christie inspired mystery and win the girl's (Ashley Judd) heart. But not everything is at it seems, and there are many twists and turns in this comedy.
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| AV ClubScott TobiasEverything and everyone acts as cogs in a relentless plot machine that keeps twisting and twisting like an annoying little gizmo on Christmas morning. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfMinkoff doesn't bring a whole lot of originality to the picture, which could use a shot of surprise considering the snoozy bank heist conventions it employs. Still, what he lacks in freshness he makes up for in velocity. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerOne thought that occurred to me while pacing myself through Flypaper: With the economy being what it is, will there be a rash of bank robbery movies? |
| New York TimesRachel SaltzFull of indie mannerisms - compulsive swearing, jokey violence, quirk-laden characters - Flypaper can't quite manage to find a style or a comic groove of its own. |
| CinematicalChristopher CampbellMay not be well executed, too broad for a script that obviously wants to be a very profane and twisted black comedy, but it's not without a silly charm. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairThere reaches a point, however, at which the rather limited nature of the movie's premise starts to become a problem... |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweGiven a bit of breathing room in the breathless script, Dempsey and Judd might have been able to develop some convincing chemistry, but relationship dynamics get squeezed out by relentless plotting. |
| New York PostSara StewartIn the end, there's just a roomful of decent character actors in search of a point. For them, the titular Flypaper may have simply been a paycheck. |
| Time OutDavid FearIt isn't long, however, before the film's caricatured bad-guy shtick starts to wear gossamer thin, and an overabundance of "clever" twists-no one is [Yawn] who they seem to be! - begins to sap whatever little goodwill has been built up. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasJust not a very strong take on the bank-robbing comedy we've seen so many times before. |