Bandits Reviews
[UPDATED 2025 BLU-RAY REVIEW] Tries hard to be a quirky comedy -- God, does it try.
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 26, 2016
Adults will get this movie, but kids won't.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008
Terrible. A substitute for sleep medication that's so self-indulgent and plodding, it drove four people out of my screening midway through.
| Original Score: D | Aug 5, 2007
| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006
A hybrid crime-comedy that unsuccessfully tries to blend classic screwball comedy (the Preston Sturges brand), romantic triangles (Jules et Jim, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), and character-driven crimers (a la Bonnie and Clyde).
| Original Score: C+ | Mar 31, 2006
There's good on-screen chemistry, good acting, and an incredibly well written and clever ending.
| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 31, 2005
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 1, 2005
Bandits' most intriguing plot line, the three-way love story, merely hints at the complexity of a two-man/one-woman relationship and never moves past the initial stages of cuteness and adolescent eroticism.
| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 30, 2003
comedy, a great cast, an intelligent script, but a weak ending.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 27, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003
The Odd Couple meets Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Fairly fresh and fun, if ultimately fleeting entertainment.
| Original Score: B- | Feb 17, 2003
As the eponymous bandits, tough-guy Willis, with his usual array of slanted smirks and horrendous hairpieces, is easily outshone by the versatile Thornton.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2003
| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003
| Original Score: A- | Dec 17, 2002
The action-comedy could have easily been a delightful romp thanks to its A-list cast and well-written script, but poor editing causes Bandits to be just another hum-ho movie.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002
Thornton and Willis save the day with their performances.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 6, 2002
| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2002
It is an unexpected blend of caper, buddy flick and romantic comedy, brought to life by a skilled cast who look for all the world like they are having themselves one heckuva a blast.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002