Borrowing heavily from leftfield genre spin-offs like True Romance, it's no wonder this misfire was on the shelves for so long.
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12/30/06
Knockaround Guys (2002)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:19
Rotten:78
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Well-acted, but it's too derivative.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Matty (Barry Pepper) is the only son of Brooklyn mobster Benny "the Chains" (Dennis Hopper). Considered too sensitive for mob work, but unable to find a regular job, Matty finally gets a chance to... [More]
Starring: Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Barry Pepper, Andrew Davoli
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Reviews for Knockaround Guys
Top CriticIt’s mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here, but it’s so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through.
12/30/02
Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool, and it's a sad, sick sight.
10/11/02
Although Knockaround Guys has the trimmed-down look of a studio trying to cut its losses, the movie plays like an entertaining B Western
10/11/02
Perhaps if co-directors David Levien and Brian Koppelman had spent more time devising a coherent vision for the film, we would not have felt as knocked around after watching it.
10/19/02
The first-time directors previously penned the screenplay Rounders, and while their attention to setting and detail in both films is commendable, their development of character and storyline could stand some improvement.
10/20/02
Despite engaging offbeat touches, Knockaround Guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast.
10/11/02
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10/12/02
The strong cast manages to transcend the film's more derivative touches.
09/01/02
I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday, and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War ... It's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink.
10/11/02
The movie crosses two formulas -- Fish Out of Water and Coming of Age -- fairly effectively.
10/11/02
Top CriticIt might hold some appeal to undiscriminating fans of the ultra-bland, tough-guys-in -black-doing -dumb-things genre.
10/10/02
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04/29/09
O roteiro é interessante, mas se perde no final, com o tiroteio obrigatório.
07/25/03
When it comes to Knockaround Guys, the only remotely energetic aspect of the project is the fact that characters occasionally use words with more than two syllables.
10/21/02
A promising story that's been sloppily put to film.
10/10/02
It takes itself very seriously, exploring such deep issues as "our dads are big gangsters, why aren't we? Our life sucks."
10/11/02
It's like The Godfather crammed into a sardine tin.
10/10/02
"Sopranos" wanna be's.
10/02/02
Tiresomely derivative and hammily acted.
10/11/02
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