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SMALL TIME CROOKS
Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman (2000,
DreamWorks, 95 mins., PG, also on DVD)
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Credits
Rated: PG; Genre: Comedy; With: Woody Allen and Tracey Ullman; Distributor: Dreamworks Distribution L.L.C.
C-
In an attempt to return to his goofy Bananas roots, Allen's latest celebfest features him as the inept criminal mastermind Ray, who sets out to tunnel into a bank vault, and Ullman as his skeptical wife, Frenchy. But his shticky Honeymooners-meets-Three Stooges concept just comes off as condescending and derivative (even the plot's ironic twist -- that Frenchy makes millions as a cookie magnate -- is a retread of last year's Albert Brooks comedy The Muse). C-
Posted Jan 12, 2001
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