
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.... (Full plot summary below)
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Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Leave your thoughts about The Opportunists.
| Village VoiceAmy TaubinFilled with vivid and likable characters, The Opportunists could be the basis for a TV series as captivating as "The Sopranos." |
| Film.comPeter BrunetteA very small film, as they say in the movie business, but its stylish suspensefulness is nicely leavened by Connell's obvious, and welcome, love for his hapless characters. |
| Chicago TribuneMarc CaroContains ample dry humor and its share of surprising turns, but they operate on a human level rather than with the kind of empty flash we've come to expect from the post-Tarantino crime flicks. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe movie is small and familiar, but this time, those turn out to be strengths. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThis is one of the best-photographed pictures of the year, but not ostentatiously so; the look is organic to the less-than-glamorous badlands of Sunnyside, Queens. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrGoes soft in the end, but not ruinously so. Meanwhile, its loose cannons bounce off one another deliciously. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHe (Walken) is a gifted classical actor...and here he understands Victor Kelly from the inside out. |
| New York PostLou LumenickWalken gives a beautifully understated performance. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardEnjoyable, intelligent little heist movie. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzWhat's there not to like about this robbery film! |