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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Michael Madsen
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By Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Brimming with tough guys (Penn, Madsen, Tom Sizemore), this Rust Belt snoozer drowns in its own palooka-speak. ''It took me a long time to find out the tail I was chasing wasn't really attached to a dog,'' says Sizemore's moody drifter. ''It wasn't really attached to anything.'' That nugget could describe the ''story,'' which consists mainly of protracted brooding over jobs lost to ''subcontinent countries.'' Blah. D+


Posted Mar 31, 2000
 

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