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Rated: R; With: Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn; Distributor: October Films

By Bilge Ebiri

Breezy is the word for this rare comedy that ducks violence and hip posturing in favor of comic chemistry. Rockwell (Box of Moonlight) and Zahn (Out of Sight) play bumbling musicians whom a local mobster mistakes for expert safecrackers and forces to perform a string of break-ins. The film plays up the awkward rapport of its heroes, and although the laid-back style occasionally flirts with smugness, the leads never falter. B+

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Posted Mar 26, 1999

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