This fresh and interesting story about a tight-knit clan of Irish grifters in the rural South who make their living scamming is a ''con men on the road'' picture all the more welcome during a season of junky action thrillers...

| Original Score: B | Jul 6, 2010

Eastwood's longtime lenser Jack Green makes a decent feature debut with a well-acted comedy-adventure that in its good moments recalls such classics as The Sting and The Grifters.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 4, 2007

Though competently directed by Clint Eastwood's camerman Jack Green, matters unravel when the film ratchets up the tension and become entirely implausible at the close.

| Jun 24, 2006

Paxton has an Everyman quality that makes it possible to overlook his skill, but here he finds the right way to be true to his criminal career while still scamming: His heart is in the right place, even if his hand is in your pocket.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2005

This is a film about people who get by depending on antisocial skills and outlaw wit, and Green and writer Jim McGlynn clearly empathize with their independent spirit and lifestyle, even if they don't completely approve.

| Jan 22, 2002

Like Paper Moon, this mostly easygoing comedy-drama has its charms, despite promoting a dubious morality that finds amusement in ripped-off victims.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

While independent films flourish, they have nearly eradicated the scrappy B movie, of which this is an agile, enjoyable example.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Traveller has the kind of warmth and spirit that overrides any of its structural flaws. The excursion is well worth the fare.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The film is just there on screen, better than watching a clock, better than contemplating mortality, an OK experience. There are movies like this. No sense in pretending otherwise.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000