Video Review

Video Review: 'Steal Big, Steal Little' (1996)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Movie Rated: PG-13; Genre: Comedy; With: Alan Arkin and Andy Garcia

Read Steal Big, Steal Little's box and you'll be expecting a ''hilarious'' farce ''about greed, power, brotherly love.'' Surprise! The movie inside is a soggy bit of whimsy about identical twins (one saintly, one scheming, both played by Garcia) who wage a tedious war for control of a sprawling estate. No doubt this theatrical dud was intended as a laid-back, offbeat, character-driven charmer. But as directed by action specialist Andrew Davis (The Fugitive), it's a shapeless mess, unfolding in unfunny fits and starts for 2 1/4 hours that feel more like forever. C-

Originally posted Apr 26, 1996 Published in issue #324 Apr 26, 1996 Order article reprints

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